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Erie County District Attorney John Flynn announced Thursday that the charges against two Buffalo Police officers for shoving an elderly protester to the ground during a Black Lives Matter protest, and cracking his head open on the pavement have been dismissed, WGRZ reports. Aaron Torgalski, 39, and Robert McCabe, 32, were charged with second-degree assault for their involvement in an […]
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez laid out her story of hiding from intruders during the January Capitol riot on a recent in-depth Instagram Live session. The right-wing media pushback was swift and unsurprising, both making fun of AOC for sharing that she feared for her life and questioning her version of events. The latest attack on her account is […]
Starting February 12, New Yorkers are going to be hearing a lot more from Jadakiss. The rapper is joining the ranks of 20 iconic voices participating in the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s new COVID-19 public health campaign made in collaboration with Nicolas Heller, also known as @NewYorkNico. Jadakiss shared the news on Instagram. “Starting February 12th, […]
The Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office has made a sweeping move that aims to keep sex workers out of the court room. On Friday, Kings County DA Eric Gonzalez announced his office has recently vacated 262 bench warrants related to prostitution and loitering for the purposes of prostitution. He also said his team intends to dismiss 850 more warrants, some of […]
Following the deadly riots at the U.S. Capitol this month, law enforcement across the country began bracing for the possibility of more right-wing violence. Federal agents warned that Trump loyalists were planning armed protests in all 50 states as Joe Biden prepared to officially take office. But thankfully for the public, those threats never came to fruition, as the pro-Trump demonstrations drew […]
A 70-year-old woman has been arrested for the alleged transgression of trying to poison her husband by repeatedly mixing ant and roach killer into his coffee, as reported by NBC News. According to a statement from local District Attorney Melinda Katz, Suncha Tinevra of Queens, New York tried to lace her husband’s drink with insecticide on […]
A former Border Patrol agent is facing up to a year in prison for allegedly spraying urine all over a number of items in his supervisor’s cubicle prior to retiring last summer, the New York Post reports. Eduardo Flores, Jr., of Amherst, NY, is being accused of filling up a spray bottle with urine and squirting […]
The company behind King’s Hawaiian is facing a class-action lawsuit for allegedly misleading consumers into believing that their famous rolls were being made in Hawaii, Newsweek reports. Robert Galinsky, of Yonkers, New York, filed the suit after purchasing King’s Hawaiian Original Hawaiian Sweet Rolls and noticing how “Hilo, Hawaii” was prominently displayed front and center on […]
Infamous NYC club promoter Michael Alig, who pleaded guilty in 1997 to first-degree manslaughter in connection with the murder of Andre “Angel” Melendez, died Friday at the age of 54. According to the New York Daily News, Alig was found dead inside his Washington Heights apartment by a former boyfriend at around 3 a.m. local time. […]
After much speculation, Andrew Yang is one step closer to joining the race for New York City mayor. NYC’s Campaign Finance Board confirmed Wednesday that Yang has filed paperwork for the 2021 elections, joining more than 30 other candidates who are seeking to replace current NYC mayor Bill de Blasio, whose term is coming to an end. The 45-year-old tech entrepreneur entered the […]
