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The Supreme Court in Washington, June 30, 2024. Photo: Susan Walsh/AP

Supreme Court declines to hear from oil and gas companies trying to block climate-change lawsuits

January 13 | Lindsay Whitehurst, Associated Press

The Supreme Court said it won’t hear an appeal from companies...

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Rudy Giuliani speaks after leaving federal court in Washington, Friday, Jan. 10, 2025. Photo: Jose Luis Magana/AP

Rudy Giuliani’s Florida condo and World Series rings at stake in trial over assets

January 13 | Larry Neumeister, Associated Press

After he was found in contempt twice in one week, Rudy Giuliani...

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Brooklyn legislator and mayoral candidate Zellnor Myrie introduced a bill this week to give district attorneys access to police departments and other agencies’ online databases to aid in discovery. Photo: Susan Watts/Office of Gov. Kathy Hochul

New bill aims to help DAs with discovery

January 13 | Ryan Schwach, Queens Daily Eagle

A new bill introduced in Albany last week aims to help prosecutors...

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Crime

On Saturday, most parents at Brooklyn’s Carroll Park didn’t know a murder had taken place there hours earlier. Photo: Mary Frost, Brooklyn Eagle

Murder in Carroll Park stuns Brooklyn neighbors

January 13 | Mary Frost

A man was shot and killed in a hail of gunfire early...

Sebastian Zapeta, accused of burning a woman to death inside a New York City subway train, left, is escorted into Kings County Supreme Court for an arraignment, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025, in New York. AP Photo/Seth Wenig

Suspect in NYC subway burning told police ‘that’s me’ when shown video, transcript says

January 7 | Associated Press

The man accused of setting a woman on fire inside a New...

Police & Fire

This Oct. 7, 2013, file photo shows the exterior of Gracie Mansion, the mayor's official residence, in New York. AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File

Man stole a Christmas ornament during a break-in at NYC mayor’s residence, police say

January 2 | Associated Press

Shortly before 4:30 a.m. Wednesday, the suspect jumped a fence...

Former NYPD Chief of Department Jeffrey Maddrey attends a press conference, Friday, Dec. 27, 2024, in New York. AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura, File

Home of former top NYPD official searched amid allegations he demanded sex for overtime pay

January 2 | Associated Press

Law enforcement officers on Thursday searched the home of a former top...

Sports

Kingsborough campus. Photo: Kingsborough Community College

Brendon Bain is riding the wave

January 13 | Andy Furman

Brendon Bain is the women’s basketball coach at Kingsborough Community College...

Scholastic Roundup: Brooklyn’s best ballers

January 10 | Andy Furman

MaxPreps named its first high school basketball All-America team in 2006...

Top Stories

John Abi-Habib founded a number of civic organizations in Bay Ridge.Photos: Wayne Daren Schneiderman/Brooklyn Eagle

Faces of Bay Ridge: John Abi-Habib, a mover and a shaker

January 22 | Wayne Daren Schneiderman

BAY RIDGE – John Abi-Habib is all about foresight and being on...

Staten Island Man With History of Hate Indicted For Firefighter’s Murder

December 18 | Christina Carrega

A Staten Island man pleaded not guilty on Tues., Dec. 18 for...