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Prisoner Escapes Police Custody In Prospect Heights, Brooklyn
The suspect escaped from custody at Atlantic and Vanderbilt avenues, on the cusp of Fort Greene and Prospect Heights, Brooklyn, around 7 p.m., police said.
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The suspect escaped from custody at Atlantic and Vanderbilt avenues, on the cusp of Fort Greene and Prospect Heights, Brooklyn, around 7 p.m., police said.
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Lee spoke out Wednesday about his controversial remarks made during a speech at a Pratt Institute event for Black History Month Tuesday night.
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The NYPD is looking for four individuals wanted in connection with a grand larceny that took place at a store in the Fort Greene section of Brooklyn.
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The suspects entered the store around 2:20 a.m., pointed a gun at the cashier and then removed an unspecified amount of money from the cash register and cigarettes before fleeing on foot.
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The suspects have been identified as a group of black males in their late teens. One individual was seen wearing black pants and a white shirt, another was wearing jeans and a black and yellow Northface backpack, and the third was wearing a black sweatsuit.
Police Sunday were asking for the public's help in finding a man wanted in connection with two bank robberies in Brooklyn and one in the Bronx.
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Police Tuesday were searching for a suspect who robbed a bank in Fort Greene, Brooklyn, making off with an unspecified sum of money.
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A man was struck and killed by a city street sweeper early Saturday at the busy junction of Flatbush and Atlantic avenues in Brooklyn.
Both female victims were punched in the head and face. One woman had her cellphone taken, while the suspects took groceries from another, police said.
A wrestling match between two friends ended in tragedy. Marcquel McDuffy was found bleeding to death in the stairwell of a building in Fort Greene on Friday night.
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Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman signed a a controversial transgender athlete ban Monday which passed last month by the Nassau County legislature along party lines.
Physical effects of heat waves, like heat stroke, are widely known. But scientists are now sounding the alarm on psychological consequences of extremely high temperatures.
The First Alert Weather Team has issued a Red Alert through Wednesday due to excessive heat and humidity in New York City, New Jersey and the entire Tri-State Area.
"I am not supposed to be here tonight," former President Donald Trump said. "I stand before you in this arena only by the grace of almighty God."
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Former President Donald Trump publicly recounted the assassination attempt for the first time during a speech at the Republican National Convention.
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