NEW YORK—An early-morning shooting Monday at a gathering in Harlem left a man dead and eight other people wounded, New York City police said. Officers responded about 12:40 a.m. to reports of a shooting on a footpath along the FDR Drive and found five people shot, police said, citing preliminary information. They were taken to…
College Basketball Player Killed in NYC Shooting; 8 Wounded
NEW YORK—A college basketball player was killed and eight other people were wounded Monday in an early-morning shooting at a gathering in Harlem, New York City police said. Officers responded around 12:40 a.m. to reports of a shooting on a footpath along FDR Drive and found several people wounded. Other victims went to hospitals on…
NY Judge Rules Jewish University Isn’t Religious, Must Recognize LGBT Student Club
A New York State judge has ruled that the Yeshiva University must approve the creation of an LGBT student group on its campus, even though the club goes against the Jewish institution’s guiding religious beliefs. Lynn Kotler, a judge in the New York County Supreme Court, ruled Tuesday that the Yeshiva University Pride Alliance must…
NYC Councilwoman Says Her Office Was Threatened by ‘Leftist Hate Mob’
A New York City councilwoman has said her Queens office requires police protection from “the leftist hate mob” after she spoke out against adult drag performers reading books to children in public schools as “grooming.” Vickie Paladino, who represents Queens’ district 19, spoke out against the program after the New York Post reported that the…
Ghislaine Maxwell’s Attorneys Plead for Leniency in Sentencing
Lawyers for Ghislaine Maxwell, the one time girlfriend of sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, have asked a U.S. district court in New York for a sentence that is “well lower” than the 20 years recommended by the Probation Department. Maxwell was convicted in late 2021 for sex trafficking minors to the late Epstein, a wealthy financier with…
DOJ Files Hate Crimes Charges Against Buffalo Shooting Suspect
WASHINGTON—The Justice Department on Wednesday filed federal hate crime charges against a white supremacist accused of killing 10 black people in Buffalo, New York, last month, saying he was driven by a desire to “prevent black people from replacing white people.” Payton Gendron faces 26 counts of hate crimes and firearms offenses, according to the…
Justice Department Files Hate Crime Charges Against Buffalo Shooting Suspect
WASHINGTON—The Justice Department on Wednesday filed federal hate crime charges against a white supremacist accused of killing 10 black people in Buffalo, New York, last month, saying he was driven by a desire to “prevent black people from replacing white people.” Payton Gendron faces 26 counts of hate crimes and firearms offenses, according to the…
Two NY Federal Judges Consecutively Step Down From Vaccine Mandate Lawsuits Over Ownership of Pfizer Stock
An Obama-appointed federal judge in New York who owns between $50,000 and $100,000 worth of Pfizer stock has recused herself to avoid the possible appearance of bias or prejudice since she was overseeing a case of NYC teachers trying to get exemptions to the COVID vaccines. Recusal, in legal terms, means that a judge excuses him…
Happy the Elephant Is Denied Personhood, to Stay at Bronx Zoo
NEW YORK—Happy the elephant will stay at the Bronx Zoo after New York state’s highest court on Tuesday ruled against an animal rights group that said she deserved some of the same rights as humans and should be freed. In a 5–2 decision, the Albany-based Court of Appeals said the writ of habeas corpus, which…
New York High Court Rejects Trump Appeal, Clearing Way for Testimony
NEW YORK—New York’s highest court on Tuesday rejected former President Donald Trump’s appeal to halt disposition in the state attorney general’s civil investigation into his family business practices, clearing the way for him to testify next month. The state’s Court of Appeals said there was no “substantial constitutional question” that would warrant its intervention in…
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