The Latest: Lawyer for El Chapo: No evidence of wrongdoing
The Latest on Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman facing drug trafficking and other charges in the United States (all times local): 3:40 p.m. A U.S. lawyer for Mexican…
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Naturalized US citizen from Afghanistan sought in NYC blast
By JAKE PEARSON and ALICIA A. CALDWELL Police released a photo of a 28-year-old immigrant wanted for questioning Monday in bombings that rocked a Manhattan neighborhood and a New Jersey…
World’s oldest person dies in New York at age 116
Susannah Mushatt Jones, the world’s oldest person, has died in New York at age 116. Robert Young, a senior consultant for the Los Angeles-based Gerontology Research Group, said Jones died…
Entire 2016 field descends on New York City ahead of primary
By JULIE PACE and JONATHAN LEMIRE New York’s matzo factories and diners will take a backseat to the debate stage and talk show circuit as the entire presidential field —…
NBC’s ‘The Slap’ raises more than a hand, it raises issues
As full disclosure in discussing NBC’s new miniseries “The Slap,” I must say that, as a youngster, I got the occasional whack for misbehaving. From my wonderful parents. From a…
Police commissioner : Turning backs on mayor inappropriate
By JONATHAN LEMIRE and MIKE BALSAMO New York City’s police commissioner says it was “very inappropriate” for officers to turn their backs on the mayor in a sign of disrespect…
NY police union leader well known for his bite
By COLLEEN LONG Patrick Lynch was hollering. Standing outside a Brooklyn hospital after the bodies of two slain police officers were taken away, the head of the nation’s largest police…
Cops’ killer angry at chokehold death
By COLLEEN LONG and JENNIFER PELTZ A gunman who announced online that he was planning to shoot two “pigs” in retaliation for the police chokehold death of Eric Garner ambushed…