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Man convicted for killing NYC emergency medical technician
NEW YORK (AP) — A man has been convicted of killing a New York City emergency medical technician when he ran over her with her own ambulance in 2017. The Bronx jury on Wednesday convicted Jose Gonzalez of murder in the death of Yadira Arroyo, a 14-year veteran of the Fire...
NYC to pay millions over police 'kettling' at Floyd protest
NEW YORK (AP) — New York City has agreed to pay several million dollars to settle a lawsuit brought by protesters who say they were assaulted, abused and trapped by police using a technique known as “kettling” at a demonstration in the wake of George Floyd’s killing. In court...
Elephants in US zoos? Without breeding, future is uncertain
FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — Mabu saunters across a grassy field and raises his long, gray trunk to wrangle food from a hole carved inside a large boulder, captivating the attention of a girl propped up on her father's shoulders. At this zoo in a central California farming community, the...
Flotsam found off New York may be from famous SS Savannah
NEW YORK (AP) — A chunk of weather-beaten flotsam that washed up on a New York shoreline after Tropical Storm Ian last fall has piqued the interest of experts who say it is likely part of the SS Savannah, which ran aground and broke apart in 1821, two years after it became the first vessel to...
Alligator pulled from NYC lake had swallowed bathtub stopper
NEW YORK (AP) — The alligator that was rescued from a chilly lake in New York City over the weekend had swallowed a bathtub stopper, authorities said. The nearly 5-foot-long (1.5-meter-long) female alligator was lethargic and suffering from exposure to the cold when it was found in...
Case against ex-detective tossed due to prosecutor's conduct
NEW YORK (AP) — A perjury case against a former New York City narcotics detective was thrown out mid-trial Tuesday after prosecutors acknowledged failing to turn over evidence as required to his defense. The Manhattan District Attorney's office also said it was demoting the...
Light at the end of the tunnel: Grand Central annex opens
NEW YORK (AP) — For decades, work on a massive rail project has been grinding 15 stories below the shuffling footsteps of millions of New Yorkers and beneath the East Hudson River and Manhattan skyscrapers. After years of delays and massive cost overruns, the enormously expensive...
Man rescued, 4 firefighters hurt in Meriden house fire
MERIDEN, Conn. (AP) — Firefighters rescued an unconscious man from the third floor of a burning home in Meriden on Saturday, carrying him down a 35-foot (10.6-meter) ladder after firefighters were unable to reach him inside, authorities said. The man was taken to Jacobi Medical...
Officer shot in arm on patrol in the Bronx; teen is arrested
NEW YORK (AP) — A police officer was shot in the arm in the Bronx early Tuesday, and a 16-year-old was arrested, officials said. Police were seeking two additional suspects in connection with the shooting just after 3 a.m., New York City Police Commissioner Keechant Sewell said. ...
Mistaken-identity gang killing case ends with 13 in prison
NEW YORK (AP) — The final five defendants were sentenced Friday in the fatal gang stabbing of a 15-year-old whose attackers mistook him for an underworld rival, a killing that unleashed outrage in New York and beyond. Friday's sentencing marked an end to a slate of prosecutions in...
