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New York mayor, police commissioner visit family of slain 12-year-old boy

NEW YORK — New York Mayor Eric Adams and Police Commissioner Keechant Sewell on Monday met the Brooklyn family still reeling from a senseless drive-by shooting that killed an innocent 12-year-old boy and badly wounded his 20-year-old cousin.

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‘Bench Mob’ proving crucial to Hawks’ five-game win streak

Hawks forward Danilo Gallinari made no effort to hide his glass of wine when he walked in for his postgame news conference. The glass was a gift from coach Nate McMillan to the unit nicknamed “the Bench Mob” after the Hawks’ 122-115 win over the Brooklyn Nets on Saturday.

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2022 NBA draft race: April 3 update for Rockets, Nets picks

With Brooklyn’s loss at Atlanta, the Nets are currently the No. 10 seed in the Eastern Conference and would need to win two road play-in games to avoid giving a draft lottery pick to the Rockets.

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Boy, 12, is shot dead in his family’s car after they stopped to eat in Brooklyn

Several children recently struck by stray bullets as gun violence rises in New York City

The Independent UK

2022 NBA draft race: April 1 update for Rockets, Nets picks

Detroit’s shocking win over Philadelphia on Thursday restored Houston’s lead over the Pistons in the 2022 NBA draft race. Milwaukee’s rally versus Brooklyn helped the Rockets, too.

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Jacobs Engineering To Redevelop South Brooklyn Marine Terminal

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc (NYSE:J) has been selected by Empire Offshore Wind, a joint venture between Equinor ASA (NYSE:EQNR) and BP plc (NYSE:BP), for the detail design of New York's South Brooklyn Marine Terminal (SBMT). Financial terms not disclosed. The facility in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, will serve as an operations and maintenance base and staging and assembly…

Benzinga

2022 NBA draft race: March 30 update for Rockets, Nets picks

Though they were quite competitive, Detroit’s loss at Brooklyn on Tuesday sends them into a three-way tie (with the Rockets and Magic) at the top of the 2022 NBA draft race.

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NBA Power Rankings: Whose Stock Is Rising?

Potential playoff matchups are starting to take shape. Here is what to expect to see from every team throughout the league as the regular season comes to an end.

Sports Illustrated

2022 NBA draft race: March 28 update for Rockets, Nets picks

Charlotte’s unexpected win at Brooklyn on Sunday night dropped the Nets (39-36) into a tie for the No. 9 seed in the Eastern Conference standings.

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‘King of Brooklyn’ Jimmy Smits returns to rough-and-tumble roots for CBS police drama ‘East New York’

NEW YORK — Jimmy Smits is going back to his roots for his next big gig.

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NBA star Kyrie Irving could be allowed to play as NYC exempts athletes from vaccine mandate

Irving will now be able to take the floor when the Nets play the Charlotte Hornets in Brooklyn on Sunday

The Independent UK

7-year-old girl injured in drive-by shooting outside Brooklyn deli

No arrests have been made

The Independent UK

GE-BOND Consortium Secures Contract To Build Electrical Systems For New York Project

GE-BOND consortium between General Electric Co (NYSE:GE) GE Renewable Energy's Grid Solutions and New York-based BOND Civil & Utility Construction has secured an EPC contract from Empire Offshore Wind to supply a digital onshore substation for Empire Wind 1 offshore wind farm project in New York. Financial terms were not disclosed. Empire Offshore Wind…

Benzinga

NYC woman allegedly dismembered by serial killer died from blow to the head, medical examiner says

NEW YORK — The woman who was allegedly murdered and then dismembered by an 83-year-old Brooklyn serial killer was beaten and died from a blow to the head, the city’s Medical Examiner’s office said Saturday.

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Kevin Durant fined $25,000 for obscene language at a fan

Shams Charania: Nets star Kevin Durant has been fined $25,000 for directing obscene language toward a fan Wednesday night in Brooklyn. Source: Twitter @ShamsCharania What's the buzz on Twitter? Alex Schiffer @ Alex__Schiffer Billups called Kevin ...

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2022 NBA draft race: March 17 update for Rockets, Nets picks

Spencer Dinwiddie gave the Mavericks a buzzer-beating win at Brooklyn, which may help improve the first-round draft pick that is headed to Houston after this season.

The Conversation

Ukraine's foreign fighters have little in common with those who signed up to fight in the Spanish Civil War

When an aging Abe Osheroff recalled why, as a 21-year-old kid from Brooklyn’s Brownsville neighborhood, he had volunteered to join the International Brigades in the Spanish Civil War in 1936, he framed it as a personal, ethical decision.

Reason

Brickbat: Who's Your Daddy?

New York lawmakers are considering a bill that would bar universities in the state, including private ones, from giving special consideration to the children of alumni in admissions. State Sen. Andrew Gounardes (D–Brooklyn) said such legacy admissions discriminate against low-income and first-generation students.

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Reuters

Justice Department accuses China of spying on, intimidating dissidents living in U.S

U.S. federal prosecutors on Wednesday accused Chinese government agents of trying to spy on and intimidate dissidents living in the United States including a congressional candidate.

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Matthew Roberson: The Yankees and Mets have traded places

NEW YORK — The Mets — perennial little brothers, laughingstocks, blue and orange painting of dysfunction — have done everything right. They got their A-student in Max Scherzer, boosted their GPA with A-minuses in Starling Marte and Chris Bassitt, and even brought in players from the B-level like Eduardo Escobar…

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Unvaccinated Yankees and Mets can’t play at home under current NYC rules

NEW YORK — Unvaccinated players on the Yankees and Mets are covered by the same private sector employer mandate that is keeping Kyrie Irving off the court in Brooklyn, a City Hall spokesperson told the New York Daily News.

Chicago Sun-Times

VA could close 3 hospitals, open other facilities in a nationwide overhaul of its system

The proposal to shut down VA hospitals in Ohio, Massachusetts and Brooklyn, N.Y., is facing opposiiton in Congress.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Nets fined for allowing Kyrie Irving to enter team’s locker room

Shams Charania: The Brooklyn Nets organization has been fined $50,000 for violating local New York City law and league health and safety protocols against the New York Knicks at Barclays Center for allowing Kyrie Irving to enter the team's locker ...

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Elderly Brooklyn dismemberment suspect shopped at 99 Cent store with victim’s leg in tow, NYPD says

NEW YORK — The octogenerian suspect in a grisly Brooklyn murder shopped at a 99 Cent store with her victim’s dismembered leg tucked away in her electric wheelchair, police said Friday.

Chicago Sun-Times

Charles Entenmann, helped expand family’s namesake bakery, dies at 92

Charles E. Entenmann was a grandson of William Entenmann, a German immigrant who founded a bakery in Brooklyn in 1898, delivering baked goods door to door.

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