The 37-year-old crypto trader accused of kidnapping a 28-year-old Italian man inside a luxurious SoHo apartment repeatedly shocked his victim with electric wires, held him upside down from the top of a staircase, cut his leg with a saw and threatened to kill the victim’s family — all to get the password to the man’s … Read more
Kid Cudi took the witness stand at Sean “Diddy” Combs’ Manhattan sex trafficking trial Thursday, telling a jury about how his Hollywood Hills home was burgled and his Porsche was torched in his driveway after the hip-hop mogul learned he was dating Casandra “Cassie” Ventura. On the stand in Manhattan federal court, the “Day ‘n’ … Read more
A woman was sentenced to 23 years to life in prison for the cold-blooded execution-style slaying of a longtime friend on a Brooklyn sidewalk where mourners had gathered to light candles and pay tribute to a mutual pal. Claudia Banton, 46, had attended the same funeral as victim Delia Johnson a day before the 2021 … Read more
Two men were slashed and a third was stabbed during a bloody brawl on Manhattan’s East Side early Saturday, cops said. Cops arrested the 20-year-old stabber following the 3:35 a.m. fight on Lexington Ave. near E. 28th St., in Kips Bay, police said. Witnesses said Arlo Willner and three other men were arguing near the … Read more
A hit-and-run driver killed a 55-year-old man crossing a Brooklyn street early Saturday, police said. It was one of two fatal crashes to take place Saturday morning in the five boroughs, police said. The victim was crossing Washington Ave. at Fulton St. in Clinton Hill about 12:20 a.m. when a burgundy-colored Ford Explorer heading west … Read more
The heartbroken family of Evette Jeffrey — the 16-year-old Bronx girl tragically killed by a stray bullet — hopes the teen accused of the fatal shooting spends the rest of his life behind bars. “Give him the fullest extent of the law. He took her away,” Evette’s grandmother told the Daily News Wednesday. “You want … Read more
An ex-con fired at an NYPD car he crashed into on Staten Island as he tried to avoid being stopped for driving with excessively tinted windows, police said Monday. The 31-year-old driver refused to pull over when cops tried to stop his 2009 Nissan Murano on Port Richmond Ave. near Albion Place in Port Richmond … Read more
The family of a 31-year-old man stabbed to death in the Bronx across from Fordham University thought he had joined the Army when he left home months ago — and now are grappling with questions about what sparked the fatal confrontation. Bamba Fode was killed next to a fruit stand on E. Fordham Road near … Read more
Dozens of Columbia University students were temporarily suspended as of Friday for their alleged involvement with a brief takeover of the main campus library in a pro-Palestinian protest, the Daily News has learned. At least 65 Columbia students were placed on interim suspension pending further investigation, according to a university official. Another 33 people, including … Read more
Federal officials released new images Wednesday showing a helicopter that crashed in the Hudson River in NYC last month breaking apart in midair. The series of stills taken from surveillance camera video were included in the National Transportation Safety Board’s preliminary report into the doomed sightseeing flight, on which six people died April 10. The … Read more