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Viktoria Nasyrova, 47, was sentenced to 21 years in prison for poisoning another woman who looked like her with a sedative-laced cheesecake before stealing from her in a bizarre case that took place in 2016, prosecutors said.

The cow was finally corralled after dodging cars and those trying to capture it Tuesday afternoon. NBC New York’s Gaby Acevedo reports.

New York City pro-wrestler John Rodriguez has fought the greats like Hulk Hogan and Roddy Piper, but his latest opponent caught him off-guard fighting for his life outside the arena after a silent heart attack.

A photo of another person with the same name led to the wrongful arrest of a New York City man who has spent more than 18 years behind bars for murder, prosecutors said Thursday as they moved to vacate the conviction.

Officials at the Bronx Zoo hope to remove the four-inch stopper once the alligator is healthy enough to undergo the procedure.

The nearly five-foot gator is undergoing treatment at the Bronx Zoo after it was spotted inside Prospect Park on Sunday. The alligator is still too weak and unresponsive to eat on its own, the zoo said, so it is being tube-fed, and was found to have ingested a sizable item.

Viktoria Nasyrova, 47, was convicted of attempted murder and other charges for poisoning another woman who looked like her with a sedative-laced cheesecake before stealing from her in a bizarre case that took place in 2016, prosecutors said.

Nikki Secondino’s Instagram page has nearly 16,000 followers and describes the alleged Brooklyn killer as a model. Here’s the latest on the case.

The judge instructed the U.S. Marshals Service to use “all necessary force” to ensure that Frank James shows up at Tuesday’s plea proceeding, noting that the 63-year-old has refused to appear at past hearings.

Police announced today that they have arrested two men for the million dollar heist, but a third suspect is on the run right now. Myles Miller reports.

Police called to a Brooklyn apartment about a foul smell made a gruesome discovery Wednesday afternoon, with suitcases in the home found to contain human body parts, according to police sources.

A simple act of kindness became one of the last things a man ever did when he was stabbed to death in Brooklyn after holding a door open for his own killer, according to a witness.

A religious wig appears to have protected a Brooklyn woman shot in the head with some sort of bead on Saturday night.

A 23-year-old Brooklyn McDonald’s worker shot amid a gunfight that a law enforcement source said apparently stemmed from a fight over cold french fries has died, police said Friday as they declared his case a homicide investigation.

The Brooklyn bishop who said he was robbed during a sermon is answering questions for the first time about how he funds his lavish lifestyle, and he addressed a lawsuit he is facing regarding thousands of dollars he given by a parishioner.

A body was found dumped in a Brooklyn driveway after being rolled in a hand truck. Checkey Beckford reports.

A 31-year-old parking enforcement worker was shot to death on the Brooklyn set of “Law and Order: Organized Crime” on Tuesday by a gunman who abruptly opened his car door and then opened fire, authorities say. Johnny Pizarro was sitting in a car on North Henry Street in Greenpoint around 5:15 a.m. when cops say someone opened the door of…

A whale rarely seen in the area washed up on a Brooklyn beach earlier this week and later died, an animal conservation group said.

A 37-year-old subway rider died after somehow getting trapped between the platform and the Q he was deboarding in Brooklyn, officials said Thursday. It’s a scene that likely appears in many New Yorkers’ nightmares but one that apparently didn’t involve the victim’s pants or another clothing item getting stuck in the subway doors as the NYPD initially described. Speaking...

It’s the story that made Sara Fulton a local celebrity for what she did at Temkin’s Bar in Greenpoint , where she’s known as a hero for saving all the terrified bargoers from a terrifying… opossum.