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Harlem Fire That Injured Baby Under Investigation
NEW YORK(CBSNewYork) — Officials are investigating a fire in East Harlem that resulted in a number of injuries and hospitalized a 2-month-old baby. The fire broke out around 6:40 p.m. on Sunday night...
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House Ethics Committee Probes Staten Island U.S. Rep. Michael Grimm
WASHINGTON (CBSNewYork/AP) — U.S. Rep. Michael Grimm (R-N.Y.) of Staten Island was under fire from the House Ethics Committee Monday night. The committee said it was investigating Grimm for possible...
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Police: Speeding Ticket Issued To N.J. State Assemblyman Was Not Improper
TRENTON, N.J. (CBSNewYork/AP) — An internal state police investigation has found that a claim that New Jersey State Assemblyman Nelson Albano (D-Vineland) was improperly issued a speeding ticket...
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Harlem Doctor Indicted On Charges Of Illegally Selling Painkiller Prescriptions
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — A Manhattan doctor was arrested for illegally selling prescriptions for millions of dollars worth of painkillers, authorities announced on Thursday. An 18-month-long...
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Menendez Calls For Federal Probe Of Allegations That He Visited Prostitutes
WASHINGTON (CBSNewYork/AP) — A spokesman for U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) said the senator hopes U.S. authorities join their Dominican counterparts in investigating the origin of reports he paid...
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Couple Accused Of Trying To Set Up Day Care To Drug, Molest Children
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Authorities said a Brooklyn couple set out to open a babysitting business where they would drug and molest the children in their care. As 1010 WINS’ Holli Haerr reported, Bebars...
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NCAA Investigating Syracuse? Boeheim Brushes Off ‘Annual’ Reports
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) – Syracuse has been under investigation for possible NCAA violations, mostly in its basketball program, for at least a year, according to two reports. CBSSports.com, citing an...
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Halloran Faces Investigation From Own City Council Colleagues
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) — Already hit with criminal charges alleging that he took bribes in a federal corruption case, New York City Councilman Daniel Halloran (R-19th) is now facing an investigation...
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New York State Probes Medical Care Provider After Deaths At Upstate Jails
ALBANY, N.Y. (CBSNewYork/AP) — The New York State Attorney General’s Office has launched an investigation into a company that is now the state’s largest private contractor of jail medical services. The...
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Expert: Long Investigation Likely Needed To Get To Bottom Of Boston Explosions
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — The Boston Marathon bombing has been deemed an act of terrorism, but whether it was an international or domestic act remained undefined Monday night. As CBS 2 investigative...
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Amateur Videos, Photos Crucial In Boston Bombing Investigation
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Videos and photographs have been playing a major role in finding the bomber who struck the Boston Marathon. “You never know which frame is going to reveal the critical...
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FBI Investigated Tamerlan Tsarnaev For Plans To Join ‘Underground Groups’
BOSTON (CBSNewYork) — The FBI investigated Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev in 2011, after discovering that he was looking to leave the country and join “underground groups.” Tamerlan...
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Obama: ‘FBI Performed Its Duties’ In Early Probe Of Boston Bombing Suspect
WASHINGTON (CBSNewYork) — President Barack Obama on Tuesday defended the FBI’s handling of a Russian intelligence tip about Tamerlan Tsarnaev, the deceased suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings. As...
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NTSB Probes Connecticut Metro-North Derailment That Injured 60
FAIRFIELD, Conn. (CBSNewYork) — Investigators have begun their probe — and have not ruled out foul play — following the derailment and collision of two crowded Metro-North trains in Connecticut. As...
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Wrecked Metro-North Trains Removed From Connecticut Tracks
FAIRFIELD, Conn. (CBSNewYork/AP) — The wrecked Metro-North trains from the accident last week that left dozens of people injured were removed from the tracks in Connecticut Sunday. Removal of the...
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CBS 2 Investigation: Family Wants Explanation For Livery Cab Driver’s Death
NEW YORK (CBS 2) — A Queens family is calling for a full-scale investigation into the death of a livery cab driver who suffered a heart attack during what some have called a mysterious arrest. Solenir...
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Investigation Under Way After Boy Is Locked In Closet At Community Center
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Workers at a Bronx community center were the focus of an investigation Wednesday, after they closed down the center for the night with a 7-year-old boy locked in a closet...
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Emails Appear To Reveal Officials Knew Of 911 System Lost Calls Issue
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — CBS 2 has obtained emails from Emergency Medical Services supervisors that address “lost calls” in the city’s 911 system, indicating officials knew of problems with the system...
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Investigators Probe Police Response To Newtown Massacre
NEWTOWN, Conn. (CBSNewYork) — Nearly seven months after the Newtown elementary school massacre, investigators have continued to piece together how police responded. As WCBS 880’s Ginny Kosola reported,...
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Report: Secret Service Officers Under Investigation For Alleged Misconduct
WASHINGTON (AP) – Two U.S. Secret Service officers are under investigation and have been removed from President Barack Obama’s detail following allegations of misconduct, according to The Washington...
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Union Cut From Derailment Investigation Over Remarks About Engineer
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — The National Transportation Safety Board has removed the union representing Metro-North Railroad operators from the investigation into the deadly derailment in the Bronx this...
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Key Christie Administration Officials Among Those Subpoenaed In ‘Bridgegate’...
TRENTON, N.J. (CBSNewYork) – An investigation into the George Washington Bridge lane closure scandal has ramped up. As CBS 2′s Christine Sloan reported, some key members of Gov. Chris Christie’s...
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Report Recommends Firing Of Far Rockaway Principal Following Investigation
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – A New York City public school principal could be out of a job following a special investigator’s report. As CBS 2′s Dave Carlin reported, the findings on a scandal-ridden...
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FBI Storms Sullivan County Town Amid Fears Developer Is Taking It Over
BLOOMINGBURG, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) — The struggle for control of a small town in Sullivan County has drawn the attention of federal agents. As CBS 2’s Lou Young reported Friday, newcomers have been pitted...
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Report: Missing Drug Evidence Never Recovered From New York State Police...
HAWTHORNE, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) – Unanswered questions linger in the scandal of missing evidence involving illicit and prescription drugs at a New York State Police barracks in Hawthorne. As WCBS 880′s...
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FDNY Supervisor, 3 Dispatchers Suspended Following Investigation Into...
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Fallout from the fire that killed two children in Queens has led to the suspensions of an FDNY supervisor and three dispatchers. Jai’Launi and Ayina Tinglin were killed after...
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City Investigates Mother Of Bronx Boy Who May Have Died From Rat Poison
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — The city has launched an investigation following the death of a 4-year-old Bronx boy who might have ingested rat poison, and new questions have arisen about his mother. As CBS...
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Multiple Tri-State Area Schools On Sexual Assault Investigation List
WASHINGTON (CBSNewYork/AP) — For the first time, the U.S. Department of Education revealed its list of 55 colleges under investigation on Thursday — though no details of the complaints — as the Obama...
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New Jersey’s Acting AG Won’t Confirm Or Deny Bridgegate Investigation
TRENTON, N.J. (CBSNewYork/AP) – New Jersey’s top law enforcement official won’t say whether he has launched a state investigation into a traffic jam scandal entangling his boss, Republican Gov. Chris...
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Investigators Seek To Determine What Led To Queens Subway Train Derailment
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Nearly seven hours after an F Train derailed in Woodside, Queens, Metropolitan Transportation Authority officials were still working to determine what went wrong. As CBS 2’s...
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House Ethics Committee Puts Aside Probe Of Rep. Grimm So DOJ Can Proceed
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) — The House Ethics Committee has decided to put a probe of U.S. Rep. Michael Grimm (R-N.Y.), so the Department of Justice can proceed with its own investigation. The Ethics...
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Report: SEC Launches Probe Into Port Authority Financial Books
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) — Yet another agency is taking a closer look at the financial books of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, according to a published report. As WCBS 880’s Ginny...
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House Ethics Committee Won’t Probe Rep. Grimm’s Threat On Reporter
WASHINGTON (CBSNewYork/AP) — The House Ethics Committee has decided to hold off on reviewing an incident in which U.S. Rep. Michael Grimm (R-N.Y.) threatened to harm a New York news reporter in the...
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Sen. Menendez Calls For DOJ Probe Into Alleged Plot By Cuban Government
TRENTON, N.J. (CBSNewYork) — New Jersey Sen. Robert Menendez has accused the Cuban government of trying to take him down. As CBS 2′s Dick Brennan reported, the lawmaker said the government tried to...
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Ex-Islanders Forward Vanek Helping Federal Probe In Rochester
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (CBSNewYork/AP) — Former New York Islanders forward Thomas Vanek says he’s cooperating with federal authorities conducting an investigation in Rochester. Local media reported that Vanek...
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De Blasio: Full Investigation Coming Into Child’s Death At Bronx Day Care
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) — Mayor Bill de Blasio on Monday said a “full investigation” will be launched following the death of a toddler at the home of his caregiver in the Bronx. Cardell Williamson, 20...
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Investigators Probe What Queens Driver Was Doing Before, After Fatal Delaware...
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) — Federal investigators on Monday continued to seek answers about how fast a tour bus headed for New York was traveling before it crashed in Delaware last month, resulting in...
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Report: Human Error, Flawed Dispatch System Delayed Response To Fatal Far...
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – A scathing report released Tuesday concluded that human error and a flawed dispatch system played a role in a fire that claimed the lives of two young children earlier this year...
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Sources To CBS2: Feds Probing N.Y. Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos
ALBANY, N.Y. (CBSNewYork/AP) — The FBI and federal prosecutors have begun investigating New York State Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos (R-Rockville Centre) and his son, sources told CBS2....
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NYC Health Dept.: Alcohol Easy For Underage Buyers To Get In NYC
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) — A New York City Department of Health investigation has revealed just how easy it is for underage buyers to get their hands on alcohol in the city’s pharmacy, grocery and...
View ArticleCharges Dismissed Against NJ Corrections Officers
NEWARK, NJ (AP) — All charges have been dismissed against six New Jersey corrections officers accused of beating inmates at the Essex County Jail two years ago. The officers had been charged with...
View Article4 Nassau County Burglaries Under Investigation
BETHPAGE, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) — Police in Nassau County are trying to determine if four burglaries that happened within blocks of each other in one day are connected. Fingerprint dust was still visible...
View ArticlePolice: Retired Jersey City Cop Possibly Strangled At Home
JERSEY CITY, N.J. (CBSNewYork) — A retired Jersey City police officer was found dead in his home on Thursday. Frank Goggin, who was on the force more than 30 years, was discovered face-down on the...
View ArticlePolice Release Victims’ Names In Possible Murder-Suicide In N.J.
KINGWOOD TOWNSHIP, N.J. (CBSNewYork/AP) — Police are investigating the deaths of three people in northwestern New Jersey. Andrew Wierzbicki, 62, and his wife Wanda Wierzbicki are believed to have been...
View ArticleOfficials Investigate ‘Suspicious’ NJ Forest Fires
WINSLOW, N.J. (AP) — State environmental officials said two forest fires that have burned hundreds of acres in the southern New Jersey Pinelands were considered suspicious. No injuries or evacuations...
View ArticleCoram Woman Dies In Crash On Long Island
MEDFORD, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) — Suffolk County Police were investigating a motor vehicle crash that killed a Coram woman Sunday. Maria Nunez, 82, was driving her 2003 Ford Focus northbound on Route 112...
View ArticleAssembly Speaker Sheldon Silver Would Welcome Ethics Probe Into Payout Approval
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver said Wednesday he would welcome an ethics probe into his approval of a secret payout of tax money that was used to settle a sexual harassment...
View ArticleSpeaker Silver Demands That Assemblyman Lopez Resign From Legislature
NEW YORK(CBSNewYork) — Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver has faced serious questions about his handling of a sexual harassment case involving Assemblyman Vito Lopez, but he will still carry out the...
View ArticleWoman Injured By Razor Blade Inside Handle Of Walmart Shopping Cart
EAST WINDSOR, C.T. (CBSNewYork/AP) — Police in Connecticut are trying to figure out how a razor blade got attached to a Walmart shopping cart, injuring a woman’s finger. Kelly Boulay said in a Facebook...
View ArticleDecomposing Body Found In Philadelphia Basement Identified As Missing Bronx...
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – A decomposing body found in the basement of a home in Philadelphia has been identified as a missing woman from the Bronx. Police say 50-year-old Vianela Tavera, a mother of five...
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