NYPD cop arrested, charged with raping 15-year-old girl in Bronx
A rookie cop was arrested and charged with raping a 15-year-old girl in the Bronx, police said on Friday. Officer Ndegnior Kpan, 27, was arrested Thursday after cops responded to…
YouTube star WhistlinDiesel arrested for felony tax evasion
YouTube star WhistlinDiesel was arrested this week in Tennessee for felony tax evasion related to a car he purchased nearly three years ago. The 27-year-old internet personality, real name Cody…
Brooklyn man arrested in stabbing of 2 women inside Philadelphia day care
A Brooklyn man has been arrested for allegedly stabbing two women inside a day care center in Philadelphia earlier this month, authorities said Friday. Eric Ferguson, 35, was arrested shortly…
Ahead of Mamdani taking office, Mayor Adams makes changes in NYC response to mental health calls
The Adams administration is planning to resign the city’s non-police mental health response team program, or B-HEARD, shifting it from the purview of the FDNY. Under the changes announced by…
East Harlem man recounts chilling elevator ride with unhinged gunman killed in NYPD shoot-out
A menacing gunman who died after a Manhattan shootout with cops earlier threatened to kill a resident in an elevator before walking out of an Upper East Side building with…
Long Island man indicted for rape of 74-year-old during home invasion
A Long Island man has been indicted on charges that he broke into an elderly woman’s Holbrook apartment and sexually assaulted her, officials said Friday. Jawarren Booker, 29, of Ridge,…
Luigi Mangione’s attorneys question damning statement tied to accused CEO shooter’s mom
Attorneys for accused UnitedHealthcare CEO killer Luigi Mangione are questioning the validity of a damning statement allegedly made by Mangione’s mother, and have raised the possibility that the statement was…
Three weeks after drug raids on a Kensington block, Philly Police are continuing to restrict access to the entire street
Three weeks after Philadelphia police and federal agents raided Kensington’s Weymouth Street and arrested more than 30 people in what they called the takedown of a decade-old drug trafficking gang,…
PA budget allots $40 million to fight hunger, an $11 million increase over last year
Pennsylvania’s spending on antihunger programs increased by 38% in the state budget passed Wednesday, an $11 million boost over last year to more than $40 million. Of that amount, $5…
Man accused of killing Officer Richard Mendez turns on associates in critical trial moment
The trial of two men accused of murdering Philadelphia Police Officer Richard Mendez took a major turn Friday when another man involved in the 2023 shooting took the stand to…