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Harvey Weinstein appears in state court in Manhattan as jury selection continues in his retrial on Wednesday, April 23, 2025, in New York. Photo: Sarah Yenesel/Pool Photo via AP

Weinstein’s #Metoo rape retrial opens with added allegations from a former model

April 24 | Michael R. Sisak and Jennifer Peltz, Associated Press

Opening statements in Harvey Weinstein’s rape retrial began with a prosecutor...

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Hon. Ellen Edwards (left) alongside Carmen Baez. Brooklyn Eagle photo by Wayne Daren Schneiderman

First-ever ‘Earth Day Celebration’ at 141 Livingston yields impressive results

April 23 | Wayne Daren Schneiderman

Earth Day, the annual event focusing on promoting action to protect the...

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Defendant convicted of five armed robberies and attempted robberies in Brooklyn, Staten Island and New Jersey

April 23 | Brooklyn Eagle Staff

A federal jury convicted Tony Clanton, also known as “Tone,” for a...

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Crime

This image provided by the Office of the New York Mayor shows the scene, Saturday, March 29, 2025, in the Brooklyn borough of New York, where a woman driving on a suspended license was speeding and failed to yield after stopping at a red light, collided with another vehicle and then into a family walking in the crosswalk. Photo: Mayoral Photography Office/Justin Persaud via AP

Driver indicted for manslaughter, criminally negligent homicide in crash that killed mother, 2 children

April 22 | Jaime DeJesus

Miriam Yarimi, 32, was arraigned during her first in-court appearance on...

Three people broke into a home on 85th Street between 11th and 12th avenues. Image via Google Maps

Crooks break into Bensonhurst home, steal cash

April 15 | Jaime DeJesus

Two crooks broke into a Bensonhurst home, attacked a man inside and...

Police & Fire

In a June 20, 2014, file photo, the Rikers Island jail complex stands in New York with the Manhattan skyline in the background. Photo: Seth Wenig/AP

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Spotlight: The strange history of Rikers Island part two: The crash

April 22 | Jesse Goodman

From its humble beginnings as a dumping ground for the city’s...

Surveillance photo of the man accused of forcibly grabbing women in Brooklyn. Photo: NYPD

Suspected Brooklyn Heights serial groper arrested

April 8 | Mary Frost

Kalen Bell, 26, was arrested and charged at the 77th Precinct stationhouse...

Sports

Nets not willing to go ‘all-in’ just yet

April 24 | John Toreni, Sports Editor

The last time Sean Marks went "all-in" for a Brooklyn rebuild...

New York Liberty coach Sandy Brondello won't have Betnijah Laney-Hamilton back until September, and lost two other players as training camp opened this week. AP Photo by Ian Maule

Liberty to start camp shorthanded

April 23 | John Torenli, Sports Editor

While enthusiasm is high for one of the top rosters in the...

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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...