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The contest between Democrat Suozzi and little-known Republican Mazi Pilip was seen as a bellwether for November’s presidential electionDemocrat Tom Suozzi won the New York congressional seat vacated by the disgraced Republican George Santos on Tuesday night, in a boost for Joe Biden ahead of the presidential election.The victory narrows the slim Republican majority in the House and gives Democrats a much-needed win in...

Man, 34, killed at Bronx station in afternoon shooting police say was prompted by argument between two teen groupsAn argument between two groups of teenagers left one person killed and five others injured in a shooting at a New York subway station on Monday, police said.The shooting started after the train’s doors opened on the elevated platform at the Mount Eden Avenue station in...

Guardian Angels founder Curtis Sliwa claimed to Fox News’ Sean Hannity that man had been shoplifting, but NYPD has no evidenceAs Sean Hannity was interviewing the founder of the Guardian Angels, a New York City-based vigilante group known for targeting immigrants, an off-screen disturbance took place and the camera panned to show group members confronting an unidentified man, pushing him to the sidewalk and...

Judge Lewis Kaplan, who ruled from the bench, reportedly said allowing for a mistrial ‘would have been entirely pointless’Donald Trump’s motions for a mistrial in the defamation case brought against him by the writer E Jean Carroll have been rejected by a federal judge, who added that the former president’s issues with the verdict had no “merit”.In an order filed on Wednesday, Judge Lewis...

Current definition was factor in Carroll’s sexual abuse case, which was highlighted by Governor Kathy Hochul at bill ceremonyNew York will expand its legal definition of rape to include various forms of nonconsensual sexual contact, under a bill signed into law by Governor Kathy Hochul on Tuesday.The state’s current limited definition was a factor in writer E Jean Carroll’s sexual abuse and defamation case...

NYPD body camera footage shows city council member Yusef Salaam being stopped, renewing light on police transparency billNew York city council member Yusef Salaam, a member of the exonerated group of men known as the Central Park Five, says he was stopped and pulled over by police without being given an explanation.The police stop in New York City on Friday casts a renewed light...

Former president calls verdict ‘absolutely ridiculous’ and accuses Biden of directing ‘witch-hunt’ against him and RepublicansThe $83.3m verdict against Donald Trump in the defamation case brought by the writer E Jean Carroll over her allegation of sexual assault was celebrated by opponents of the former president, analysed by legal experts and excoriated by the presumptive 2024 Republican White House nominee and his loyal supporters.Trump...

Ex-president vows to appeal against ruling, which comes less than a year after Carroll won $5m in sexual abuse and defamation trialSign up for Trump on Trial: a free newsletter on all the latest court developmentsA New York City jury awarded $83.3m to E Jean Carroll in her defamation trial against Donald Trump on Friday.Carroll will receive $18.3m in compensatory damages and $65m in...

Former president says he never instructed anyone to hurt magazine columnist after judge warns him to keep his voice downDonald Trump took the witness stand in E Jean Carroll’s second defamation trial against him, marking the first time he has provided court testimony relating to her sexual assault claim against him.Trump’s testimony lasted less than five minutes as the judge in this case, Lewis...

James Cromitie was convicted in 2010 after FBI invented a conspiracy to attack synagogues and military planesA man convicted in a post-9/11 terrorism sting was ordered freed from prison by a judge who criticized the FBI for relying on an “unsavory” confidential informant for an agency-invented conspiracy to blow up New York synagogues and shoot down national guard planes.The US district judge Colleen McMahon...

Cold snap continues from south to Pacific north-west, with thaw not expected until next weekThe deep freeze affecting millions of people across the US is continuing this weekend, as bitterly frigid air spilled into the midwest from Canada amid high winds that could make it feel like -30F (-34C) outside in some areas.The list of severe weather events was growing as the US struggled...

Former Elle columnist says ‘I’m here to get my reputation back’ as judge warns ex-president he could be kicked out of courtE Jean Carroll took the witness stand on Wednesday morning in her defamation trial against Donald Trump, marking the first time she has confronted the ex-president in a courtroom. Carroll’s testimony so incensed Trump that he had numerous outbursts, prompting the judge to...

Lawyer for magazine columnist says Trump emboldened his followers to threaten and smear her after she accused him of rapeDonald Trump used his platform while he was US president to try to wreck E Jean Carroll’s name after she accused him of rape, her lawyer argued in a New York court on Tuesday, adding that Trump had also emboldened hardline followers to hurl smears...

Letter accuses ex-president of intending to ‘sow chaos’ next week, while Trump ordered to pay New York Times nearly $400,000Donald Trump’s legal woes continued to mount as a lawyer in an upcoming defamation case asked a judge to ensure the former president does not disrupt imminent legal proceedings – and, in a separate issue, he was ordered to pay nearly $400,000 in legal fees...

New York City emergency inspection discovers potentially dangerous conditions and issues order to vacateThe illegal tunnel discovered beneath the historic Chabad-Lubavitch synagogue in Brooklyn was found to have compromised the stability of several structures surrounding the house of worship, New York City officials said on Thursday.After city officials had to conduct an emergency inspection of the building earlier this week, an order to vacate...

Brawl erupted between police and those who created passageway and wanted it to remain at Chabad-Lubavitch headquartersA group of men belonging to a Hasidic Jewish community in New York were arrested on Monday amid a dispute over an illegal tunnel secretly dug into the side of a historic synagogue, which has since been closed.Action by law enforcement after the tunnel came to light led...

Wayne LaPierre, chief executive who resigned last week, accused of taking millions ‘for personal benefit’ in corruption schemeSenior executives of the National Rifle Association, including Wayne LaPierre, its former chief executive who resigned last week, pilfered millions of dollars from the gun rights organization “for personal benefit” in an orchestrated scheme of corruption, a prosecutor said on Monday afternoon.Monica Connell, New York’s assistant attorney...

Lawsuit announced by Eric Adams says 17 bus companies violated state law by transporting 33,000 people to the cityNew York City has sued 17 charter bus companies that transported migrants from Texas, the mayor, Eric Adams, announced on Thursday.The lawsuit, filed in New York state court in Manhattan, says the city is seeking $708m from the firms because that was the cost it incurred...

Civil rights leader hosts protest outside office of alumnus who spearheaded campaign to remove Claudine Gay and criticized DEIThe civil rights leader the Rev Al Sharpton hosted a protest outside the office of the Harvard alumnus Bill Ackman on Thursday after Ackman criticized diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives at Harvard following the resignation of the former university president Claudine Gay.“[Ackman] declared war on DEI....