Michael Billera

A soldier faced charges on Sunday at a hearing in Afghanistan for the death of Chinatown native Pvt. Danny Chen, who committed suicide allegedly due to bullying.

Martin Luther King preached of peace and tolerance, however, as of Saturday, police are currently hunting for vandals who defaced a building in Brooklyn with ant-Semitic messages.

A man from Southern California has been arrested for poising his wife's Rice Krispies.

Archbishop and Cardinal-to-be Timothy Dolan gave a stern homily on morality on Sunday, telling church attendees that sex outside of marriage is still a sin, despite what popular culture would have society believe.

In a late night shootout, police shot a killed a man outside of his Brooklyn home around 11 p.m.

Queens District Attorney Richard Brown stood with law enforcement officials on Friday as they announced the arrests of heroin pushers using the Long Island Expressway as a heroin highway.

A California Tea Party hotshot has pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct on Thursday after he was arrested in LaGuardia Airport last month for carrying an unlicensed pistol.

Back in November, three cars were set ablaze and a fourth was damaged in the Midwood section of Brooklyn, an area populated heavily with Orthodox Jews. On park benches and a nearby van it appeared someone scribbled graffiti resembling swastikas and KKK symbols. Now, police are thinking insurance fraud is to blame.

Almost as quickly as it appeared in the media, Mayor Michael Bloomberg rescinded his proposal to cut the number of drinking establishments in the city.

A suspect accused of raping a 26-year-old from Williamsburg and 31-year-old from Harlem was nabbed Monday, but denied any wrong doing. DNA evidence helped to clinch the arrest.

The tragic death of Amanda Cummings has prompted New York lawmakers to act. State Senator Jeffrey Klein (D-Bronx) introduced a bill that will make cyberbullying a crime in New York.

National education officials sent a message to New York educators telling if they don't shape up they could lose millions of dollars in federal school aid.

New Jersey lawmakers and citizens are mourning the death of one their colleagues who died suddenly in the State House on Monday.

City records show that Donald Trump is set to manage a PGA-regulation golf course in the Bronx and will not need to pay any to money to the city for the first four years of operation. On the fifth year, Trump will have to pay a minimum of $300,000 or 7 percent of the course's gross and by year 16 he will have to pay only 10 percent or $420,000 to the city.

Arthur Franklin pleaded guilty in Manhattan criminal court in October to running such an operation that included 15 people in two states. On Monday, he was sentenced to 9 to 18 years

A review of the restaurant La Sorrentina, which for 20 years has served Italian delicacies to Brooklyn residents in Bay Ridge, a traditionally Irish neighborhood.

Both prosecutors and defense attorneys are in talks for a plea deal for Jose Pimentel, the man accused of planning to pipe bomb attacks on police officers and soldiers.

The hunt is on for a malicious art thief who stole a painting on Tuesday from Woodward Gallery, located at 133 Eldridge St. in the Lower East Side.

A press conference at MetroTech in Brooklyn, Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced a complete overhaul of the current 911 system on Thursday.

On Dec. 27, 2011, 15-year-old Staten Islander Amanda Cummings walked in front of a bus on Hylan Blvd, ending her young life. Police say it was deliberate, as they found a suicide note her in pocket. Six days later, she succumbed to her injuries. What can be done to make sure this does not happen again?

On Dec. 27, 2011, 15-year-old Staten Islander Amanda Cummings walked in front of a bus on Hylan Blvd, ending her young life. Police say it was deliberate, as they found a suicide note her in pocket. Six days later, she succumbed to her injuries. What can be done to make sure this does not happen again?

Ray Lazier Lengend confessed to a string of high profile firebombings on New Year's Day. He allegedly bombed an Islamic cultural center in Jamaica, Queens, a bodega, a Hindu house of worship and two residences in Queens and Nassau County. What drove the man to commit such violent crimes?

City officials and religious leaders met in Jamaica, Queens, to discuss the four high-profile firebombings in Queens and Nassau County.

What did you learn from the timeless classic movie The Godfather, and how can you use those lessons for your New Year's resolutions?

Security information concerning Times Square and your favorite bar on New Year's Eve.

The New York City Police Department announced that they apprehend a man in connection with sexually assaulting a teenage boy and posing as a police officer.

A middle-aged man, who fell onto the subway tracks at Lincoln Center and was hit by a train, is alive at Cornell hospital.

A Staten Island couple was arrested after leaving their toddler in a car on Christmas Eve.

Car thefts occur about every 33 seconds in the United States. A victim and expert discusses the emotional effects of losing a personal vehicle.