Citywide violence prevention plan
New York City is introducing a new initiative to try to curb the violence on the city’s streets.
NYPD officials blast bail reform laws after suspect who attacked officers is released
Police Commissioner Dermot Shea and other law enforcement officials blasted a judge's decision to release a man who was caught on video attacking three NYPD officers without bail.
Police blast decision to release man who attacked NYPD officers without bail
Police Commissioner Dermot Shea and other law enforcement officials blasted a judge's decision to release a man who was caught on video attacking three NYPD officers without bail.
NJ Transit officer saves newborn baby
New Jersey Transit Police have released dramatic bodycam footage showing an officer carrying out CPR to save the life of a newborn baby.
Two women viciously assaulted inside Bronx restaurant
A man and a woman assaulted two other women inside a restaurant in the Bronx in a vicious confrontation captured on video.
Cops search for baby taken by parents with no legal rights to child
The NYPD is looking for a week-old baby and his biological parents after he was taken by them despite not having legal rights to the child.
NYPD: Suspect in custody for cane attack on cops on Brooklyn Bridge
The man seen on video attacking an NYPD officer with a cane during a confrontation with protesters as a peace march crossed the Brooklyn Bridge is a member of an anarchist group that has infiltrated the Black Lives Matter movement, according to NYPD Chief of Dept. Terrence Monahan.
3 arrested in shooting death of father crossing street with daughter
Three men were arrested in connection with the shocking shooting death of a father crossing the street with his young daughter in the Bronx.
Fauci urges younger people to consider their ‘societal responsibility’ amid COVID-19 pandemic
The nation’s leading expert on the COVID-19 pandemic spoke with Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg during a livestreamed conversation on Thursday.
Woman who refused to wear mask in Starbucks wants half of $100K raised for barista who wouldn’t serve her
Last month Amber Gilles posted a scathing review to her Facebook page after an incident in which San Diego Starbucks employee Lenin Gutierrez refused to serve her for not wearing a mask, resulting in the creation of a GoFundMe page for Gutierrez, which raised more than $100,000 in tips for him.
Case dismissed against social workers charged in death of Gabriel Fernandez
A judge Thursday dismissed charges against four social workers who were accused of failing to protect an 8-year-old Antelope Valley boy whose mother and her boyfriend were convicted of his May 2013 torture death.
Target joins list of major retailers mandating masks
Target has joined a list of the nation’s largest retailers that will require customers to wear masks as cases of COVID-19 spike.
NYPD Chief Monahan, other officers hurt in clash with marchers on Brooklyn Bridge
A group of Black Lives Matter protesters charged police on the Brooklyn Bridge as they lead the way for clergy and people taking part in a peace march across the Brooklyn Bridge Wednesday, according to cops.
Hackers appear to target Twitter accounts of Joe Biden, Elon Musk, Kanye West, others in bitcoin scam
Messages appearing on their accounts showed statements about bitcoin and promised to “double” payments sent to a bitcoin wallet address.
Cops and protesters clash
A march for peace turned violent on Wednesday. The NYPD said several people injured at least four police officers, including the department's top uniformed cop, on the Brooklyn Bridge. Sources said that two different groups of activists were marching on the bridge.
Mark Zuckerberg announces livestreamed talk with Fauci as Facebook launches new COVID-19 fact section
The country’s leading infectious disease expert is slated to talk with the social media CEO during a July 16 chat on Facebook.
Man attacks ex-girlfriend pushing baby in stroller
A woman pushing a stroller was knocked to the ground and stabbed multiple times by her ex-boyfriend in the Bronx, according to police.
Body found in bag on Bronx McDonald's roof
A body was found wrapped in a plastic bag on the roof of a McDonald's in the Bronx on Wednesday, police said.
Walmart to require customers to wear masks at all its stores
Walmart will require customers to wear face coverings at all of its namesake and Sam’s Club stores, making it the largest retailer to introduce such a policy that has otherwise proven difficult to enforce without state and federal requirements.
Shootings erupt in Crown Heights as gunmen remain on the loose
Seven people were shot in three separate incidents across New York City in the early morning hours of Wednesday as gun violence soars.