Day: January 22, 2025

The Brooklyn Daily Eagle editorial staff highlights images from around the world, photos courtesy of the Associated Press.

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Michael Shelonchik, 53, was riding inside a cab around 6 p.m. on Neptune Avenue near West 5th Street in Brighton Beach when two muggers stormed up to the car, opened the door and began punching him in the face and head, authorities said. 

A veteran prosecutor who spearheaded indictments of top-ranking members of the depraved gang MS-13 has been appointed interim head of the Eastern District of New York.

THERE ARE OVER 550 COMMUNITY GARDENS IN NYC — with hundreds in Brooklyn alone — and thousands of volunteer gardeners

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3,000 residents of New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) complexes have reported that they are without heat or hot water.

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ZOHRAN MAMDANI, A 33-YEAR-OLD DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST, is the youngest of nine candidates in the 2025 mayoral race.

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Brooklyn activist Ryan Carson was walking with his girlfriend when he was stabbed to death in an unprovoked attack. His killer will not spent at least 20 years in prison.

BROOKLYN CHILDREN will get treated to a visit from DreamWorks Animation’s Gabby’s Dollhouse this weekend at the Brooklyn Children’s Museum.

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Aaron De Groft became executive director of the Orlando Museum of Art in 2021 following art museum administration jobs elsewhere.

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