NYC high schoolers protest Trump admin policies on education, immigration

NYC high schoolers protest Trump admin policies on education, immigration

Several hundred New York City high school students walked out of class Tuesday to protest the Trump administration’s threats to immigrant students and higher education. Around noon, students from at least 25 schools, including the Bronx High School of Science, Stuyvesant High School and Frank Sinatra School of the Arts, descended on Union Square Park … Read more

Playoff history suggests the Knicks are in trouble vs. Pacers

Playoff history suggests the Knicks are in trouble vs. Pacers

Despite their underdog mindset, the Indiana Pacers have thrived in clutch moments this postseason, performing like true champions when the stakes are highest. Before their 106-100 loss to the Knicks in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Finals on Sunday at Gainbridge Fieldhouse — where they squandered a 20-point lead — Rick Carlisle’s squad was … Read more

Suspect arrested in Virginia for beating NYPD cop and stealing gun in Bronx beatdown

Suspect arrested in Virginia for beating NYPD cop and stealing gun in Bronx beatdown

A suspect wanted for the caught-on-video beatdown of an off-duty NYPD cop robbed of his wallet and pistol has been captured in Virginia, cops said Tuesday. U.S. marshals, working with the NYPD, used the handcuffs belonging to the wounded cop when they took 23-year-old Taveon Hargrove into custody, Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said on X. … Read more

Mayor Adams sues city Campaign Finance Board for $3.4M in denied funds

Mayor Adams sues city Campaign Finance Board for .4M in denied funds

Mayor Adams has sued the city’s Campaign Finance Board over its repeated denial of matching funds for his reelection campaign. The lawsuit, first reported by Politico on Tuesday, seeks $3.4 million that the mayor has been denied by the CFB, which has cited Adams’ five-count federal indictment in its decisions. “An indictment is not a … Read more

How GPS ankle monitor exposed ex-con accused in Randalls Island attack of single mom Diana Agudelo

How GPS ankle monitor exposed ex-con accused in Randalls Island attack of single mom Diana Agudelo

Hours after allegedly bashing in Diana Agudelo’s skull during a chance encounter on Randalls Island, ex-con Miguel Jiraud tried to paint himself as a good Samaritan who did the right thing and called 911 after innocently finding his victim’s broken body near a bike path. But his court-ordered GPS ankle monitor — a stark, uncomfortable … Read more

Mets’ David Peterson makes Shohei Ohtani ‘look human’

Mets’ David Peterson makes Shohei Ohtani ‘look human’

Shohei Ohtani pounded the Mets during last year’s NLCS. So did Mookie Betts. That star-powered pair delivered run-scoring hit after run-scoring hit in October as their Los Angeles Dodgers eliminated the Mets in six games to advance to the World Series. They were particularly potent during the series’ three games at Citi Field. But this … Read more

NYC crypto trader accused of Italian man’s kidnap, torture threatened to kill his family to get Bitcoin password: prosecutors

NYC crypto trader accused of Italian man’s kidnap, torture threatened to kill his family to get Bitcoin password: prosecutors

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

Knicks brace for Pacers’ speed, depth in Game 2

Knicks brace for Pacers’ speed, depth in Game 2

Nineteen thousand, three hundred thirty-three feet. That’s how far Mikal Bridges ran in the Knicks’ overtime loss to the Indiana Pacers in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals. Nearly four miles of hard cuts, closeouts, sprints in transition — and still, it wasn’t enough. Because this is who the Pacers are. And it’s why … Read more

Man arrested in LI suitcase death smothered woman in his sleep

Man arrested in LI suitcase death smothered woman in his sleep

A Long Island man arrested last year after the body of a woman was found in a suitcase is now facing manslaughter and criminal sexual act charges, prosecutors announced Wednesday. Ronald Schroeder, 41, had previously been indicted on charges of concealment of a corpse and multiple drug offenses after his arrest in September in connection with … Read more