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  1. Article · Sep 17, 2026 · Romney Smith

    Woman's body found inside trash can near Brooklyn parking lot (opens the original)

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    A gruesome discovery in Brooklyn has police investigating the death of a woman found inside a garbage can. Law enforcement sources said the body was discovered around 3 p.m. on Wednesday in Sheepshead Bay near Belt Parkway and Knapp Street. Police were responding to a 911 call. Investigators were still on scene early Thursday morning. The NYPD said the city's medical examiner will determine the woman's cause of death. She has yet to be identified by authorities. As of Thursday morning, there wer

  2. Article · Sep 7, 2026 · Romney Smith

    3 people shot at West Indian Day Parade in Brooklyn (opens the original)

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    At least three people were shot at the West Indian Day Parade in Brooklyn, police said Monday afternoon. The massive celebration of Caribbean culture was interrupted briefly around 4 p.m. when the victims were wounded in separate shootings around the parade. One person was quickly taken into custody after a man was shot near Nostrand Avenue and St. John's Place in Crown Heights. The NYPD said a woman was shot, not far away, near Eastern Parkway and Kingston Avenue. A man was also grazed in the l

  3. Article · Aug 6, 2026 · Romney Smith

    Lawsuits announced against NYC over deadly 2025 Harlem Legionnaires' outbreak (opens the original)

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    A group of lawyers, including civil rights attorney Ben Crump, alongside Rev. Al Sharpton are announcing lawsuits on behalf of the 2025 Central Harlem Legionnaires' outbreak victims and their families. In July 2025, New York City health officials identified an outbreak of Legionnaires' disease in Central Harlem. Officials ultimately confirmed 118 cases and seven deaths, and traced the bacteria to cooling towers in the neighborhood, including those at Harlem Hospital and the New York City Public

  4. Article · Jul 20, 2026 · Romney Smith

    Alleged purse-snatcher shoots woman in chest on Brooklyn subway platform (opens the original)

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    An 18-year-old woman was shot in the chest during a robbery on a subway platform in Brooklyn, authorities say. According to police, the woman was standing on the downtown No. 2 train platform at the President Street-Medgar Evers College Station in Crown Heights just before midnight as she waited for a train. Her mother said her daughter was on her way home from work at the time. A man approached and tried to take her purse. The two started to struggle. The man shot the woman in the chest and ran

  5. Article · Jul 9, 2026 · Romney Smith

    Video shows NYC houses of worship targeted in Molotov cocktail attacks (opens the original)

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    A 36-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly being the person seen on video throwing a Molotov cocktail at a house of worship in Queens, one of two he's accused of attacking Wednesday night, officials say. Both attacks happened shortly before midnight, at Iglesia Bautista El Mesias and Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses, on 75th and 78th streets, respectively, according to police. In both cases, the man allegedly threw a fireball at the front door. In each case, a fire started when it hit

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