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Crime·2026-03-31T12:01:06+00:00

Murder trial of man accused of killing NYPD officer moves to closing arguments

Rivera, 36, was indicted on first-degree murder, attempted murder, and criminal possession of a weapon charges in the fatal shooting of 31-year-old detective Jonathan Diller, who was killed in Queens in 2024. QUEENS, New York (WABC) -- Closing arguments are set to begin Tuesday in the murder trial of Guy Rivera, who is accused of fatally shooting an NYPD detective.

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Local·2026-03-31T16:40:00+00:00

Police fatally shoot 2 dogs in Queens after one bites woman, NYPD says

Close-up of an police car, equipped with flashing lights and siren, used as transportation on New York City streets by NYPD. The incident happened at a public housing complex in Edgemere.

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Local·2026-03-31T10:01:10+00:00

Coney Island Mermaid Parade set to return after ‘urgent financial crisis’

Thousands of participants — and hundreds of thousands of spectators — came out to Surf Avenue in Coney Island Saturday, June 17, 2023 for the 41st Mermaid Parade.

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World·2026-03-31T11:29:42+00:00

DHS resumes asylum decisions. And, Iran's strike injures over 12 U.S. personnel

The Department of Homeland Security has lifted its ban on reviewing asylum applications. And, NPR has confirmed that an Iranian strike injured over a dozen U.S.

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Crime·2026-03-31T21:59:03+00:00

4 charged in corruption investigation linked to New York City homeless shelter operator

Investigators are also probing whether City Council Member Farah Louis and her sister Debbie Louis, an aide to Hochul, accepted bribes related to the appropriation of city funds to the nonprofit , according to a copy of a search warrant viewed by The Associated Press. Nevertheless, the governor's office said Debbie Louis has been placed on leave, and a spokesperson for the City Council said the legislative body "takes any potential misconduct extremely. New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani said the city would "definitely be looking into" existing contracts that the city has with BHRAGS.

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Local·2026-03-31T17:19:30+00:00

Retired NYPD sergeant among 4 arrested in probe linked to NYC homeless shelter operator

Records from the city comptroller’s office show that five of the six contracts awarded to Fort NYC Security were done so on NEW YORK -- Federal authorities have arrested four people in connection with an investigation into a Brooklyn nonprofit that received lucrative city contracts to open homeless shelters in New York City, a. A retired NYPD sergeant was among four people arrested in connection with a corruption investigation into a Brooklyn nonprofit that received lucrative city contracts to open homeless shelters in New York City, a person familiar with the investigation confirmed to The Associated Press.

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Climate·2026-03-31T15:26:49+00:00

‘God squad’ waives endangered species law to allow US drilling in Gulf of Mexico

Reports indicate exemption for fossil fuels exploits White House’s ‘self-made gas crisis’, and could doom the rare Rice’s whale Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inbox A US government panel on Tuesday exempted oil and gas drilling in the Gulf of Mexico from the Endangered Species Act (ESA), a move which reports indicate could doom a rare whale species and harm other marine life. Hegseth notified Burgum on 13 March that an ESA exemption for oil and gas drilling in the gulf was “necessary for reasons of national security”, according to a court filing from the.

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World·2026-03-31T10:53:10+00:00

China bans storing cremated remains in empty 'bone ash apartments'

Practice of using apartments to store relatives’ ashes has risen as rapid urbanisation and ageing population increases competition for cemetery plots China is introducing a law to stop people storing the ashes of their dead relatives in empty high-rise flats rather than paying steep costs for increasingly scarce cemetery plots. The price for a burial plot in Beijing's Changping Tianshou Cemetery ranges from around 10,000 yuan (£1,095) to 200,000 yuan (£21,917), according to its website.

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World·2026-03-31T12:56:45+00:00

Iran using children in security roles in war, reports and witnesses say

Golnaz, who is in her 20s in east Tehran, told the BBC that she had seen armed teenagers taking part in Basiji forces when she went out after an air strike on 9 March to see what was going on. Despite a government-imposed internet outage in Iran, the BBC has spoken to four eyewitnesses who said they had seen children under the age of 18 at checkpoints in Tehran, the nearby city of Karaj, and the northern city of Rasht. Sara, also in her 20s in west Tehran, told the BBC that she saw a teenager at a checkpoint on 25 March.

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Sports·2026-03-31T22:07:26+00:00

Peacekeepers killed by roadside explosion in Lebanon, initial report finds

It went on: "A comprehensive operational examination indicates that no significant device was placed in the area by IDF troops, and that no IDF troops were present in the area at all." Separately, the IDF said on Tuesday that four of its soldiers had been killed in combat in southern Lebanon. Two Indonesian peacekeepers were killed on Monday by a "roadside explosion" in southern Lebanon, UN peacekeeping chief Jean-Pierre Lacroix has said, citing the findings of an initial investigation.

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Murder trial of man accused of killing NYPD officer moves to closing arguments

Police fatally shoot 2 dogs in Queens after one bites woman, NYPD says

Coney Island Mermaid Parade set to return after ‘urgent financial crisis’

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DHS resumes asylum decisions. And, Iran's strike injures over 12 U.S. personnel

4 charged in corruption investigation linked to New York City homeless shelter operator

Retired NYPD sergeant among 4 arrested in probe linked to NYC homeless shelter operator

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‘God squad’ waives endangered species law to allow US drilling in Gulf of Mexico

China bans storing cremated remains in empty 'bone ash apartments'

Iran using children in security roles in war, reports and witnesses say

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Peacekeepers killed by roadside explosion in Lebanon, initial report finds