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4 charged in corruption investigation linked to NYC homeless shelter operator

By JAKE OFFENHARTZ and MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Four people connected to a company hired by New York City to operate homeless shelters for migrants were arrested Tuesday as part of a federal public corruption investigation that is also examining a City Council ...

2nd man arrested in drive-by shooting that killed 7-month-old girl

NEW YORK (AP) — A second suspect in the stray-bullet killing of a 7-month-old baby on a Brooklyn street was arrested Friday, police said, two days after a shooting the police commissioner called "a tragedy that truly shocks the conscience." Matthew Rodriguez, 18, was apprehended in ...

A drone drops knives, bandannas and hair clippers into a New York prison

MARCY, N.Y. (AP) — A drone flew over the grounds of an upstate New York prison after midnight and released a package containing knives, a cellphone, bandannas, hair clippers and a green leafy substance between two dormitories, officials said Wednesday. The package was quickly recovered by ...

A drone drops knives, bandannas and hair clippers into a New York prison

MARCY, N.Y. (AP) — A drone flew over the grounds of an upstate New York prison after midnight and released a package containing knives, a cellphone, bandannas, hair clippers and a green leafy substance between two dormitories, officials said Wednesday. The package was quickly recovered by ...

New York man freed after 19 years in prison for robbery he didn’t commit

By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A man who spent nearly two decades in prison for a roughly $550 robbery was exonerated and freed Monday, after prosecutors said they now agree he didn't commit the crime. "It cost me 20 years, but they said they corrected it now. So ...

New York man freed after 19 years in prison for robbery he didn’t commit

By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A man who spent nearly two decades in prison for a roughly $550 robbery was exonerated and freed Monday, after prosecutors said they now agree he didn't commit the crime. "It cost me 20 years, but they said they corrected it now. So ...