NY attorney general steps in after off-duty cop charged with murder

The New York state attorney general's office is taking over the investigation into the alleged shooting death of a woman by an off-duty New York City police officer. Officer Yvonne Wu was charged late Thursday with murder and attempted murder in a double shooting Wednesday in Brooklyn.

NYPD officer accused of shooting ex-girlfriend, killing another woman

A 31-year-old officer allegedly shot and killed a 24-year-old woman and shot and injured a 23-year-old woman she was in an intimate relationship with in a home in Bensonhurst Wednesday evening.

2 teens shot inside Crown Heights playground

The NYPD is asking for the public's help tracking down the suspects who shot two teens inside a playground in Crown Heights.

SHOCKING: Woman brutally beaten in Brooklyn robbery

A 30-year-old woman was brutally beaten by another woman and a man on a street in Brooklyn. Police released video of the assault.

New library branch opens in Brooklyn

The new branch will serve the DUMBO, Vinegar Hill, and Farragut neighborhoods, which have never had their own public library.

BODYCAM VIDEO: Cop chases down teenage phone thief

The NYPD released video footage from a sprinting cop's body camera showing a dramatic — and brief — chase through a subway station and then on a nearby street.

Inside look at Christian Dior exhibition at Brooklyn Museum

From Christian Dior's first collection in 1947 to the present, an exhibit at the Brooklyn Museum includes objects taken primarily from the Dior archives.

VIDEO: NYPD officers help save baby who had stopped breathing

The NYPD released body camera video of police officers from New York's 75th precinct as they helped to save a one-year-old baby who had stopped breathing.

Mugger chases, attacks 65-year-old woman in Brooklyn

A frightening video released by police shows a mugger chase and attack a 65-year-old woman in broad daylight in Brooklyn.

Subway surfer dies after falling off top of train on Williamsburg Bridge

The NYPD says a man who was riding atop a subway train as it crossed the Williamsburg Bridge was killed when he fell off and was run over by the train.

19-year-old dies after being shot in the head in Brooklyn

Security footage shows the suspect producing a gun from a black plastic bag before firing several shots at the victim, Myles Jabateh. Jabateh later died of his wounds.

16 injured, including 4-year-old after Brooklyn fire

A fire broke out at a multi-story home on 45th Street in Sunset Park, injuring 16 people including a 4-year-old.

Mother who lamented infant's death on Facebook now charged in his murder

The mother of a one-month-old boy who died two days after he was rushed, unconscious, to a Brooklyn hospital, was arrested in connection with the infant's death

Off-Broadway festival brings free entertainment to neighborhoods hit by pandemic

New York City is bringing off-Broadway performances to all five boroughs, to shine a light on local performing artists and offer free entertainment to neighborhoods hardest-hit by the pandemic.

Pope names Most Reverend Robert Brennan new bishop for Diocese of Brooklyn

The Vatican announced Wednesday the selection of Bronx native the Most Reverend Robert Brennan as the new bishop of the Diocese of Brooklyn as long-serving Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio officially retired.

Teen found murdered in Brooklyn housing project

The NYPD says a 16-year-old Brooklyn boy was found murdered on Tuesday afternoon.

R. Kelly convicted in federal sex-trafficking case

A jury in federal court in Downtown Brooklyn has convicted R&B superstar R. Kelly on racketeering charges related to shocking and lurid accusations of exploiting, coercing, and sex-trafficking several young women and girls.