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The U.S. Supreme Court said Thursday that the Second Amendment protects, in the words of Justice Clarence Thomas, “an individual’s right to carry a handgun for self-defense outside the home.” Per a report from the Associated Press, the decision was in response to a New York state law that required the demonstration of a “proper […]
The 65th Annual National Puerto Rican Day Parade returned to New York City on Sunday following a two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Led by U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona, this year’s grand marshal, the nation’s largest demonstration of cultural pride expected 1.5 million spectators, and kicked off Sunday morning around 11 a.m. along the […]
Roddy Ricch was arrested in New York on Saturday for multiple gun charges. TMZ reports Roddy was taken into police custody while on his way to perform at the Governors Ball Music Festival. While the Compton rapper and his crew were stopped at a security checkpoint, law enforcement came across about 9 rounds of ammo as […]
A male suspect is in custody after he was allegedly caught on camera throwing a homeless woman onto the MTA subway tracks at a Bronx train station in New York City. As reported by CBS New York and Reuters, the NYPD recommended Bronx resident Theodore Ellis, 30, be charged with assault and reckless endangerment, though […]
The U.S. Capitol was the site of an arrest on Friday morning. According to a U.S. Capitol Police statement, a retired New York police officer was apprehended while parked close to the federal building, near Peace Circle on the West side of the Capitol, where he was sitting in a 2017 Dodge Challenger. He was […]
A Republican lawmaker has ended his reelection bid after facing backlash over his gun control stance. New York Rep. Chris Jacobs made the announcement Friday, just a week after expressing support for an assault weapons ban. The 55-year-old lawmaker, who was previously endorsed by the National Rife Association, was widely criticized by fellow GOP members who demanded he […]
A stabbing has been reported in New York City, leaving one dead and one injured. The New York Post reports that two people were stabbed in Manhattan on Saturday night at around 11 p.m. The first victim was a 40-year-old man who was knifed in the stomach and a 29-year-old man who sustained a chest […]
A New York man has been charged with murder and the sex trafficking of eight women, as revealed in a 10-count federal indictment this week. Somorie Moses, 45, has been charged with the 2017 murder of Leondra Foster as part of a larger indictment in which he’s alleged to have forced multiple women and girls (“including minors”) […]
A Staten Island man who spent 23 years behind bars after he was wrongly accused of murder has now won a lawsuit against New York City. The Associated Press reports that the city will pay Grant Williams $7 million. The 51-year-old has been out on parole since 2019 and his conviction was overturned last July. […]
A jet ski accident in New York City on Saturday night left one man dead and one woman hospitalized. CBS News reports the couple rode their jet ski from Hoboken, New Jersey to New York City, crashing in the Hudson River around 7:20 p.m. near Battery Place and Vesey Street, just off the southern tip of Manhattan. Police said the […]
