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Brooklyn DA tosses convictions in fatal 1995 token booth arson investigated by notorious NYPD detectives

NEW YORK — Three defendants jailed as teens for setting a fatal 1995 token booth fire that killed an innocent clerk were exonerated Friday, with authorities again linking two notorious Brooklyn detectives to the wrongful convictions.

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Nets, general manager Sean Marks agree to contract extension: sources

NEW YORK — Nets general manager Sean Marks has signed a contract extension that keeps him in Brooklyn spearheading roster decisions for the foreseeable future, the New York Daily News has learned. Marks’ extension, which was signed near the beginning of July per sources, comes as the Nets maneuver the…

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Three men who spent decades in prison are cleared in the killing of a NYC subway clerk

The men, whose confessions conflicted with evidence at the scene, were cleared in the 1995 killing of a clerk who was set on fire in a New York subway toll booth.

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Actor Edward Norton trying to save historic Brooklyn mansion from destruction

NEW YORK — Actor Edward Norton is starring in a real-life drama about a community effort to save a beloved Bedford-Stuyvesant mansion from the wrecking ball.

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Prosecutors disavow 3 convictions in 1995 NYC subway killing

Prosecutors are disavowing the convictions of three men who spent decades in prison for one of the most horrifying crimes of New York’s violent 1990s: the killing of a clerk who was set on fire in a subway toll booth

The Independent UK

Formula E: Sustainability meets speed as New York hosts race challenging perceptions and performance

Back to back races in Brooklyn will highlight the sport’s allure and the technology’s prospects for expansion

The Independent UK

‘Everything’s Trash’ review: Phoebe Robinson plays a Brooklyn podcaster who’s messy as hell but never tragic

Smart, young, single and messy. It’s a genre that spans everything from “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” to “Fleabag” to “Bridget Jones’s Diary” to “Chewing Gum” to “Broad City” to “Insecure” to the criminally underseen “Sort Of” and “We Are Lady Parts,” both of which were renewed for a second season earlier…

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Kristian Winfield: Kyrie Irving wants to stay in Brooklyn, even if Kevin Durant leaves

NEW YORK — And the plot thickens.

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‘Sopranos’ star Tony Sirico laid to rest at Brooklyn funeral

NEW YORK — Tony Sirico went home to New York for his funeral.

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R. Kelly back in Chicago’s federal jail ahead of trial next month

CHICAGO — After being held for more than a year in Brooklyn, Chicago-born R&B star R. Kelly was back at the federal jail in the Loop on Wednesday in advance of his second criminal trial set for next month.

Chicago Tribune

Coney Island boardwalk shooting wounds 5, 1 critically

NEW YORK — A shooter unleashed a hail of bullets on Brooklyn’s famed Coney Island boardwalk early Sunday morning, wounding five people, one of them critically, police said.

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Tony Sirico, Paulie Walnuts on ‘The Sopranos,’ dead at 79

Tony Sirico, the former mobster turned movie star best known as Paulie Walnuts on “The Sopranos,” died Friday. He was 79.

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R. Kelly taken off suicide watch at Brooklyn federal jail

NEW YORK — R. Kelly was taken off of suicide watch Tuesday after the convicted R&B singer complained that officials at Brooklyn’s federal jail placed him in isolation for no reason.

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Netflix Stranger Things cast look 'totally different' as throwback photos resurface

Most of the younger cast members are now in their late teens

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R&B singer R. Kelly removed from suicide watch at Brooklyn jail

RB singer R. Kelly, who was sentenced last week to 30 years in prison following his sex trafficking conviction, was removed from suicide watch on Tuesday morning at the Brooklyn jail where he is being held, federal prosecutors said.

Autosport

Formula E considering new US venue; "no concern" over Cape Town

A new E-Prix venue in the United States for Formula E's 2022-23 season is under consideration due to development work around the usual Brooklyn Street Circuit site.

Tribune News Service

‘Shining,’ 'Blade Runner' actor Joe Turkel dead at 94

NEW YORK — Brooklyn-born actor Joe Turkel, best known for playing spooky bartender Lloyd in “The Shining” and an android maker in “Blade Runner,” has died at 94.

The Guardian - US

Prosecutors defend decision to place R Kelly under suicide watch

Attorneys for the Brooklyn detention center where the singer is being held say he matches the criteria to be put under supervision

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R. Kelly on suicide watch ‘for his own safety,’ not as punishment, feds say

R. Kelly was put on suicide watch to keep him safe, despite the disgraced R&B star’s insistence in a lawsuit the move was done “as a form of punishment,” federal prosecutors in Brooklyn said Sunday.

Chicago Tribune

Long sentence in New York calls into question how R. Kelly’s Chicago cases might proceed

CHICAGO — The charges against R. Kelly came down like an avalanche: First, four indictments in Cook County. Another in Minnesota. Then a one-two punch of federal cases in Chicago and Brooklyn.

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R. Kelly put on suicide watch at Brooklyn’s federal jail

NEW YORK — R. Kelly has been placed on suicide watch at Brooklyn’s federal jail following his 30-year sentence for sex trafficking — and his lawyer says the disgraced R&B star has no business being there.

The Independent UK

Teenager accused of perpetrating hate crimes stabbed to death in New York

Vernon Douglas was found stabbed in the chest in Brooklyn

Tribune News Service

NBA superstar Kevin Durant wants out of Brooklyn, asks Nets for trade

NEW YORK — The Seven-Eleven Era has come to an end.

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NBA superstar Kevin Durant wants out of Brooklyn, asks Nets for trade

NEW YORK — The Seven-Eleven Era has come to an end.

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PJ Tucker unlikely to return to Miami

Alex Schiffer: Multiple teams - including Atlanta, Minnesota, Brooklyn, Chicago and Philadelphia - are expected to compete for PJ Tucker in free agency. All are expected to offer the full mid-level/TPMLE exception. He is unlikely to return to Miami, ...

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