A resident of a Brooklyn building where five Guatemalan immigrants were killed in a fire has been arrested, the New York Police Department said Tuesday.
10:44 p.m. -- The family of Anaika St. Louis lays the 11-year-old to rest in a tearful ceremony. The girl spent 48 hours trapped under rubble that killed more than two dozen friends and neighbors, her leg crushed by a steel beam. She died after she was unable to receive proper medical treatment. Watch her story
The New York Police Department has been accused of racial profiling by one of its own.
Police concluded that a suspicious white van parked on Times Square posed no threat and reopened the flow of traffic that had temporarily been interrupted Wednesday.
Calling a sharp drop in overall violence throughout America's most populous city "one for the record books," New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced this week that 2009 saw historic crime-rate declines across the city's five boroughs.
When Rosa Glover brought her 19-month-old son to a New York City playground in 1989, she had no idea tragedy was about to strike a second time in the same place.
There are some things in life that cannot be cured, but only outlasted. Things that only time and scar tissue can begin to cover. Or perhaps a marathon: 26.2 miles of rubber-slapping asphalt, of nipple-chafing, muscle-cramping, blister inducing, where-have-I-been and where-am-I-going and what-makes-me-think-I-can-finish?
Authorities on Sunday released the name of a woman who turned up in New York this month saying she had no memory of her name or family.
Authorities are seeking the public's assistance in identifying a teenage girl who mysteriously turned up in Manhattan two weeks ago, claiming to have no memory of her family, her home -- or even her own name.
A man brutally beaten in New York City was targeted because he is openly gay, the New York Police Department said Monday.
A resident of a Brooklyn building where five Guatemalan immigrants were killed in a fire has been arrested, the New York Police Department said Tuesday.
10:44 p.m. -- The family of Anaika St. Louis lays the 11-year-old to rest in a tearful ceremony. The girl spent 48 hours trapped under rubble that killed more than two dozen friends and neighbors, her leg crushed by a steel beam. She died after she was unable to receive proper medical treatment. Watch her story
The New York Police Department has been accused of racial profiling by one of its own.
Police concluded that a suspicious white van parked on Times Square posed no threat and reopened the flow of traffic that had temporarily been interrupted Wednesday.
Calling a sharp drop in overall violence throughout America's most populous city "one for the record books," New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced this week that 2009 saw historic crime-rate declines across the city's five boroughs.
When Rosa Glover brought her 19-month-old son to a New York City playground in 1989, she had no idea tragedy was about to strike a second time in the same place.
There are some things in life that cannot be cured, but only outlasted. Things that only time and scar tissue can begin to cover. Or perhaps a marathon: 26.2 miles of rubber-slapping asphalt, of nipple-chafing, muscle-cramping, blister inducing, where-have-I-been and where-am-I-going and what-makes-me-think-I-can-finish?
Authorities on Sunday released the name of a woman who turned up in New York this month saying she had no memory of her name or family.
Authorities are seeking the public's assistance in identifying a teenage girl who mysteriously turned up in Manhattan two weeks ago, claiming to have no memory of her family, her home -- or even her own name.
A man brutally beaten in New York City was targeted because he is openly gay, the New York Police Department said Monday.
Federal agents raided residences in New York City early Monday as part of a terrorism investigation, law enforcement sources said.
Divers on Tuesday recovered the bodies of the final two of nine victims of Saturday's collision between a helicopter and small plane over the Hudson River, police said.
Federal, state and municipal agencies staged an elaborate drill in the waters off New York City on Tuesday to prepare for the possibility of a nuclear or dirty-bomb attack from the water.
In 2009, some units of the New York Police Department still function more like "Dragnet" than "CSI." They rely on typewriters.
Rep. Charles Rangel said he is satisfied with the steps New York police are taking in response to the death of Officer Omar Edwards, but renewed his call for a federal investigation into instances of police friendly fire.
Four men were indicted Tuesday in what prosecutors said was a plot to bomb two New York City synagogues and fire surface-to-air missiles at U.S. military planes.
The bar's owners are "working to correct" the issue, a spokesperson tells PEOPLE
A police officer chasing a theft suspect was fatally shot Thursday night by another officer after he failed to drop his weapon when ordered to, authorities said.
L.A. prosecutors also plan to see if the actor violated his probation in a DUI case
Three professors and a former professor at Columbia University's Teachers College received hate mail this week, the New York Police Department said. It's the campus that was shaken by several bias crimes directed at black and Jewish professors in 2007.
NYPD officers on counter-terrorism patrol helped deliver a baby during morning rush hour in the middle of New York's bustling Penn Station Wednesday.
Two former New York Police Department detectives were sentenced to life in prison without parole Friday for operating as Mafia hit men while employed by the NYPD.
The number of homicides in New York City rose about four percent in 2008 compared with the previous year, preliminary figures from the city's police department showed.
Extra security has been ordered while the city preps for a freezing night of celebration
Investigators with the NYPD's Internal Affairs Bureau are conducting DNA tests on equipment taken from the lockers of five police officers after a Brooklyn man accused them of sodomizing him with a radio antenna.
The New York Police Department is investigating a suspicious white powder sent to the offices of The New York Times
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
More than three years after the September 11 attacks, the New York City Police Department is hoping technology will provide closure.
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.
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.
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.
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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