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Entertainment

New documentary 'Fresh Dressed' explores hip-hop fashion

Courier Newsroom - June 27, 2015

NEW YORK (AP) _ From slave-era church outfits and Little Richard to the South Bronx and Dapper Dan the knockoff king of Harlem, the...

Sports

As NCAAs beckon, Andy Toole, Robert Morris grow in lock step

Courier Newsroom - March 16, 2015

MOON TOWNSHIP, Pa. (AP) — The face still seems impossibly young. Look closer, though. A half decade into fighting the good fight — and winning...

Atlanta

Four teens arrested in brutal Brooklyn McDonald’s beat down

Editor - March 16, 2015

Four female teens, whose brutal beat down of a defenseless girl in Brooklyn, N.Y. was captured on video and went viral, have been arrested and…

Entertainment

Who's that in a cape? New musical stars Brooklyn superheroes

Courier Newsroom - February 21, 2015

NEW YORK (AP) — Move aside, Gotham. Brooklyn has gotten so cool these days that it now has its own group of superheroes. The original...

Sports

All-Stars bring their game to New York, hoops Mecca

Courier Newsroom - February 15, 2015

NEW YORK (AP) — Bernard King remembers the rugged battles under the basket, trading elbows and shoves for a precious rebound. Every possession was important...

National News

Officer indicted in killing of unarmed man in NYC stairwell

Courier Newsroom - February 10, 2015

NEW YORK (AP) — A rookie police officer who fired into a darkened stairwell at a Brooklyn public housing complex, accidentally killing a man...

Entertainment

Zap Mama and Antibalas’ Unified Tour brings World Music to Byham

Courier Newsroom - February 3, 2015

African pop and European harmonies meld together in perfect musical harmony when Zap Mama-an all-female troupe of Belgian-based vocalists—and Antibalas, a Brooklyn-based big band—perform...

National News

7 Things to Know About Ismaaiyl Brinsley Who Killed 2 NYPD Cops

Editor - December 21, 2014

The New York Police Department has identified Ismaaiyl Brinsley as the man who shot two NYPD officers execution style, as they sat in their patrol…

National News

War on summer violence begins in NYC

Courier Newsroom - July 17, 2014

Gun violence is ripping through the nation. While it’s only the second weekend in July, already the shootings are mounting. Some folks walk around saying,...

National News