NYPD cop loses month pay for kneeling on back of Manhattan suspect who yelled ‘I can’t breathe’
An NYPD cop lost 30 days pay for kneeling on the back of an emotionally disturbed Manhattan suspect as he cried out “I can’t breathe,” the Daily News has learned.…
NYC schools’ ‘Dream Squads’ program gives immigrant students resources, hope
During the height of the migrant influx, a Brooklyn middle school took in new students, many from South America, who arrived without the necessary warm clothing for their first winter…
Gunmen kill 9, wound 10, in mass shooting at South Africa tavern
About a dozen gunmen shot up a tavern in a township outside Johannesburg early Sunday, killing at least nine and wounding 10, the South African Police Service said. It was…
What Philadelphians want Santa Claus to bring the city this Christmas
Turkeys are about to start getting roasted and Philadelphia City Hall’s Christmas Village will soon be packing up. But the magic of the holiday season is never complete without a…
NYPD cop shoots to death man with boxcutter who in fight with father charged at police
An NYPD cop shot a man to death who, during a fight with his father, charged at police with a boxcutter in Queens early Sunday, NYPD officials said. Police responding…
A woman and baby are shot in West Philadelphia, news reports say
A woman and an infant were shot in West Philadelphia’s Carroll Park neighborhood early Sunday, according to news reports. Police said the shooting happened in the second floor bathroom of…
Seeing eye dog? This blind Philadelphian says ‘no, thanks’
There is nothing quite like a feel-good fluff story. There was a good one recently, about Seeing Eye volunteers acclimating puppies to the Philadelphia Airport concourse and to an airplane.…
Ralph Nader: A roadmap of opportunities for Zohran Mamdani
Dear Mayor-elect Mamdani, Your decisive victory in the mayoral race has prompted your opponents — the privileged super-rich and their lobbyists in City Hall — to label you as an…
About that ‘White Christmas’ dream, and other snowy thoughts at the solstice
With a predictable precision that may forever elude meteorology, at 10:03 a.m. Philadelphia time Sunday, the sun will beam its most direct light of the year on the Tropic of…
The 1873 painting that is being seen for the first time in 152 years
Back in September, 1873, the New York Herald announced that the Hudson Valley School painter Jasper Francis Cropsey had a new painting. Autumn in the Ramapo Valley, Erie Railway, would…