Tag: NY News

Mother of Shen Yun Dancer Sentenced to 4 Years in Prison in China for Her Faith

NEW YORK—For the past 15 years, a cell phone was the only thing that held together Steven Wang and his family, who are an ocean away in China. It was over a phone call that Wang found out about his father’s death in 2009—of kidney failure resulting from years of torture detained in a Chinese…


Man Pleads Guilty to Robbery-Killing of Rapper Pop Smoke

INGLEWOOD, Calif.—One of four men charged in the killing of rapper Pop Smoke during a robbery at a Hollywood Hills mansion pleaded guilty Thursday to voluntary manslaughter. The 20-year-old man, who was 17 when the killing occurred, also pleaded guilty in Inglewood juvenile court to home invasion robbery. He was sentenced to four years and…


SUNY Albany Students ‘Destroy’ Bible During Protest at Conservative Speaker’s Free Speech Event

Protesters at the State University of New York at Albany (SUNY Albany) have been accused of destroying a bible while attempting to shut down a conservative speaker at the university on April 4. Conservative writer, speaker, and podcast host Ian Haworth was invited to headline at the public university by its chapter of Turning Point USA (TPUSA), a…


Trump Indictment Paving the Way for His Comeback to Oval Office, Predicts Gingrich

The charges against former President Donald Trump are giving a major boost to his bid to return to the White House, according to former House Speaker Newt Gingrich. “They’re forcing Republicans to choose between corruption and Trump,” he told The Epoch Times, noting that even Trump’s Republican critics, such as Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) and…


Senate Majority Leader Schumer Urges Protesters to Remain Peaceful After Trump Arraignment

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) called on the public to avoid turning to violence and intimidation after former President Donald Trump was arraigned in a Manhattan court on Tuesday on a 34-count criminal indictment. Supporters and detractors of the former president gathered outside the Manhattan courthouse on Tuesday, trading arguments and insults as they…


NY Judge Rules State’s ‘Red Flag’ Gun Law Is Unconstitutional

A judge in New York has ruled that the state’s extreme risk protection order law, which allows law enforcement to temporarily seize a person’s firearms, is unconstitutional. Extreme risk protection order (ERPO) laws, often referred to as “Red Flag” laws, allow courts to order the seizure of a person’s firearms if a police officer, district…


John Ratcliffe: Law Schools Will Use Indictment as Example of Prosecutorial Overreach

Former Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe said Tuesday that graduate schools offering studies leading to a law degree will use the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office case against Donald Trump as an example to teach students what not to do. Ratcliffe, an attorney who served as national intelligence director from 2020 to 2021, said the…


2 Killed in Construction Accident at New York’s JFK Airport

NEW YORK—Two workers were killed in a construction accident at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport on Monday, officials said. The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which runs the airport, said the two workers got trapped under construction rubble around 11 a.m. A spokesperson for the city Fire Department said it…


‘Love Wins’: Trump Supporters, Detractors in NY Promote Peaceful Disagreement Amid Rising Political Tensions

NEW YORK—After a day of protesting in New York over former President Donald Trump’s indictment, a common sentiment arising in the area outside the Manhattan Courthouse where Trump was arraigned was the need for more listening and less violence amid rising political tensions. “I’m glad to see people were peaceful,” Ray, a pro-Trump protester from…


NY Trump Supporters Optimistic About Indictment’s Impact on 2024 Bid: ‘A Boost for Him’

NEW YORK—A crowd of saddened but optimistic supporters of former President Donald Trump on Tuesday gathered outside a lower Manhattan courthouse, with some of them saying the Democrat-led effort to bring criminal charges against the nation’s top Republican would only boost his 2024 presidential campaign. The first U.S. president to ever be prosecuted after leaving…