The odds are one in two million — but it happened to one Brooklyn family who now has two so-called “Leaplings” after the birth of their daughter on Saturday. The Demchak family welcomed their daughter and second child, Scout, on Feb. 29, also known as Leap Day. Scout’s older brother, Omri, was also born on Feb. 29, four years ago….

Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., ended his comments during the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump by reciting a lyric from The Notorious B.I.G. song “Juicy.”

The death of a New York City philanthropist whose body was found with stab wounds when firefighters responded to a raging blaze at a Fort Greene building Monday has been ruled a homicide.

In the nearly 30 years since tensions between the African American and Jewish communities exploded in riots in the Crown Heights section of Brooklyn, Rabbi Eli Cohen and Geoffrey Davis have established a friendship that the recent spate of anti-Semitic attacks has not dinted. The African American, Caribbean American and Jewish communities that share Crown Heights are much closer today…

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Five people were killed, three of them from New York City, and about 60 were injured on the Pennsylvania Turnpike early Sunday, when a loaded bus veered out of control on a hill and rolled over, setting off a chain reaction that involved three tractor-trailers and a passenger car. Officials identified the five victims as Shuang Qing Feng, a 58-year-old…

Brooklyn rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine was sentenced to 2 years in prison Wednesday for his entanglement with a violent street gang that fueled his rise to fame, but was spared a much harsher possible sentence because of his extraordinary decision to become a star witness for prosecutors. The 23-year-old performer, whose real name is Daniel Hernandez, could have been sentenced to…

A mother whose child was yanked from her arms at the hands of NYPD officers in Brooklyn has been awarded a $625,000 settlement from the city

Police have arrested a Brooklyn, New York, man after officers found a small alligator, drugs and a weapon inside his apartment, according to authorities.

A school bus with a child aboard was hit as a hail of gunfire erupted after an argument in Brooklyn Tuesday, though none of the kids were hurt, law enforcement sources familiar with the investigation tell News 4.

Chopper 4 showed an army of law enforcement officers at the scene. The entire block radius was cordoned off by caution tape as authorities checked out the bus and canvassed the scene for evidence. The search for a suspect is ongoing.

Zooey Deschanel and Jonathan Scott took their relationship to the next level, after making their red carpet debut as a couple at the Critics’ Choice Documentary Awards.

Along with a partner, Alhanoun, 48, is the chef behind the recently opened Sakib, a small corner outpost on Bedford Avenue in Brooklyn’s Williamsburg neighborhood

A Halloween display caught the attention of a Brooklyn community this week when a homeowner posted pictures of their neighbor’s home decorated with images of children hanging by nooses.

Family and friends of two 17-year-old girls killed in a crash in Brooklyn Monday are trying to come to terms with their loss.

Grief counselors will be at Ellis Technical High School in Danielson on Tuesday for students and staff grieving the loss of two students who were killed in a crash in Brooklyn early Monday morning.

Two 17-year-old girls have died and a third has serious injuries after a car crash and fire in Brooklyn, Connecticut, early Monday morning.

Four men died and three other people were injured in a shooting at an “illegal gambling location” in Brooklyn early Saturday morning, officials said.

Rihanna believes women of all shapes, colors and sizes should be celebrated, and that spirit of inclusion has made her lingerie and beauty lines massive successes....
That mission will be showcased Friday as Amazon Prime Video streams her New York Fashion Week show for Savage X Fenty in more than 200 countries and territories. The event’s army of models included women...