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Sean ‘Diddy' Combs indicted on sex trafficking, racketeering conspiracy charges in NY
Sean “Diddy” Combs, a hip-hop kingmaker and three-time Grammy winner who was arrested in New York City on Monday, has been indicted on federal sex trafficking and racketeering conspiracy charges, according to court papers unsealed in the Southern District of New York on Tuesday. According to the indictment, Diddy “abused, threatened and coerced women and others around him to...
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Crane catches fire atop NYC skyscraper and collapses, injuring 12
A crane on top of a Manhattan skyscraper was burning and part of it collapsed as black smoke was billowing into the air stories above the ground, video showed.
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Jordan Neely Mourned During Emotional Funeral at Harlem Church
Jordan Neely, who died in Daniel Penny’s grip, is being eulogized by the Rev. Al Sharpton at Mount Neboh Baptist Church.
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White House Responds to Jordan Neely Chokehold Death as NYC Protests Turn Violent
Multiple protests have taken place in Manhattan since the 30-year-old’s death last week. Nearly a dozen were arrested and a Molotov cocktail recovered from the ground in SoHo.
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Marine Who Put Man Into Fatal Chokehold on NYC Subway Acted in Self-Defense, Lawyer Says
Lawyers for the 24-year-old man at the center of the chokehold death of Jordan Neely on a Manhattan subway train said their client “never intended to harm” the 30-year-old homeless man, and “could not have foreseen his untimely death.”
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NYC Sinkhole Swallows Van: See the Video
Crews worked through the night to fill a gaping sinkhole that opened up on a Bronx street Tuesday, swallowing an entire van as severe weather slammed the tri-state area with flash floods and torrential rain, but authorities say at this point it doesn’t appear that weather was a factor. It was a disappearing act that no one expected — a…
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2 U.S. Marshals Shot in NYC Gunfight With Massachusetts Fugitive; Suspect Killed
Two U.S. Marshals were shot and an NYPD detective injured in a confrontation with a wanted “armed and dangerous” suspect from Massachusetts in a New York City apartment early Friday, police and law enforcement sources say. Deputies with the New York/New Jersey Regional Fugitive Task Force and NYPD members were in the Wakefield section of the Bronx, where they...
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‘They Could See Out But Couldn't Get Out:' 3 Kids Among 4 Dead in NJ Store Inferno
Two sisters, an 11-year-old friend and one adult died in a massive New Jersey fire that may have started inside a soda machine in a store where they were shopping and spread, the mayor of Elizabeth said Tuesday.