A judge sentenced former U.S. Rep. Christopher Collins to more than two years in prison for conspiring in an insider trading scheme

The defense said the “carnival-like atmosphere” surrounding jury selection, coupled with prospective jurors’ social media comments showed Weinstein won’t get a fair shake in his hometown

Two years before mother-of-five Jennifer Dulos went missing last May in what police believe was a murder, her estranged husband tried to run her over outside her new Connecticut home around the time she had filed for divorce, the children’s nanny told police. The allegations were revealed in nearly 500 pages of search warrants that were released Wednesday after being…

The former professor allegedly used $78,000 earmarked for cancer research on personal expenses, such as mortgage payments on his home

The Connecticut father charged in the death of a hotel worker in Anguilla is now suing the resort’s operator, claiming it was negligent in hiring the man in the first place. Scott Hapgood faces manslaughter charges in the April 2019 death of Kenny Mitchel. The investment banker claims he was fighting to protect his family as Mitchel entered their room with...

The man ran full speed at the cockpit door, then attacked a flight attendant who tried to intervene; once of the ground, he attacked police officers as well.

A lawyer managed to get own his massive, years-old student debt thrown out in New York bankruptcy court this week, after he was able to prove the burden was so huge he could never afford to pay it. The ruling potentially has huge implications for others suffering under crushing student debt loads, as it condemns the common belief that such…

A federal grand jury in Manhattan indicted the suspect in the Hanukkah stabbings in Rockland County of federal hate crime charges, a law enforcement source tells News 4 New York. Grafton Thomas, 37, was previously charged by the U.S. Attorney’s Office with allegedly obstructing the free exercise of religious beliefs resulting in bodily injury in connection to the Dec. 28,…

As authorities continue their search for the exact motive of a stabbing at a rabbi’s home in Monsey, the attorney for the suspect says Grafton Thomas had a long history of profound mental illness and hospitalization. In a news conference at his office Monday, attorney Michael Sussman said Thomas’ personal papers showed “the ramblings of a disturbed individual” but...

Authorities say an Orange County man stabbed five people at a rabbi’s home late Saturday night in Monsey, New York — the latest and most violent in a string of anti-Semitic attacks in the greater New York City area in the last few days. Ramapo Police Chief Brad Weidel said the suspected attacker, identified as Grafton Thomas, 37, of Greenwood…

In the wake of Tessa Majors’ death, Barnard College and Columbia University faculty have reported receiving “abhorrent and viciously racist” robocall messages from a white supremacist organization. In a message on the school’s website, Columbia said it is working with New York City police to block the racist messages that came after the 18-year-old college freshman was stabbed and...

A man was viciously beaten as he left a Bronx McDonald’s in a violent robbery attempt caught on camera over $1 — and no one stopped to help.

The teenager wanted for questioning in the Manhattan park murder of Barnard College freshman Tessa Majors has been found, questioned and released, authorities said in a tweet Thursday. A photo tweeted out by police with the announcement matches an image of a 14-year-old boy authorities had released earlier in the investigation in their quest to question him. Calling the apprehension…

A Barnard College freshman who was fatally stabbed in a New York City park earlier this month was remembered by friends and classmates Saturday at a private memorial service at her high school alma mater in Virginia.

Police have released photos of one of the teens wanted for questioning in connection with the stabbing death of a Barnard College student. Because of the child’s age, police are not releasing his name, but they have been looking to speak with him since Majors was stabbed to death. As of Friday, investigators are not calling the 14-year-old a...

Authorities said Friday they have dealt an unprecedented blow to the violent MS-13 street gang, announcing charges against nearly 100 of the group’s members and associates on Long Island in the largest takedown of alleged MS-13 members in New York history.

Police say they are talking to family and friends of a 14-year-old wanted for questioning in the murder of Tessa Majors but disputed reports that the teen took off running when he was about to go in for questioning. “He didn’t jump out of a cab while attempting to turn himself in,” NYPD Chief of Detectives Rodney Harrison told...

Michael Barisone faces attempted murder and weapons charges in the two-count indictment stemming from an alleged shooting at his New Jersey farm.

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…

The slaying of a Barnard College student has led to new security provisions at Manhattan’s Morningside Park, Columbia University announced Tuesday. The college said that guard booths outside the park will now be staffed 24/7 and the evening public safety shuttle will be extended. Those decisions come in the wake of the stabbing death of 18-year-old Tessa Majors, who was…