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Donald Trump Accused of Raping 13-Year-Old in Federal Lawsuit
In a new federal lawsuit filed by a New York City woman, Donald Trump is being accused of having raped her in 1994 when she was 13 years old. The woman, known only as Jane Doe in the lawsuit, said she met Trump at parties thrown by an investor. According to Gothamist, the lawsuit alleges that Trump…
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Authorities Arrest 3 Suspects in Van With Guns and Ammo Near NYC’s Holland Tunnel
Authorities arrested three people Monday morning who were in a van with an arsenal of guns, ammunition and knives on the New Jersey side of the Holland Tunnel to New York City, the Washington Post reports. According to the report, officials believe that the weapons may be drug-related. The discovery started with a routine traffic stop…
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How 1 NYC Man Is Helping People Create Their Dream Families for Free
Going about having a baby the traditional route isn’t an option for everyone. Whether you’re a single woman, single man, in a gay relationship or a hetero couple with fertility issues, sometimes the only option is a visit to a cryobank to buy some sperm. But guess what? Sperm ain’t cheap. And it’s not covered…
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Man Charged With Murder in 2006 Killing of NYC High School Student
The family of a Brooklyn, N.Y., high school student who went missing on Father’s Day in 2006 before her body tragically turned up days later may be one step closer to closure after authorities revealed that, a decade later, a man has been indicted in the case, the New York Times reports. Chanel Petro-Nixon, then…
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It’s Easier to Blame Hip-Hop for Concert Shootings Than It Is to Address America’s Violence
As common as death by gun in America is, the hand that holds the gun often defines how those deaths are depicted. So it was not surprising to see the kind of reaction generated by one man being killed and three people being wounded at a T.I. concert in New York City recently. It concerned…
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NYC Teen Dies From Asthma Attack After Running From Racist Crew With Gun
Witnesses say that Dayshen McKenzie, a black teen from Staten Island, N.Y., was running from a group of mostly white people, who were shouting racial slurs and waving a gun, when he collapsed and died May 27 from an apparent asthma attack. “To me it’s murder,” Diane Fatigati, an ex-New York City police officer and…
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NYC Man Spent Nearly 5 Months in Jail Because He Didn’t Know His Bail Was $2
A Queens, N.Y., man was locked up at New York City’s Rikers Island jail for nearly five months without knowing that his freedom could have been obtained with loose change, the New York Daily News reports. Aitabdel Salem, 41, remained at Rikers from November 2014 to April 2015, despite the fact that his bail cost only…
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Bronx, NY, Man Charged With Fatally Beating Man Who Allegedly Tried to Rape His Wife
A New York City man has been arrested and charged after, police say, he fatally beat the man who allegedly tried to rape his wife inside their Bronx apartment, CBS New York reports. Mamadou Diallo, 61, is now facing charges of manslaughter. According to the report, police responded to emergency calls at the apartment building just…
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Arrest Made in the Fatal Shooting of NY Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s Aide Carey Gabay
Authorities have arrested a 24-year-old man, Micah Alleyne, for the shooting death of Carey Gabay, an aide to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, the New York Daily News reports. Alleyne is now facing charges of murder, reckless endangerment and weapons possession in connection with the September 2015 gang shooting that resulted in Gabay’s death. “As…
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Love & Hip Hop NY Ep. 515 Recap: How Did We Get Here?
Ladies and Gents, somehow, someway, we have crawled our way to the season finale. I, for one, feel like my brain is at the tail end of a ratchet Spartan race – coming out the other end sore, muddy, and with not much else to show for it besides personal acknowledgement that I committed my…