Houston Texans surprise Uvalde high school football players, reveal special helmet decal

Houston Texans Head Coach Lovie Smith and some players went to Uvalde to surprise the high school football team. They also revealed a special "Uvalde Strong" helmet decal the Texans will wear at their season opener.

Former NYPD cop gets 10 years in prison for Jan. 6 attack

Thomas Webster, a former NYPD officer, will spend ten years behind bars for using a metal flagpole to assault one of the police officers trying to hold off a mob of Donald Trump supporters on January 6.

NYPD releases body camera footage of officer striking woman in Harlem

The NYPD has released body camera footage of an altercation between an officer and a 19-year-old woman who was allegedly interfering with an arrest in Harlem.

Child struck, killed by hit-and-run driver in Queens

Police say a 5-year-old boy was struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver in East Elmhurst on Thursday afternoon.

Video: Driver drags 78-year-old woman out of Access-A-Ride car

An Access-A-Ride driver is accused of dragging a 78-year-old woman out of his car and threatening a Good Samaritan who took video of the incident.

Manhattan shootings leave 2 dead

Two people, a man and a woman, both in their 20s were shot and killed in Manhattan on Thursday.

2 in 10 Americans report experience with gun violence, AP-NORC poll finds

CDC data has shown a spike in gun violence since the pandemic, with gun-related homicides increasing across the country in large and small metro areas and in rural areas.

Man beaten with baseball bat in Brooklyn

A man was left in critical condition after being brutally attacked by three men, one of whom was wielding a baseball bat, in Crown Heights.

Robbery of 84-year-old woman in Glendale by 'family of thieves' caught on camera

What looks like an innocent encounter between an elderly woman and another person actually turned out to be a robbery in broad daylight caught on camera.

Times Square area to be labeled a 'Gun Free Zone'

"Gun free zone" signs will be posted at every entry point leading into the Times Square area this week, the NYPD says. But first the city needs to clearly define Times Square.

New York sex trafficking ring uncovered by FBI

The FBI says hundreds of women may be victims of a sex trafficking operation run out of the New York City area.

'Fund the police': Biden outlines crime plan, pushes assault weapons ban

Democrats and Republicans worked together in a rare effort to pass gun safety legislation earlier this year after massacres in Buffalo, New York, and Uvalde, Texas.

Professional rock climber charged with sex assaults at Yosemite National Park

A grand jury indicted Charles Barrett who they allege engaged in sexual contact with someone identified as K.G. without her permission over two consecutive days in August 2016.

R. Kelly trial: Prosecutors rest their case against R&B singer

Prosecutors rested their case Tuesday at R. Kelly’s federal trial in Chicago after presenting two weeks of evidence and testimony in their effort to show that the singer enticed underage girls for sex, produced child pornography and successfully rigged his 2008 state trial.

NYPD: Teen sprayed fire extinguisher on Jewish men in Brooklyn

The NYPD has arrested a 14-year-old boy and a homeless man in connection with three recent hate crimes against Jewish men in Williamsburg.

Safeway employee who tried to disarm gunman 'acted heroically,' police say

Authorities in Bend, Oregon, say an employee who died in a shooting at a Safeway supermarket attacked the gunman in the produce section and tried to disarm him, likely preventing more deaths.