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Sinead O'Connor is over famous song, Bronx mom's strange arrest, subway motorman asks for ISIS attack, man drinks 7 Shamrock Shakes and more day's end links. Don't forget to follow Gothamist on Twitter and like us on Facebook. You can also get the top stories mailed to you—sign up here
Man Stabbed To Death Outside CT McDonald's For Spilling Coffee
Antonio Muralles (via NBC) A group of young men beat a 52-year-old man with a stick and stabbed him to death outside a McDonald's in Stamford, Connecticut last week after he spilled coffee on them, according...
Irish Queers: St. Patrick's Day Parade Planners Are "Neanderthals"
For the first time, a single LGBTQ group, OUT NBC, has been included in the St. Patrick's Day parade. However, this development has been criticized by the Irish Queers, a group who sees it as nothing more...
DMV: No Punishment For Cop Who Fatally Struck Japanese Student
Ryo in New York, surrounded by friends. An administrative law judge declined to take action against the police officer who struck and killed 24-year-old Ryo Oyamada in 2013, calling the offcier's actions "unavoidable." DMV Judge Kathleen...
Mentally Ill Bronx Man Charged For Shooting Laser Pointer At Planes
(NYPD) A Bronx man who admitted to shining laser pointers into the cockpits of arriving and departing flights at LaGuardia airport and an NYPD helicopter surrendered to FBI agents yesterday and has been charged in federal...
Video Shows Cat Being Kicked As It Fights Dog
A tipster emailed us a link to a video, with the subject "cat fights dog in ny traffic." The video is as terrible as the subject suggests—a feral cat is seen fighting a dog in a busy street as people watch, cheer and, yes, film—and actually worse because it shows a woman kicking the cat a couple times as well.
Unlicensed Super Shuttle Driver Busted For Soliciting Passengers At JFK
An alleged fake cab driver was busted shuttling passengers from JFK for a wildly inflated fare, allegedly luring them by claiming the AirTrain was broken, the Queens DA announced today. Long Island man Barnabas Laurent, 47,...
Brooklyn Teen Accused Of Taking Teacher Upskirt Photo
(Nonwarit/Shutterstock) It's been about two weeks since the city lifted its ban on cell phones in schools, so it's about time mobile-related madness came to light. Last week, a freshman at a Brooklyn high school was...
Early Addition: Who Is Having Sex In NYC's Yellow Cabs?
IKEA bans hide and seek, terrible e-book covers, underboob selfie ban, a sleepy duckling, Nintendo to smartphones and more midday links. Don't forget to follow Gothamist on Twitter and like us on Facebook. You can also get the top stories mailed to you—sign up here.
Teens Charged With Beating 2 Off-Duty Cops Who Told Them To Quiet Down
Looking south on 15th Avenue in Bensonhurst, near the site of the attack (Google Maps) Four Brooklyn teenagers have been charged with beating two off-duty NYPD officers after the cops asked them to stop jumping on...
Kathleen Durst's Brother: I Waited For Robert Durst's Confession For 33 Years
Via HBO In the wake of Robert Durst's chilling "confession" in the finale of The Jinx, his missing first wife's brother is speaking out. Jim McCormack said that Durst's claim that he "killed them all" was...
Brooklyn BID Director Allegedly Stole $85K In Clothes, Food And Beyonce Tickets
The former director of a Brooklyn business improvement district has been accused of stealing $85,000 from the organization to finance her personal life—including clothes, groceries and $600 Beyonce tickets, among other things. Brooklyn District Attorney Ken...
The NYPD Can Now Pinpoint The Exact Location Of A Gunshot
(Getty Images) If a gun goes off in New York City, the NYPD will soon know exactly where it was fired. Yesterday the NYPD announced the deployment of a new gunshot detection system called ShotSpotter on...
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