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Dead body washes ashore on NYC beach on Christmas morning
14+ hour, 36+ min ago (107+ words) A dead body washed ashore on Brooklyn's Brighton Beach on Christmas morning, according to authorities." The victim, a man believed to be in his 50s, was found around 11:20 a.m. Thursday near Brighton 15th Street and Boardwalk East, police and sources said." The gruesome…...
Menace hits stranger in face with baseball bat in Manhattan: cops
1+ day, 17+ hour ago (174+ words) A black-clad menace was caught on camera running up to a stranger on the Upper West Side and repeatedly whacking him in the face with a baseball bat, according to cops. The unsuspecting 24-year-old victim was walking near West End…...
Victim of antisemitic NYC stabbing attack speaks out after arrest
2+ day, 5+ hour ago (278+ words) A Jewish New Yorker who was stabbed in a brazen antisemitic attack in Brooklyn said Tuesday he's glad cops have taken the alleged hateful goon off the streets. "I'm thankful for the hard work and communication of the NYPD," Elias…...
The Nets’ tank is staring down a Michael Porter dilemma
2+ day, 7+ hour ago (84+ words) Last season's 9-10 start put the tank behind the eight ball, forcing GM Sean Marks to trade Dennis Schr'der and Dorian Finney-Smith. They finished with the sixth-best lottery odds and fell to eighth. PHILADELPHIA " A third of the way through the…...
Woman, 47, shot dead in barrage of gunfire inside NYC apartment: cops, sources
2+ day, 9+ hour ago (115+ words) A 47-year-old woman was shot three times and killed in a burst of gunfire inside her own Harlem apartment Tuesday afternoon, cops said." Basilisa Negron was repeatedly shot inside her home in a residential building on West 141st Street near Malcolm…...
NYPD searching for brute who smashed 10-year-old boy’s head into car windshield
2+ day, 19+ hour ago (188+ words) A cowardly brute grabbed a 10-year-old boy and slammed his head in the windshield of a parked car in Brooklyn last week, according to police. NYPD detectives are looking for the assailant who attacked the boy just after 4 p.m. on Wednesday…...
The changes behind the Nets’ dramatic defensive turnaround
2+ day, 21+ hour ago (165+ words) The Brooklyn Nets go into their Dec. 23 game at Philadelphia with the NBA's second-best defensive rating in December at 102.3 points allowed per 100 possessions, just a tenth of point behind the reigning champion Oklahoma City Thunder. It's why a tanking Nets…...
Brute who ranted about ‘killing a Jew’ before allegedly stabbing New Yorker arrested, slapped with hate crime charges
3+ day, 6+ hour ago (194+ words) Cops arrested a Brooklyn man who allegedly stabbed a Jewish worshipper leaving synagogue after'the attacker boasted'about wanting to "kill a Jew," police announced Monday. Following a nearly week-long manhunt, Charles Armani, 23, was cuffed on hate crime charges for allegedly knifing…...
Sliwa marks anniversary of horrific subway arson death by illegal immigrant, asks MTA to erect statue of victim
3+ day, 7+ hour ago (427+ words) Guardian Angels founder Curtis Sliwa marked the first anniversary of the stomach-turning arson killing of a homeless woman allegedly torched by an illegal immigrant " and called for a statue of the victim to be erected on the subway platform where…...
Rookie Nolan Traore makes most of rare Nets chance —and could be in line for more
3+ day, 8+ hour ago (541+ words) Egor D'min has earned the most trust of the Nets" five first-round picks. Danny Wolf has displayed his versatility, flirting with double-doubles. Drake Powell"s elite athleticism has allowed his defensive skills to translate. Ben Saraf has received the second-most…...