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
Slain Jan. 6 rioter Ashli Babbitt’s surviving relatives are reportedly set to receive a $5 million payment to settle their wrongful death suit against the federal government. Justice Department officials and Babbitt’s lawyers agreed to the huge payment to resolve a $30 million suit that blamed Capitol Police for shooting Babbitt dead as she and … 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
At least 17 relatives of Ovidio Guzmán López, the youngest son of the notorious drug lord Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán, crossed into the U.S. last week as part of a deal with the Trump administration, Mexico’s top security official confirmed Tuesday. Omar García Harfuch acknowledged in a radio interview that members of the El Chapo … 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
When Sean “Diddy” Combs discovered his ex, R&B artist Casandra “Cassie” Ventura, was dating someone else, the multimillionaire hip-hop mogul grabbed an employee in the middle of the night for assistance hunting down and murdering the other man, a Manhattan jury heard in a bombshell opening statement from the feds on Monday. “For years, the defendant … Read more
Mayor Adams said Monday that the feds intended to “humiliate” him with a plan to carry out a search warrant on him at the New York City Marathon finish line. Federal agents considered intercepting the mayor at the finish line of the marathon in 2023, a trove of documents released Friday as part of Adams’ … 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