[ad_1] New York CNN — Federal prosecutors in Brooklyn moved to dismiss charges against a New York Police Department officer who had been accused of acting as a foreign agent on behalf of the Chinese government. Baimadajie Angwang, 33, was charged in September 2020 with acting as a foreign agent …
Read More »Suspect in New Year’s Eve machete attack on police near New York’s Times Square expressed desire in diary to join Taliban, die a martyr, sources say
[ad_1] CNN — The 19-year-old being held by New York City police as the suspect in a New Year’s Eve machete attack against three police officers just outside a Times Square security screening zone carried a handwritten diary that expressed his desire to join the Taliban in Afghanistan and die …
Read More »Three NYPD officers injured in machete attack near New Year’s Eve celebration in Times Square, officials say
[ad_1] CNN — Three New York City police officers are in stable condition after being struck by a man wielding a machete in an unprovoked attack near Times Square, according to the NYPD commissioner. The attack occurred just after 10 p.m. Saturday on West 52nd Street and 8th Avenue, outside …
Read More »Former lawyer who threw a Molotov cocktail at an NYPD vehicle during a police brutality protest has been sentenced to 15 months in prison
[ad_1] CNN — A US District Judge has sentenced a former lawyer to 15 months in prison after she made a Molotov cocktail and threw it at an empty New York Police Department vehicle during a anti-Brooklyn police brutality protest in 2020. Urooj Rahman, 34, was sentenced on Friday by …
Read More »4 dead, including 10-month-old baby girl, in Bronx house fire, NYPD says
[ad_1] CNN — Four people, including a 10-month-old baby girl, were killed in a fire at a home in the Bronx early Sunday morning, the New York Police Department said. New York Fire Department Assistant Chief Kevin Brennan said firefighters immediately began removing victims from the building after responding to …
Read More »New York City set to bolster police presence in the subway system as part of efforts to crack down on transit crime
[ad_1] CNN — New York state and city officials are bolstering their efforts to combat crime and mental illness in New York City’s subway system with an increased police presence and new training for officers on engaging with homeless individuals. Gov. Kathy Hochul spoke at a news conference Saturday about …
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