Sponsored by Brooklyn Assemblyman Charles Barron this past May, the bill, if it becomes law, would do away with the Specialized High School Achievement Test (SHSAT), a long standing highly competitive knowledge – based entrance exam administered to graduating middle school students seeking..…

In April, NYPD officers killed Saheed Vassell, a Brooklyn man known for mental illness, after he pointed a metal pipe with a knob that police thought was a gun. . ..…

Ethel was a former Communist Party member, Brooklyn housewife and mother of their two boys; she was sympathetic to her husband’s activities but likely played no role in them. . ..…

On Wednesday, Shelly Donahue spoke at Jenks High School, is because senior, Brooklyn Wilson, posted about it on Facebook. ..…

Along with his partner Lynn Novick, he has produced a series of documentary films, some on controversial episodes of U.S. history such as Prohibition and Baseball, but also lighter subjects like The Brooklyn Bridge and The National Parks: America's Best Idea. . ..…

It starred Chadwick Boseman as Jackie Robinson who was the black baseball player who first integrated Major League Baseball with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947. ... It also stars Harrison Ford as Branch Rickey, the owner of the Brooklyn Dodgers who hired Robinson. ..…

In Brooklyn, a man stands indicted for punching a woman in the face while yelling homophobic slurs on the Q train. ..…

Jacqueline Bediako is a writer, teacher and activist currently living in Brooklyn, New York. ..…

., strict form of Judaism, settled after migrating from Brooklyn.. That arrangement was abandoned after two Supreme Court rulings in 1985 -- one that barred the use of school teachers from teaching extra classes at private religious schools and another that barred payment of school teachers..…

The district includes Satmar Hasidic Brooklyn's Williamsburg section -- Grand Rebbe Joel Teitelbaum.. ..…

Padilla, 35, was born Brooklyn, N.Y., and raised Chicago, where he was arrested on number of occasions for gang activities. ..…

I've led the charge against that, whether you're talking about the Park Slope Food Co-op or at Brooklyn College, I've stood against that divestment movement.' ..…

Doug Mork, Cross of Glory Lutheran Church, Brooklyn Center, MN . Ryan Pusch, Luther Seminary Master of Divinity Student . ..…

Lauren Lancaster Zephyr Teachout, the author of Corruption America, testifying in court during his unsuccessful attempt to have her removed from the ballot, Brooklyn, August 7, 2014 1.. ..…

Spencer Platt/Getty Images A child with high levels of lead in her blood walking past a wall of peeling lead paint in her family’s apartment, Brooklyn, July 2003 1. . ..…

He grew up in Brooklyn and served in the infantry during WWII. He earned a journalism degree from the University of Missouri in 1949, and relocated to California in 1951. ..…

For example, the editor of Brooklyn Eagle disagreed with Helen's political opinions. ..…

Pastor Doug Mork, Cross of Glory Lutheran Church, Brooklyn Center, observed that, Unfortunately across Twin Cities, especially in this arena of cleaning we've seen kind of race to the bottom as one contractor after another tries to underbid the other.. ..…

This is Cecil, who worked on a highway extension project in Brooklyn Park. ..…

Brooklyn US Attorney's Office AP Images surveillance photo released by Brooklyn US Attorney's Office, showing, from left, James Elshafay, Shahawar Matin Siraj, ant, New York City, August 21, 2004. ..…

Giuliani, the grandson of Italian immigrants, was raised Brooklyn, N.Y., as a Roman Catholic. ... In 1999, Giuliani threatened the Brooklyn Museum with the loss of city funding including depiction of Virgin Mary that Giuliani and others called anti- Catholic... ..…

One of the first ordinances passed by Nauvoo council was toleration act specifying that all faiths were welcome in the city and listing number of them Presbyterians, Baptists, Methodists, Latter-day Saints, Catholics, Jews and. ..…

student and collaborator of Mexican Jose Clemente Orozco, his work is in the permanent collections of Butler Art Institute, Museum of Modern Art, Brooklyn Museum, the Whitney Museum of American Art, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Library of Congress, and Smithsonian Institution. has been editor and..…

The leader of the operation, former Detective Ludwig Paz, ran brothels Brooklyn, Hempstead, and Queens, New York. ..…

Brooklyn Heights (38) . Williamsburg (30) . East Harlem (24) . Flushing Chinatown (19) . ... Downtown Brooklyn (11) . East Bronx (11) . Boerum Hill (10) . Gowanus (10) . ..…

The stated for Brooklyn based funk outfit Turkuaz on their fifth Life The City was to inject some life into their music, putting some vitality into this cold world. ..…

The simultaneous cut in interest rates on Thursday by China's central bank and European Central Bank, combined with the decision of Bank of England to accelerate its stimulus program, testify to the widespread belief within the ruling elites that the condition of the economy is deteriorating.. ..…

At Brooklyn Latin School, a selective high school founded in 2006, $1.6 million in Fund support was used for teacher planning, professional development and a new library. ..…