Ali Watkins
The New York Times
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Rare-Book Dealer Charged After Pilfered Eagles Lyrics Come to Light
Glenn Horowitz and two other men are accused of conspiring to sell Don Henley’s notes, including the words to “Hotel California.” → Read More
Police Eye Domestic Violence in Upper East Side Killing of Mother
Azsia Johnson, 20, hoped to be a pediatric nurse and was a doting mother to her two children, her mother said. She was shot at point blank range while walking her 3-month-old daughter. → Read More
Taxi Jumps Curb, Critically Injuring 3 People in Manhattan
The accident happened in the Flatiron district, a neighborhood packed with hotels, bars and restaurants. → Read More
New York Firefighter Dies in North Carolina After Tree Falls on Car
An accident during a windstorm at the Biltmore Estate killed Casey Skudin, a decorated firefighter who had been driving with his family. → Read More
$2 Million Tabernacle Is Stolen From a Brooklyn Church, Police Say
Someone apparently armed with a power saw broke into the church and walked off with the solid-gold, bejeweled tabernacle, the police said. → Read More
The Suspect in a Fatal Subway Shooting Is in Police Custody
Andrew Abdullah was the subject of a manhunt that began minutes after a gunman shot a passenger on a northbound Q train on Sunday. → Read More
Girl, 11, Was Killed When One Teen Tried to Shoot Another, Police Say
The police filed charges in a Bronx slaying that came as New York’s children are suffering in a wave of violence. → Read More
Live Updates: Several People Are Shot at Brooklyn Subway Station
The police were seeking a man in a worker’s vest and gas mask after early reports said 13 people were injured, several of them shot, during the morning rush. → Read More
Shootings Rise in New York, Coloring Perceptions of City’s Safety
Homicides were down in the first quarter, but the statistics don’t stem anxiety that the city might be regressing to a violent past. → Read More
Woman’s Dismembered Body Is Found in Shopping Cart in Brooklyn
The grisly discovery was made early Thursday morning, and the police are investigating. → Read More
4-Year-Old and His Grandmother Were Killed by Poison, Police Say
There have been no arrests in the case, the police said, but the deaths of Wilhelm Ducatl and Tofoon Man are being investigated as homicides. → Read More
Gunman Accused of Shooting 2 N.Y.P.D. Officers Dies
The Manhattan district attorney is investigating Lashawn McNeil’s connection to anti-government groups; Mayor Eric Adams said an assault weapon was found under his mattress. → Read More
Indianapolis police chief says gunman bought weapons legally despite earlier warning.
Chief Randal Taylor said the gunman in the attack bought two assault-style weapons in July and September. Months earlier, his mother had warned the police about his mental state. → Read More
Congress’s Sergeants-at-Arms Face Scrutiny After Siege
The House and Senate sergeants-at-arms, who have resigned, now face questions about why they failed to do more to deter the Trump loyalists who swarmed the Capitol last week. → Read More
Violent Year in New York and Across U.S. as Pandemic Fuels Crime Spike
A time without precedent saw huge increases in homicides and shootings in the city as some other types of crime plummeted. → Read More
Over $150,000 in Fines Issued on First Weekend of New N.Y.C. Lockdown
At least five houses of worship were given a summons in the neighborhoods where the coronavirus infection rates are the highest. → Read More
Speeding FDNY Truck Hits Ambulance, Killing Patient
A ladder truck rushing to a fire slammed into an ambulance carrying a man who had suffered a heart attack, killing him and injuring 11 others. → Read More
N.Y. Fire Department Replaces Name on Its Highest Award, Citing Racist Past
The James Gordon Bennett Medal will now be named for Chief Peter J. Ganci, who was killed in the Sept. 11 terror attacks. → Read More
What Are ‘Spit Hoods,’ and Why Do the Police Use Them?
Daniel Prude died in Rochester after officers covered his head with a hood. The devices are widely used, but the N.Y.P.D. does not give them to patrol officers. → Read More
The 'Spit Hood' in Daniel Prude's Death. Why Do Police Use Them?
Daniel Prude died in Rochester after officers covered his head with a hood. The devices are widely used, but the N.Y.P.D. does not give them to patrol officers. → Read More