He was a respected former New York Police detective and a decorated veteran of the Vietnam War who struggled in recent months with inoperable liver cancer.
Police arrested a man they say confessed to mugging an elderly woman in an elevator last week -- an attack that was caught on surveillance video.
New York City authorities are investigating whether a man shown mugging an elderly woman in a surveillance video is connected to a series of attacks on elderly people this summer.
After over 30 years of rocking out, the English trio sings their swan song at Madison Square Garden
As gas begins to look more like liquid gold, more motorists are keeping it under lock and key, fueling sales for locking gas caps, according to retailers and manufacturers.
At the age of 21, Christopher Jenkins appeared to have everything going for him. The University of Minnesota senior was good-looking, had a near perfect grade-point average and had a future in business.
Seven police officers were hit with disciplinary charges Tuesday in the 50-shot slaying of an unarmed groom-to-be on his wedding day
The Rev. Al Sharpton was among hundreds of people arrested Wednesday during citywide protests over the case of Sean Bell -- the man shot to death by New York police on his wedding day in 2006.
None of us was there that fateful night when a young man lost his life on his wedding day, the night three New York Police Department detectives lost their careers and lives as they knew them.
Three police detectives are found not guilty in the shooting of Sean Bell. To many, the verdict highlights the need for a new approach to such prosecutions
He was a respected former New York Police detective and a decorated veteran of the Vietnam War who struggled in recent months with inoperable liver cancer.
Police arrested a man they say confessed to mugging an elderly woman in an elevator last week -- an attack that was caught on surveillance video.
New York City authorities are investigating whether a man shown mugging an elderly woman in a surveillance video is connected to a series of attacks on elderly people this summer.
After over 30 years of rocking out, the English trio sings their swan song at Madison Square Garden
As gas begins to look more like liquid gold, more motorists are keeping it under lock and key, fueling sales for locking gas caps, according to retailers and manufacturers.
At the age of 21, Christopher Jenkins appeared to have everything going for him. The University of Minnesota senior was good-looking, had a near perfect grade-point average and had a future in business.
Seven police officers were hit with disciplinary charges Tuesday in the 50-shot slaying of an unarmed groom-to-be on his wedding day
The Rev. Al Sharpton was among hundreds of people arrested Wednesday during citywide protests over the case of Sean Bell -- the man shot to death by New York police on his wedding day in 2006.
None of us was there that fateful night when a young man lost his life on his wedding day, the night three New York Police Department detectives lost their careers and lives as they knew them.
Three police detectives are found not guilty in the shooting of Sean Bell. To many, the verdict highlights the need for a new approach to such prosecutions
Three NYPD detectives have been acquitted of all counts in the 50-shot killing of an unarmed groom-to-be on his wedding day
Three New York Police Department detectives involved in the shooting death of an unarmed man in a 50-bullet barrage, hours before he was to be married, learn their fate Friday morning.
The daughter of a man who died after falling four stories at Shea Stadium said her father was not sliding down the escalator when the accident happened, as police reported.
A homeland security official tells CNN a joint FBI/Department of Homeland Security bulletin went out Wednesday to state and local partners warning of an uncorroborated threat to Wall Street - but the official emphasizes there is no credible threat to the homeland at this time.
The New York Police Department has released photos of a bicycle and a suspect in Thursday's Times Square recruitment center bombing.
Investigators trying to track down the person who set off a small bomb in front of a military recruitment center in Times Square have dismissed one lead and are casting doubt on another.
Police questioned a man in Pennsylvania on Thursday about the grisly murder of a therapist in her Upper East Side office this week.
New York police secretly set up a fake company to demonstrate how easily and anonymously a terrorist could purchase chlorine on the Internet for a deadly chemical strike
With the autopsy results for Heath Ledger now a matter of public record, the federal government is stepping in to determine how the actor was able to obtain so many prescription drugs.
A New York City police detective faces charges including child endangerment for allegedly forcing a 13-year-old runaway to work as a prostitute at parties, police say.
New York City is on course to mark the fewest homicides since records have been kept, Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly announced Wednesday.
New York police detectives are reviewing surveillance video from Columbia University in hopes of identifying the person or persons who hung a noose on a professor's office door earlier in the week.
The Queens campus of St. John's University was locked down Wednesday after police apprehended a masked man with a rifle on campus, the school confirmed in a written statement.
The arrests this week in Germany confirm a trend investigators have been noting: lone wolves are replacing large networks
As Jose Padilla is convicted of extremist activity, the NYPD has put the feds to shame with its analysis of terrorism
Rapper Foxy Brown turned herself in Tuesday to face charges that she hit her Brooklyn neighbor with her Blackberry cell phone last month, ABC News is reporting.
Average citizens who quietly band together and adopt radical ways pose a mounting threat to American security that could exceed that of established terrorist groups
New York police officers screened vehicles Saturday near Wall Street with radiation detection devices as "a precautionary measure" after an unconfirmed Web report about a possible radiological attack on U.S. cities.
The boyfriend of a 20-year-old woman found dead in a New York University apartment building was arrested and charged with murder Wednesday, the New York Police Department said.
Authorities arrested three people Friday after detectives saw a replica of a Revolutionary War submarine floating near the dock of the Queen Mary II.
A civil case has been filed against the New York Police Department by a Brooklyn woman whose fiance was shot more than 50 times by police officers on the day they were to be married.
Among the New York Police Academy's new graduates is Long Island native Cheryl Walter.
Hip hop artists Lil Wayne and Ja Rule were arrested Sunday evening after a concert in Manhattan on charges of criminal possession of weapons, each in separate incidents, a New York Police Department spokesman told CNN.
An explosion rocks New York, sending fear over a city that knows it is a target of terror
The federal government announced Tuesday a bust in a multi-million dollar subprime mortgage lending scheme and indicted more than two dozen alleged co-conspirators.
A man who stored nearly 1,500 pounds of potassium nitrate and other chemicals in his Staten Island home and a nearby storage facility was charged with reckless endangerment Friday, according to the New York City Police Department.
Forty-four anti-war activists carrying "blood-splattered" cardboard signs displaying the record profits of companies were arrested outside the New York Stock Exchange Monday morning.
Before the start of Sunday's Class AA New York City Public School Athletic League boys' basketball championship game between Brooklyn rivals Lincoln and Boys & Girls High at Madison Square Garden there were 500 security personnel from the New York City Police Department and Madison Square Garden security units spread throughout the arena, including 33 School Safety officers lining the basketball court. Still, the heavy police presence couldn't prevent a series of ugly brawls from breaking out amongst the 13,826 fans in attendance.
Two detectives with the New York City Police Department were charged Monday with felony manslaughter in the shooting death of an unarmed black man on his wedding day.
A grand jury heard from a new witness in the case against five officers involved in the shooting of an unarmed man on his wedding day, and the Rev. Al Sharpton called for a special prosecutor to look into the witness' "suspicious" appearance.
New York officials evacuated a number of buildings and shut down some trains after a mysterious gaslike odor was reported Monday.
Could this be a coincidence? Is this for real? How will we ever know? Those are just some of the questions I asked myself when writing about workers and emergency responders from Ground Zero who now claim they're sick from the toxic cocktail to which they were exposed.
Relatives of people killed at the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, told jurors deciding the fate of al Qaeda terrorist Zacarias Moussaoui how they have overcome rage and fear with hope.
A sophisticated group of thieves used technical trickery to steal ATM card information -- and over $100,000 -- from customers at two New York City Washington Mutual branches.
Divers from state and federal agencies searched Sunday for two police officers whose emergency vehicle drove off a drawbridge and plunged into the Hackensack River in New Jersey outside Jersey City, an official said.
New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Tuesday he and other city officials weren't about to wait until a security threat materialized before acting.
New York City police said Monday they will reduce the increased security measures put in place last week on the city's subways.
Investigators are trying to determine if anyone involved in an alleged terror plot against the New York City subway system is in the United States, the city's top police official said Sunday.
Posted: 5:06 p.m. ET CNN's Jeff Koinange in New Orleans, Louisiana
I know cops don't get paid what they deserve, but you'd think a Manhattan homicide detective would be able to afford skivvies.
British investigators are now leaning away from believing the attacks on July 7 and July 21 were linked, police officials said Thursday.
The bombers responsible for the July 7 blasts in London used commonly available products to make their explosives, New York police have told security officials.
The bombers responsible for the July 7 blasts in London used commonly available products to make their explosives, New York police told security officials in a briefing Wednesday.
Once again, mass transit is the target of another terrorist attack in London.
Federal agents arrested a man on Monday, charging him with possessing and selling more than 1,300 counterfeit badges representing 35 law enforcement agencies, the U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement agency said.
Two makeshift bombs rigged from "novelty-type grenades" exploded in front of a building that houses the British Consulate and other offices early Thursday morning, officials said.
The proposed tallest building in the world, meant to take the place of the twin towers of the World Trade Center, will be redesigned, New York Gov. George Pataki said Wednesday.
Any time you possess something that someone else wants, or vice versa, you have a golden opportunity.
Ever wonder whether the security dogs you see sniffing around lobbies know what they're doing? Well, it depends. Since 9/11 the market has been flooded with bomb dogs. Roughly 1,000 businesses arou...
Police and prosecutors are fashioning a new weapon in their arsenal against criminals: digital evidence. The sight of hard drives, Internet files and e-mails as courtroom evidence is increasingly common.
Last week, the United States Supreme Court denied certiorari (that is, certification for review) in a case decided by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit.
President Bush on Friday nominated former New York City Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik to take over as secretary of homeland security.
President Bush will nominate former New York City police commissioner Bernard Kerik to take over as secretary of homeland security, two administration officials said Thursday.
More than three years after the September 11 attacks, the New York City Police Department is hoping technology will provide closure.
Two lifelong Yankees fans are crying foul over being ejected from Yankee Stadium for taking a picture of catcher Jorge Posada's wife -- and they want $6 million for their distress.
The magnificent work of the New York Police Department last week under the masterful leadership of Commissioner Ray Kelly obscured an ugly fact of life today in America.
In the first major clampdown on protesters before the Republican National Convention, New York police arrested 264 people Friday night during a mass demonstration.
Anarchist, terrorist. Train, truck or bus. Whatever the threat, New York's finest say they are prepared.
The New York City Police Department (NYPD) and representatives for United for Peace and Justice have agreed on a site for a protest rally this weekend, as well as the route for the march that will precede it, sources familiar with the situation told CNN Thursday.
Authorities are planning to employ a corporate blimp as an alternative intelligence-gathering tool during next week's Republican National Convention in New York City.
A mob of chanting "demonstrators" clashed with police Thursday in Brooklyn in a mock protest held to review arrest procedures ahead of the Republican National Convention.
A protest group planning a large anti-President Bush rally the day before the Republican National Convention opens has told the New York City Police Department that it will not use the site designated for it by the city.
Threat warnings indicating that terrorists plan attacks on corporate and financial institutions in New York and Washington are based on new information -- not on previous advisories, officials said Sunday.
New intelligence indicates al Qaeda is threatening to attack corporate and financial institutions in New York City, a federal law enforcement official has told CNN.
Despite commuter and security worries surrounding next month's Republican National Convention, it will be business as usual on Wall Street.
Terrorists beware: Albuquerque-Based Applied Research Associates has invented a new, portable radiation detector that can alert authorities to even trace amounts of radiation used in small nuclear ...
An administrative law judge has found the New York Police Department guilty of religious discrimination by banning a Sikh police officer from wearing a turban while on the job.
New York City police have uncovered an arsenal of weapons, ammunition and home-made bombs in a raid on a Staten Island home, a police spokeswoman said.
A 13-year-old girl was taken from her room at Bellevue Hospital on Friday morning and sexually assaulted by an unidentified man, police said.
A letter sent to juror No. 4 in the trial of the former CEO of Tyco was written by a man in Boston who says he thought a mistrial had already been declared, and it had more of a "complaint" tone than a "threat" tone, New York Police Department sources told CNN.
Security preparations for political party conventions in New York and Boston will affect each city's residents very differently.
The New York City Police Department said Thursday it has cracked a major drug ring it says brought more than $75 million worth of cocaine from Guyana to the New York area each year.
Actor and writer Spalding Gray, known for writing and starring in the autobiographical film "Swimming to Cambodia," has been reported missing.
An exhibit of McNally's Polaroids, sponsored by Morgan Stanley and AOL Time Warner, is at New York's Grand Central Station.
Sleep trainer Michael Krugman (soundersleep.com) has treated workers at Saatchi & Saatchi, Equitable Life Assurance, the NYPD, and Philip Morris (gee, wonder what keeps them up at night). "Most of ...
Yes, a virtually indestructible laptop computer is now on the market courtesy of FieldWorks, an Eden Prairie, Minnesota, tech company. Its ruggedness comes from a proprietary rubber-coated magnesiu...
June's article about crime and violence in America, "You're Safer Than You Think," provoked a strong response from MONEY readers. You seemed most surprised by three findings: 1) The risk of being a...
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