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AMNY

Brooklyn hate crime suspect cuffed in the Bronx for fare evasion: cops

Grammy-winning musician Lil Nas X leaves court after a preliminary hearing on four felony charges for allegedly assaulting and resisting police officers responding to an incident in August when police approached him while he was reportedly walking nearly naked on the streets of Los Angeles, in Van Nuys, Los Angeles, California, U.S. March 12, 2026.

Crime

Lil Nas X agrees to maintain treatment in two-year deal to drop charges

By Matt Tracy

Aljo Mrkulic was sentenced for murdering Christopher Rodriguez, assaulting cops, and setting an apartment ablaze in 2020 at the Acacia Gardens affordable housing complex, which is located at 409 E. 120th St. in Harlem.

Crime

Queens man sentenced for killing partner, assaulting cops in 2020 arson case

By Matt Tracy

Bomb threats, sent via email, targeted the New York University campus on the morning of Jan. 22, the school announced.

Crime

Anti-LGBTQ bomb threats target NYU, prompting NYPD to increase security

By Matt Tracy

The person suspected of voicing anti-LGBTQ slurs and attacking an individual on a 6 train on Jan. 10.

Crime

Man suffers anti-LGBTQ subway attack after kissing trans partner: police

By Matt Tracy

Police tape surrounds a vehicle after its driver was shot by a U.S. immigration agent, according to local and federal officials, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S., January 7, 2026.

Crime

‘They killed my wife’: Outrage follows fatal ICE shooting of Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis

By Matt Tracy

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Crime

Report details allegations of police harassment against LGBTQ New Yorkers

By Amber Sexton

President Donald Trump said he commuted George Santos' prison sentence in a Truth Social post.

LI Press

Santos is back with a ‘large slice of humble pie’ following Trump’s commutation

The corner of New Lots Ave. and Vermont St. in Brooklyn is where an alleged anti-LGBTQ attack took place on Oct. 5.

Crime

Woman hit with a chair in alleged anti-LGBTQ attack in Brooklyn

By Amber Sexton

Jacob Zieben-Hood, 34, was found dead hours after he allegedly told his father by phone that his husband was targeting him with knives.

Crime

Manhattan DA charges man in series of alleged attacks against slain husband

By Matt Tracy

Penn Station on Aug. 27, 2025.

Crime

Lawmakers demand answers from Amtrak after hundreds of arrests at Penn Station men’s bathroom

By Duncan Osborne

Law enforcement officers set up barriers after a shooting at Annunciation Church, which is also home to an elementary school, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. August 27, 2025.

Crime

In wake of Minneapolis shooting, White House falsely suggests link between gender-affirming care and violence

By Matt Tracy

Convicted rapist of transgender woman in Manhattan walks in handcuffs.

AMNY

Convicted Manhattan rapist gets 12 years in prison, feels wrath of his transgender victim at sentencing hearing

U.S. rapper Lil Nas X, alongside his attorney Christy O'Connor, attends his arraignment at Los Angeles Superior Court in Los Angeles, California, U.S., August 25, 2025.

Crime

Lil Nas X charged with four felonies after arrest in Los Angeles

By Matt Tracy

The front of a white brick building representing the Middletown Police Department on a sunny day.

Crime

DA: Middletown man lured Grindr date to his home in brutal stabbing attack

By Matt Tracy

The Federal Bureau of Investigation seal on the J. Edgar Hoover Building in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 16, 2025.

Crime

Anti-LGBTQ hate crimes persisted in 2024: FBI data

By Matt Tracy

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