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A 56-year-old woman died from her injuries after falling about 10 feet into an open manhole in Manhattan late Monday night. (File Photo credit: Pheobus via Shutterstock)

56-year-old woman dies after falling down open manhole in Manhattan

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

A school bus is seen behind a fence with barbed wire outside Ferriday High School in Ferriday, La., May 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)

Woman, 28, accused of impersonating a student to attend school in the Bronx

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

Crowds of people and bright billboards in New York's Times Square. File photo credit: VeronikaViews via Shutterstock.

NYPD seeking man accused of abandoning 1-year-old girl in Times Square

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

FILE - Police detain Nerdeen Kiswani, an organizer of pro-Palestinian demonstration group "Within Our Lifetime" during a protest, Friday, April. 12, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura, File)

Plot to firebomb Palestinian activist’s home disrupted by NYPD undercover operation

By Jake Offenhartz and Michael R. Sisak - Associated Press

Police tape. (File photo credit: Gorodenkoff via Shutterstock.)

German tourist dead, husband injured after hit-and-run incident in Manhattan

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

A metal can sits on the ground at the scene where a man lit himself on fire in a park outside Manhattan criminal court, Friday, April 19, 2024, in New York. Emergency crews rushed away a person on a stretcher after fire was extinguished outside the Manhattan courthouse where jury selection was taking place Friday in Donald Trump's hush money criminal case. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Man who set himself on fire outside Trump trial dies of injuries, police say

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This image taken from surveillance video provided by the New York City Police Department shows a person of interest in connection with an assault of an Asian American woman, Monday, March 29, 2021, in New York. The NYPD is asking for the public's assistance in identifying the man. (Courtesy of New York Police Department via AP)

Video shows Asian American woman assaulted on NYC street

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In this Nov. 19, 2019 file photo, New York State Attorney General Letitia James speaks during a news conference at her office in New York. A study by Ms. James' office finds that Black protesters taken into custody by the NYPD were five times as likely to be charged with felonies as White protesters. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, FIle) **FILE**

New oversight committee would restore faith in NYPD, AG says

By JIM MUSTIAN and MICHAEL R. SISAK - Associated Press

A volunteer shoulders a helium hose as balloons are inflated Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2019, the day before the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York. The parade on Thursday will take place amid strong winds that could potentially ground the giant character balloons. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

Wind could ground big balloons at NYC’s Thanksgiving parade

By MICHAEL R. SISAK - Associated Press

Montgomery police officers block the intersection outside a parking garage in downtown Silver Spring, Md., Monday, Oct. 14, 2019. A man was arrested by police over the weekend for trying to attack three people with a machete at a Silver Spring shopping center. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Police suicide ‘epidemic’ spurs soul-searching

By Sophie Kaplan - The Washington Times

Confetti flies over Times Square during the New Year's celebration in New York. The New York Police Department is adding a drone this year to the security forces it uses to protect the huge crowds celebrating New Year's Eve in the city. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

NYPD drone to monitor Times Square New Year’s Eve celebration

By Michael R. Sisak - Associated Press

FILE - In this Dec. 31, 2017, file photo, a police K-9 unit patrols in New York's Times Square where crowds were gathered for the annual New Year's Eve celebration. The New York Police Department is adding a drone this year to the security forces it uses to protect the huge crowds celebrating New Year's Eve in the city. (AP Photo/Go Nakamura, File)

Ring in the new: NYPD drone to oversee Times Square revelry

By MICHAEL R. SISAK - Associated Press

In this April 27, 2017, file photo, a police officer wears a newly issued body camera at the 34th precinct in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

NYPD suspends use of body camera model after one explodes

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People walk past Port Authority Bus Terminal as police respond to a report of an explosion near Times Square on Monday, Dec. 11, 2017, in New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

Akayed Ullah identified as Port Authority bombing suspect

By Sally Persons

In this Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2017 photo, New York City police officer Masood Syed speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in New York. Police departments around the country, compelled by a hiring crisis and eager for a more diverse applicant pool, are relaxing traditional grooming standards. That means more officers are on the job with tattoos inked on forearms and biceps, wearing religious headgear like hijabs and turbans, and growing out beards. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Fashion police: Cops ease rules on tattoos, turbans, beards

By COLLEEN LONG - Associated Press

FILE - In this June 17, 2012 file photo, Frank Graham, center right, father of teenager Ramarley Graham, who was shot by police, participates in a silent march to end Stop-and-Frisk policy in New York. Graham was shot and killed after police chased him into his home in the Bronx during a narcotics investigation. On Tuesday, March 8, 2016, federal prosecutors in Manhattan said they will not bring charges in the Graham case because they determined "there is insufficient evidence to meet the high burden of proof required for a federal criminal civil rights prosecution." (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

Ramarley Graham shooting: No federal charges for NYPD officer who killed unarmed black man

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times

Officers with the NYPD anti-terrorism unit guard a military recruiting station in Times Square, Friday, July 17, 2015, in New York. Security at military recruiting and reserve centers will be reviewed in the aftermath of a deadly shooting in Tennessee. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

NYPD told to ‘exercise high degree of vigilance’ after Philadelphia, Paris attacks

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

** FILE ** The New York Police Department assigned thousands of extra patrols to Times Square last year on New Year’s Eve to control the crowd and watch for any signs of trouble. (Associated Press)

NYPD denies Freedom of Information request for public records handbook

By CJ Ciaramella — The Washington Free Beacon

Katie Couric bedeviled by strange 911 calls

By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Associated Press

TV personality Katie Couric attends the premiere of "Makers: Women Who Make America" at Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center in New York on Feb. 6, 2013. (AP Photo/Starpix, Marion Curtis) ** FILE **

Katie Couric: TV host bedeviled by strange 911 calls

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