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CHICAGO — It’s been nine months since Chicago-born R&B singer R. Kelly was last in a New York courtroom, where he was convicted by a jury after decades of allegations of sexual misdeeds.

Chicago Tribune

Hawks take Duke’s AJ Griffin 16th overall in NBA draft

ATLANTA — The Hawks have their newest member in the fold. On Thursday night, they selected Duke’s AJ Griffin with the 16th overall pick in the 2022 NBA draft held at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn.

Tribune News Service

Kansas Jayhawks’ Ochai Agbaji heads to Cleveland Cavaliers as NBA Draft lottery pick

Former University of Kansas guard Ochai Agbaji was selected in the first round of the 2022 NBA Draft by the Cleveland Cavaliers on Thursday night at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.

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Windhorst: Don’t rule out Kyrie Irving joining Lakers for MLE

There is a way Kyrie Irving could join the Lakers this summer if the Brooklyn Nets aren't willing to trade him.

USA Today Sports Media Group

NBA draft 2022: Magic pick Banchero No 1, Thunder get Holmgren at No 2 – as it happened

The best basketball prospects in the world gathered in Brooklyn as NBA teams picked the next class of stars

The Guardian - US

The Brooklyn Nets are crumbling because ofKevin Durant trade rumors but everybody had jokes about Ben Simmons

Ben Simmons did not ask for any of this

USA Today Sports Media Group

There’s a real chance Kevin Durant might leave the Brooklyn Nets if Kyrie Irving isn’t there and that’s so wild

Kevin Durant might actually be willing to leave Brooklyn for Kyrie Irving

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The girl power trio of Von King Park: Amy Touchette’s best photograph

‘I love the way these three Brooklyn girls are staring down the camera. They look like they’re going to turn into really strong women’

The Guardian - UK

Kyrie Irving, Nets working to find a happy medium?

Despite the Nets and Kyrie Irving hitting an impasse in their talks, both sides are still working to find a happy medium in Brooklyn rather than an exit strategy out of it. Or as a source told The Post "what's good for both [sides]." Source: Brian ...

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This You Gotta See: Cubs-Cardinals, Sky-Aces and another Bulls No. 1 pick up in the air

It’s NBA draft week, and you know what that means: Every sports outlet with a pulse is doing what it does best — purporting to have more than the faintest clue about what’s going to happen Thursday night in Brooklyn.

Chicago Sun-Times

US: 9 people shot, 1 killed in series of broad-day light shootings across New York

At least 9 people were shot over a span of several hours in four New York City boroughs which also led to the death of a woman in Brooklyn, New York Post reported on Friday. Read more on Dynamite News:

Dynamite News

Jay-Z’s bitcoin school met with skepticism in his former housing project: ‘I don’t have money to be losing’

The hip-hop mogul loves to rap about his roots in Brooklyn’s Marcy housing projects. But classes in cryptocurrency show the billionaire is out of touch, residents say

The Guardian - US

John Hinckley NYC concert canceled; Chicago show previously scrapped

The Market Hotel in Brooklyn cited “very real and worsening threats and hate” in its announcement on social media Wednesday that it was canceling the July 8 concert.

Chicago Sun-Times

Attempted Reagan assassin John Hinckley Jr’s sold-out Brooklyn concert cancelled

‘We’re living in very, very scary times, to be honest’, said the disappointed 67-year-old

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Man dies after getting dragged onto subway tracks in New York station

Man in his 30s dies after being dragged on to tracks at Avenue M station in Brooklyn

Tribune News Service

Man exiting NYC subway dies after pants are caught in Q train door

NEW YORK — A straphanger died Thursday after his pants got stuck in the door of a Brooklyn train, causing him to be dragged across the platform, police said.

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Inmate planned to strangle Ghislaine Maxwell in her sleep at Brooklyn jail, lawyer says

NEW YORK — One of Ghislaine Maxwell’s fellow detainees at the Brooklyn federal lockup plotted to murder her, a defense lawyer said in a court filing Wednesday aimed at lightening Maxwell’s sentence on sex trafficking charges for procuring young women for Jeffrey Epstein.

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Would-be Reagan assassin Hinckley fully released Wednesday, NYC show canceled

John Hinckley Jr., the former Texas resident who shot former President Ronald Reagan in 1981, was fully released from court restrictions on Wednesday, looking forward to launching a music career in an already sold-out concert in Brooklyn next month.

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Staten Island’s rich forgotten history is retold

“Staten Island in the Nineteenth Century: From Boomtown to Forgotten Borough" by Joseph Borelli; The History Press (192 pages, $21.99)

Benzinga

Jack Dorsey, Jay-Z Announce Free Bitcoin Academy

On June 9 it was announced the co-founder and former CEO of Twitter, Jack Dorsey, and billionaire business mogul/self-proclaimed greatest rapper alive - Jay-Z would be opening a Bitcoin Academy in Brooklyn, New York.

Tribune News Service

Hall of Fame inductee Lou DiBella has something to say to boxing

For Brooklyn born and Sea Cliff, Long Island resident Lou DiBella, the Sweet Science has brought him full circle.

Reason

Cancel Culture Deprives Brooklynites of Understanding How Putin Uses Food as a Political Weapon

When the Bushwick bar Honey's tried to host a “Russia, Ukraine, and Food" talk with food writer and academic Darra Goldstein, the angry mob shut them down.

Tribune News Service

Ex-Congressman Peter King steps up to the plate for a swing at reviving America’s pastime

NEW YORK — Ex-Congressman Peter King, a baseball fan since the Dodgers played in Brooklyn, is coming out swinging in an effort to keep America’s pastime relevant in the age of analytics.

Reuters

Colombia extradites ex-FARC commander to U.S. on drugs charges

Colombia has extradited a former commander of the leftist FARC paramilitary group to the United States to face drug trafficking charges, federal prosecutors in Brooklyn said on Friday.

Daily Mirror

Off-duty firefighter rescues toddler from burning building on his drive home

Firefighter Stefon Douglas, 33, used a breathing apparatus he had in his truck and entered the burning building wearing Crocs in Brooklyn, New York, to save a toddler, three

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