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New Yorkers head to the polls to vote in first primary of 2022

Voters from Brooklyn to Buffalo and from Queens to Kingston came out to the polls in short supply Tuesday to decide who’ll run in this November’s general election — a contest that will ultimately determine who is New York State’s governor.

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R. Kelly fan charged with threatening federal prosecutors in New York

CHICAGO — An avid R. Kelly fan has been arrested in the Chicago area on federal charges alleging he threatened to “storm” the U.S. attorney’s office in New York.

Chicago Tribune

Sources: Nets grant Kyrie Irving permission to seek sign-and-trade packages

The Nets and Kyrie Irving have not gotten any closer to finding an amicable solution that keeps the superstar guard in Brooklyn.

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Of course ‘no known teams’ outside the Lakers reportedly want to do a sign-and-trade for Kyrie Irving

Brooklyn Nets guard Kyrie Irving may not be on the team for much longer.

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Ghislaine Maxwell placed on suicide watch before sentencing

Ghislaine Maxwell, the British socialite convicted of sex trafficking with former boyfriend Jeffrey Epstein, has been put on suicide watch at the jail in Brooklyn where she’s been since her July 2020 arrest, her lawyer said Saturday.

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4 wounded when gunman shoots up Brooklyn cookout

NEW YORK — Four people, including an 8-year-old boy, were wounded when a gunman on a dirt bike opened fire on a group enjoying a Brooklyn cookout, police said Sunday.

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Ghislaine Maxwell ‘on suicide watch’ ahead of sentencing

Ghislaine Maxwell has been put on suicide watch at a Brooklyn jail and may seek to delay her sentencing for aiding Jeffrey Epstein’s sexual abuse of underage girls, her lawyer has said.

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Ghislaine Maxwell placed on suicide watch in jail, lawyer says

Ghislaine Maxwell, the British socialite convicted of sex-trafficking with former boyfriend Jeffrey Epstein, has been put on suicide watch at the jail in Brooklyn where she’s been since her July 2020 arrest, her lawyer said Saturday.

Tribune News Service

Ghislaine Maxwell placed on suicide watch in jail, lawyer says

Ghislaine Maxwell, the British socialite convicted of sex-trafficking with former boyfriend Jeffrey Epstein, has been put on suicide watch by federal jail officials at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn where she’s been since her July 2020 arrest, her lawyer said Saturday.

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Antyesti in Brooklyn, for my father

I went to New York to perform this final ritual for my father, unable to move fearlessly as I once did

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Mister Softee ice cream truck driver strikes, drags 11-year-old boy in New York, police say

NEW YORK — An 11-year-old boy was clinging to life Saturday after he was struck and then dragged by an unlicensed Mister Softee ice cream truck driver while riding his new bike down the block from his Brooklyn home, police and witnesses said.

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R. Kelly’s summer of reckoning

CHICAGO — It’s been nine months since Chicago-born R&B singer R. Kelly was last in a New York courtroom, where he was convicted by a jury after decades of allegations of sexual misdeeds.

Chicago Tribune

Hawks take Duke’s AJ Griffin 16th overall in NBA draft

ATLANTA — The Hawks have their newest member in the fold. On Thursday night, they selected Duke’s AJ Griffin with the 16th overall pick in the 2022 NBA draft held at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn.

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Kansas Jayhawks’ Ochai Agbaji heads to Cleveland Cavaliers as NBA Draft lottery pick

Former University of Kansas guard Ochai Agbaji was selected in the first round of the 2022 NBA Draft by the Cleveland Cavaliers on Thursday night at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.

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Windhorst: Don’t rule out Kyrie Irving joining Lakers for MLE

There is a way Kyrie Irving could join the Lakers this summer if the Brooklyn Nets aren't willing to trade him.

The Guardian - US

NBA draft 2022: Magic pick Banchero No 1, Thunder get Holmgren at No 2 – as it happened

The best basketball prospects in the world gathered in Brooklyn as NBA teams picked the next class of stars

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The Brooklyn Nets are crumbling because ofKevin Durant trade rumors but everybody had jokes about Ben Simmons

Ben Simmons did not ask for any of this

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There’s a real chance Kevin Durant might leave the Brooklyn Nets if Kyrie Irving isn’t there and that’s so wild

Kevin Durant might actually be willing to leave Brooklyn for Kyrie Irving

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The Guardian - UK

The girl power trio of Von King Park: Amy Touchette’s best photograph

‘I love the way these three Brooklyn girls are staring down the camera. They look like they’re going to turn into really strong women’

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Kyrie Irving, Nets working to find a happy medium?

Despite the Nets and Kyrie Irving hitting an impasse in their talks, both sides are still working to find a happy medium in Brooklyn rather than an exit strategy out of it. Or as a source told The Post "what's good for both [sides]." Source: Brian ...

Chicago Sun-Times

This You Gotta See: Cubs-Cardinals, Sky-Aces and another Bulls No. 1 pick up in the air

It’s NBA draft week, and you know what that means: Every sports outlet with a pulse is doing what it does best — purporting to have more than the faintest clue about what’s going to happen Thursday night in Brooklyn.

Dynamite News

US: 9 people shot, 1 killed in series of broad-day light shootings across New York

At least 9 people were shot over a span of several hours in four New York City boroughs which also led to the death of a woman in Brooklyn, New York Post reported on Friday. Read more on Dynamite News:

The Guardian - US

Jay-Z’s bitcoin school met with skepticism in his former housing project: ‘I don’t have money to be losing’

The hip-hop mogul loves to rap about his roots in Brooklyn’s Marcy housing projects. But classes in cryptocurrency show the billionaire is out of touch, residents say

Chicago Sun-Times

John Hinckley NYC concert canceled; Chicago show previously scrapped

The Market Hotel in Brooklyn cited “very real and worsening threats and hate” in its announcement on social media Wednesday that it was canceling the July 8 concert.

The Independent UK

Attempted Reagan assassin John Hinckley Jr’s sold-out Brooklyn concert cancelled

‘We’re living in very, very scary times, to be honest’, said the disappointed 67-year-old

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