New York paid $117 million to settle NYPD misconduct lawsuits across 2025 Mayor Zohran Mamdani is meanwhile proposing a $22 million cut to the NYPD’s $6.4 billion budget The Independent UK · Mar 2
New York bill aims to help the wrongfully convicted. Prosecutors say it would aid the guilty, too People who have pleaded guilty to crimes they didn’t commit would have an easier time challenging their convictions under a bill passed by New York lawmakers this week The Independent UK · Jun 22, 2023
Winter storm prompts closures, rescues, traffic snarls on its way out of Southern California LOS ANGELES — A powerful winter storm carving a path through Southern California was weakening Saturday, leaving heaps of sleet, snow and record-setting rain in its wake. Los Angeles Times · Feb 26, 2023
A storm for the history books dumps snow across SoCal, leaving a sense of icy wonder LOS ANGELES — A storm system for the ages passed through Southern California on Saturday, dumping piles of snow in lower-elevation communities, closing key roads and leaving residents used to the region’s dry, warm climate with a rare sense of icy wonder. Los Angeles Times · Feb 26, 2023
Storm turns Southern California mountains, high desert into winter playgrounds LOS ANGELES — Antelope Valley residents arose from their slumber to an unfamiliar sight Saturday morning when snow blanketed parks, lawns and surrounding desert brush. Los Angeles Times · Feb 25, 2023
Winter storm prompts closures, rescues on its way out of Southern California LOS ANGELES — A powerful winter storm carving a path through Southern California was expected to weaken Saturday, leaving heaps of sleet, snow and record-setting rain in its wake. Los Angeles Times · Feb 25, 2023
A 6th teenager charged in the 1989 Central Park jogger case is exonerated A co-defendant of the so-called Central Park Five, whose convictions in the notorious rape of a jogger were thrown out more than a decade later, had his conviction on a related charge overturned. WEKU · Jul 26, 2022
‘6th man’ in Central Park Five jogger case exonerated NEW YORK — A long-forgotten sixth suspect in the notorious 1989 Central Park Five rape case was exonerated Monday, more than 30 years after he pleaded guilty to a related crime, the Manhattan district attorney’s office announced. Tribune News Service · Jul 25, 2022
Co-defendant in Central Park jogger case is exonerated A co-defendant of the so-called Central Park Five has had his conviction on a related charge overturned The Independent UK · Jul 25, 2022
‘6th man’ in Central Park Five jogger case to be exonerated NEW YORK — A long-forgotten sixth suspect in the notorious 1989 Central Park Five rape case is to be exonerated Monday, more than 30 years after he pleaded guilty to a lesser crime, the Manhattan district attorney’s office announced. Tribune News Service · Jul 25, 2022
Co-defendant in Central Park Five case to be exonerated Steven Lopez was never exonerated and his case was largely forgotten. Axios · Jul 25, 2022