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Self-defense classes help Asian and Pacific Islander women feel safer in New York

The classes are taught by Jess Ng, a Muay Thai fighter who grew up in Queens. Ng decided to start the classes when Asian women at a recent community event indicated they feel endangered when outside.

WEKU

Does Pulling Funding from CUNY Law School Because of School's Anti-Israel Resolution Violate First Amendment?

$50K in funding was withdrawn by a Brooklyn councilwoman, and transferred to a different organization.

Reason

Sister listens in horror as veteran JFK Airport TSA worker shot on Brooklyn street: ‘I heard my brother die over the phone’

A veteran Kennedy Airport TSA worker was on the phone with his sister when he was shot to death on a Brooklyn street two blocks from his mother’s home early Sunday, cops and relatives said.

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$2 million gold tabernacle stolen from Park Slope NYC church, angel statue decapitated: ‘Heinous act of disrespect’

A 127-year-old $2 million jeweled tabernacle was stolen from a Brooklyn church by a cruel crook who also decapitated an angel statue and stole the head, police said Sunday.

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Gervonta Davis def. Rolando Romero: Best photos

Check out these photos from Gervonta Davis's TKO win over Rolando Romero at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y.

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Chaos breaks out at Barclays Center in Brooklyn after noise sparks fear of active shooter

NYPD has confirmed that no gun or shooter was present at the arena, and source of noises that provoked stampede has not been identified

The Independent UK

Gary 'Spike' O'Sullivan comes up short in world title bid

The 37-year-old was stopped in the eight round by his Cuban opponent Erislandy Lara at the Barclays Centre in Brooklyn

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Battle Of The Unbeatens: Gervonta Davis Versus Rolando Romero

Five-time titleholder Davis vows a knockout in Brooklyn battle on Saturday night.

Zenger

French financier commits suicide while touring $2.3m New York apartment

The French businessman also had properties in Brooklyn and the Lower East Side

The Independent UK

Conor McGregor on the red carpet: Photos through the years

It's good to be UFC star Conor McGregor.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Brooklyn judge freed accused Q train killer without bail in car theft case weeks before subway slaying

NEW YORK — Weeks before Andrew Abdullah was accused of murdering a Brooklyn man in cold blood on a subway train, a criminal court judge released him without bail on charges of stealing a car.

Tribune News Service

Would Malcolm Brogdon make sense with the Knicks or Nets?

If the reports suggesting the Knicks are interested in trading for Pacers’ PG Malcolm Brogdon are true, they would be in the company of at least seven other teams who could benefit from a deal for Indiana’s floor general – including their rival across the Brooklyn bridge.

Tribune News Service

David Beckham's key piece of advice to son Brooklyn during his father of the groom wedding speech

The eldest son of the former footballer and wife Victoria got married in a fancy ceremony in April

Manchester Evening News

Footage of huge line for New York apartment open house sparks anger: ‘Actually so devastating’

‘I am scared to start looking for a new place’

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A California police department offered gas money for unwanted guns. It ran out

Sacramento police had to cut Saturday's event short because of the "overwhelming response." Meanwhile, a buyback event in Brooklyn gave iPads to people who dropped off certain types of firearms.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Runner Collapses, Dies after Brooklyn Half-Marathon

A 30-year-old man crossing the finish line at the Brooklyn Half Marathon collapsed and died Saturday morning, officials in New York said. The runner was transported to a nearby hospital where he was pronounced dead, fire department spokesperson Frank Dwyer said. It was unclear what caused the runner to collapse,…

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Redrawn congressional lines dividing Democrats, ‘earthquake’ for New York politics

ALBANY, N.Y. — New York’s once-a-decade redistricting process has played out in protracted court battles, sowed confusion among voters as well as candidates and exposed deep divisions within the Democratic Party.

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New House map sets stage for Brooklyn slugfest headlined by Bill de Blasio, Mondaire Jones

NEW YORK — The ink has barely dried on New York’s much-revised House map, but a radically transformed 10th Congressional District has set the stage for an unruly political scramble in lower Manhattan and brownstone Brooklyn ahead of the August Democratic primary.

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1 dead, 15 others hospitalized during Brooklyn half-marathon as heat and humidity rise

NEW YORK — A 32-year-old runner collapsed at the Coney Island finish line of the Brooklyn half-marathon race and died at a nearby hospital on a sticky Saturday morning where 16 other participants were injured, authorities said.

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1 dead, 5 others hospitalized during Brooklyn half-marathon as heat and humidity rise

NEW YORK — A 30-year-old runner collapsed at the finish line of the Brooklyn half-marathon and later died on a sticky Saturday morning, authorities said.

The Independent UK

Brooklyn Half Marathon runner collapses and dies after crossing finish line as heatwave hits East Coast

The Brooklyn Half race is organised by New York Road Runners and weaves around the New York City borough

The Guardian - US

‘The birthplace of hostage negotiation’: inside a groundbreaking 1973 standoff

In compelling new documentary Hold Your Fire, a siege that pitted black robbers against white US police led to an unlikely outcome

Chicago Tribune

R. Kelly’s sentencing in New York delayed ... again

A federal judge in New York on Friday granted a two-week delay in sentencing for R. Kelly after his lawyer said experts she’d hired had been unable to get access to the singer in the federal lockup in Brooklyn.

The Independent UK

Bill de Blasio, ex-NYC mayor, to run for redrawn House seat

Former New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio says he will run for Congress in a redrawn district that includes his Brooklyn home

The Independent UK

Former NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio exploring run for US House

Former New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio says he’s considering a run for Congress after a legal battle over the state’s political maps opened up a seat in Brooklyn

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