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U.S. Capitol Police Officer Brian D. Sicknick, from New Jersey, died from injuries suffered during Wednesday’s riot at the U.S. Capitol. Brian Thompson reports.

Michael Dorian, a 9/11 hero who volunteered, was struck with cancer linked to his time at ground zero and had to proof he was there that day in order to receive 9/11 benefits has passed away.

Two teen boys were shot, leaving one dead and the other badly hurt, in a violent robbery on a Brooklyn street Wednesday afternoon, police said. Tracie Strahan reports.

Police say gunfire erupted at a nightclub in the Bronx early Monday, leaving two people with injuries and a woman dead.

The McMorris family returned to Suffolk court Wednesday, hopeful of moving closer to justice for their son Andrew — a 12-year-old boy who died after a man convicted of driving drunk plowed into him and his Boy Scout troop in 2018. However, the day seemed to bring only more frustration for the family as they wait for the sentencing of…

Tom Seaver, considered to be the greatest Mets player of all time and one of the best pitchers in the history of the game who led the Amazins’ to the improbable 1969 World Series title, died Wednesday. He was 75. Katherine Creag reports.

The ex-boyfriend of a woman who was fatally stabbed inside an upstate New York mall pleaded guilty Tuesday to her murder. Prosecutors said Keith Sparks killed Mallicia Tipps inside the Sears store at the McKinley Mall in suburban Buffalo in September 2019. Sparks was arrested later that night at his Niagara Falls home. He pleaded guilty to second-degree murder, the…

A Bronx man was sentenced to 20 years in prison for the 1999 stabbing death of his upstairs neighbor, prosecutors said. Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark announced Tuesday that Curtis Batchelor, 44, was sentenced to 20 years in prison and five years’ post-release supervision. Batchelor pleaded guilty to first-degree manslaughter on Feb. 27. “More than two decades have passed…

A 25-year-old Brooklyn woman fell to her death while rock climbing over the weekend, New York State Police said. Lauren Sobel was climbing in the area of the Trapps Trailhead at the Mohonk Mountain Preserve in Gardiner, about 60 miles north of New York City, at about 3:30 p.m. on Sunday. Police said Sobel was the lead climber in a…

Man sitting in the passenger side of van in Queens has died after massive tree uprooted and fell onto the vehicle as Tropical Storm Isaias makes its way through the tri-state area. Myles Miller reports.

A teenage girl found shot and wounded in a northern New Jersey city has died from her injuries, authorities said. Jersey City police responding to reports of shots fired around 10:30 p.m. Monday found Tyeah Garner, 17, with gunshot wounds to her upper body, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. Garner was taken to a hospital but died there early…

A New York City man has been sentenced to life in prison without possibility of parole in the beating death of his girlfriend outside her Pennsylvania home more than three years ago. Edia Lawrence, 21, was convicted in March of second-degree murder, robbery, burglary and related crimes in the March 2017 death of 19-year-old Ahshantianna Johnson in Mount Wolf. During…

A mother and grandfather who drowned in their backyard pool in New Jersey a week ago were trying to rescue an 8-year-old girl who had fallen in, police said.

Families of men killed at the hands of police, joined forces to talk about how to end police violence and systemic racism. Erica Byfield reports.

A year ago, Maria Kuhnla was found strangled to death at Club Med in Turks and Caicos while on vacation with coworkers. Now, her family has filed a lawsuit against the resort. Sarah Wallace reports.

Violent protest strike Minneapolis after the death of George Floyd. Erica Byfield reports.

A 24 year-old man has died after he was pulled from the water at Rockaway beach. Two others were with him, but are expected to be ok..

Combined deaths from alcohol, drugs and suicide in the U.S. plateaued in 2018 for the first time in two decades, according to a report published Thursday.

After a fire broke out at a New York City apartment building, the NYPD found a man stabbed to death inside. Adam Harding reports.

A federal report says Baseball Hall of Famer Roy Halladay had drugs in his system and was doing extreme acrobatics in his small plane when it crashed into Tampa Bay in 2017, killing him.