The Brooklyn DA’s Conviction Review Unit exonerated its 40th defendant, a murder suspect so desperate to avoid returning to prison for a crime he did not commit that he accepted a plea deal that kept him out of jail. Keith Roberts, 67, spent eight years in prison for murder before accepting a plea deal in … Read more
Country star Garth Brooks was accused of raping and sexually harassing a makeup artist in a lawsuit filed Thursday in California. The alleged victim, identified as Jane Roe in the suit, claims Brooks raped her in a hotel room in Los Angeles in 2019. According to the complaint reviewed by the Daily News, Brooks and Roe … Read more
Mayor Adams may face more charges in his historic federal corruption case for allegedly selling his political influence to Turkish powerbrokers in a years-long conspiracy — along with several others in his orbit “likely” to be indicted, prosecutors divulged in court Wednesday. Hagan Scotten, a prosecutor for Manhattan U.S. Attorney Damian Williams’ office, made the … Read more
Outgoing Schools Chancellor David Banks on Wednesday shut down rumors he wed his decade-plus partner First Deputy Mayor Sheena Wright for spousal privilege as Mayor Adams’s top aides are ensnared in a federal corruption investigation. “I think anybody that would criticize me has probably never been in love,” Banks told FOX 5’s Good Day New … Read more
Former President Donald Trump “resorted to crimes” and bullied Mike Pence in the plot to overturn his loss in the 2020 election, Special Counsel Jack Smith charged in a new filing unsealed Wednesday in the federal Jan. 6 election interference case. In never-before-seen evidence, prosecutors detailed Trump’s effort to cajole Pence into joining the illegal … Read more
MILWAUKEE — The theme of the year for the Mets has been finding ways to win. But to keep their season alive, they’re going to have to find a way to limit rookie sensation Jackson Chourio, as well as hit a stifling Milwaukee Brewers’ pitching staff to keep their season alive Thursday. With the Mets … Read more
MILWAUKEE — The theme of the year for the Mets has been finding ways to win. But to keep their season alive, they’re going to have to find a way to limit rookie sensation Jackson Chourio, as well as hit a stifling Milwaukee Brewers’ pitching staff to keep their season alive Thursday. With the Mets … Read more
The daughter of former Mayor Rudy Giuliani wrote about the sadness her father’s troubles have caused her in a Vanity Fair essay begging Americans not to put their trust in Donald Trump. “As Rudy Giuliani’s daughter, I’m unfortunately well-suited to remind Americans of just how calamitous being associated with Trump can be, even for those … Read more
At her concert at Madison Square Garden on Sunday night, Sabrina Carpenter joked about how she “got the mayor indicted.” “Damn what now?” the “Espresso” singer said in a break between songs. “Should we talk about how I got the mayor indicted, or…” The pop star’s quip was a reference to her “Feather” music video, … Read more
Turkish government officials offered to fly Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso to Istanbul for free a few months after he took office in 2022 — but Reynoso told the Daily News on Monday he turned down the airplane ticket and returned another lavish gift they sent him out of legal and ethical concerns. The revelation … Read more