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November 17, 2020 at 10:16 am

Trump’s lawyer puts Philadelphia mobster ‘Skinny Joey’ Merlino at center of election conspiracy

Reputed Philadelphia mob boss “Skinny Joey” Merlino wants no part of President Donald Trump’s desperate efforts to flip the results of his loss to President-elect...

Mark Barden, whose 7-year-old son Daniel (pictured on bottom photo and center on top photo) was one of the 26 victims killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, speaks during an interview on Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2017 in Newtown, Conn. Dec. 14 marks the fifth anniversary of the school shooting that claimed the lives of 20 children and six teachers. (James Keivom/New York Daily News/TNS) 1218232 1218232

December 11, 2017 at 11:33 am

Sandy Hook massacre continues to haunt families, neighbors 5 years later VIEW

“You pass the houses that should have a child playing in the driveway,” says one mother in Newtown, Conn., “and you say the names.”

Nation & World

November 10, 2007 at 12:00 am

Assistant arrested in Stein slaying

The personal assistant to a multimillionaire real-estate agent and punk-rock pioneer was arrested Friday after confessing that she fatally...

Nation & World

November 9, 2007 at 12:00 am

Second plan emerges to save Coney Island

Mayor Michael Bloomberg says his new plan for Coney Island will transform the fabled but fading beachfront into a world-class, year-round...

October 29, 2007 at 12:00 am

Who killed Jam Master Jay? No one’s talking

The mother of rap icon Jam Master Jay knows the truth: The people who brazenly pumped a bullet into her son's head remain on the...

Entertainment

October 27, 2007 at 12:00 am

Crime’s fraying families

In early 2004, mob veteran Vincent Basciano took over as head of the Bonanno crime family. The reign of the preening, pompadoured Mafioso...

Nation & World

September 14, 2007 at 12:00 am

Auction of piece of “sacred” meteorite miffs Oregon tribe

The Willamette Meteorite is a sacred icon to the Oregon-based Clackamas Indians. The tribe has its own name for the massive space rock...

Local News

August 30, 2007 at 12:00 am

Hilly Kristal, helped punk scene, dies at 75

Hilly Kristal had no idea what he was unleashing when he welcomed a rash of unknown bands onstage in his dank Bowery dive: Television, the...

Entertainment

August 30, 2007 at 12:00 am

Immortality: An idea who’s time comes twice — in print and on TV

Pete Hamill thought he'd seen it all. And then the best-selling writer thought up a character who really had. Cormac O'Connor appeared in...

Entertainment

August 22, 2007 at 12:00 am

Helmsley reserved $1.4M room, forever

The Queen of Mean's last property is fit for a king. Leona Helmsley, for years the imperious head of a multibillion-dollar real-estate and...

Nation & World