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Long sentence in New York calls into question how R. Kelly’s Chicago cases might proceed

CHICAGO — The charges against R. Kelly came down like an avalanche: First, four indictments in Cook County. Another in Minnesota. Then a one-two punch of federal cases in Chicago and Brooklyn.

Chicago Tribune

R. Kelly put on suicide watch at Brooklyn’s federal jail

NEW YORK — R. Kelly has been placed on suicide watch at Brooklyn’s federal jail following his 30-year sentence for sex trafficking — and his lawyer says the disgraced R&B star has no business being there.

Tribune News Service

Teenager accused of perpetrating hate crimes stabbed to death in New York

Vernon Douglas was found stabbed in the chest in Brooklyn

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NBA superstar Kevin Durant wants out of Brooklyn, asks Nets for trade

NEW YORK — The Seven-Eleven Era has come to an end.

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NBA superstar Kevin Durant wants out of Brooklyn, asks Nets for trade

NEW YORK — The Seven-Eleven Era has come to an end.

Tribune News Service

PJ Tucker unlikely to return to Miami

Alex Schiffer: Multiple teams - including Atlanta, Minnesota, Brooklyn, Chicago and Philadelphia - are expected to compete for PJ Tucker in free agency. All are expected to offer the full mid-level/TPMLE exception. He is unlikely to return to Miami, ...

USA Today Sports Media Group

Blake Griffin likely going back to Los Angeles

Jake Fischer on Blake Griffin: It sounds like he's not going back to Brooklyn. It sounds like he's gonna go to Los Angeles. The Clippers would be pretty weird, funny, silly outcome with the whole exit there. So I mean, the Lakers would make more ...

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R. Kelly sentenced to 30 years in prison in federal court in New York after judge says he left ‘a trail of broken lives’

NEW YORK — Chicago-born R&B superstar R. Kelly has been sentenced to 30 years in prison in U.S. District Court in Brooklyn, punctuating a remarkable fall from grace after decades of sexual misconduct allegations.

Chicago Tribune

New Yorkers head to the polls to vote in first primary of 2022

Voters from Brooklyn to Buffalo and from Queens to Kingston came out to the polls in short supply Tuesday to decide who’ll run in this November’s general election — a contest that will ultimately determine who is New York State’s governor.

Tribune News Service

R. Kelly fan charged with threatening federal prosecutors in New York

CHICAGO — An avid R. Kelly fan has been arrested in the Chicago area on federal charges alleging he threatened to “storm” the U.S. attorney’s office in New York.

Chicago Tribune

Sources: Nets grant Kyrie Irving permission to seek sign-and-trade packages

The Nets and Kyrie Irving have not gotten any closer to finding an amicable solution that keeps the superstar guard in Brooklyn.

Tribune News Service

Of course ‘no known teams’ outside the Lakers reportedly want to do a sign-and-trade for Kyrie Irving

Brooklyn Nets guard Kyrie Irving may not be on the team for much longer.

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Ghislaine Maxwell placed on suicide watch before sentencing

Ghislaine Maxwell, the British socialite convicted of sex trafficking with former boyfriend Jeffrey Epstein, has been put on suicide watch at the jail in Brooklyn where she’s been since her July 2020 arrest, her lawyer said Saturday.

Tribune News Service

4 wounded when gunman shoots up Brooklyn cookout

NEW YORK — Four people, including an 8-year-old boy, were wounded when a gunman on a dirt bike opened fire on a group enjoying a Brooklyn cookout, police said Sunday.

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Evening Standard

Ghislaine Maxwell ‘on suicide watch’ ahead of sentencing

Ghislaine Maxwell has been put on suicide watch at a Brooklyn jail and may seek to delay her sentencing for aiding Jeffrey Epstein’s sexual abuse of underage girls, her lawyer has said.

Tribune News Service

Ghislaine Maxwell placed on suicide watch in jail, lawyer says

Ghislaine Maxwell, the British socialite convicted of sex-trafficking with former boyfriend Jeffrey Epstein, has been put on suicide watch by federal jail officials at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn where she’s been since her July 2020 arrest, her lawyer said Saturday.

Tribune News Service

Ghislaine Maxwell placed on suicide watch in jail, lawyer says

Ghislaine Maxwell, the British socialite convicted of sex-trafficking with former boyfriend Jeffrey Epstein, has been put on suicide watch at the jail in Brooklyn where she’s been since her July 2020 arrest, her lawyer said Saturday.

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Antyesti in Brooklyn, for my father

I went to New York to perform this final ritual for my father, unable to move fearlessly as I once did

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Mister Softee ice cream truck driver strikes, drags 11-year-old boy in New York, police say

NEW YORK — An 11-year-old boy was clinging to life Saturday after he was struck and then dragged by an unlicensed Mister Softee ice cream truck driver while riding his new bike down the block from his Brooklyn home, police and witnesses said.

Chicago Tribune

R. Kelly’s summer of reckoning

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.

Tribune News Service

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.

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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.

USA Today Sports Media Group

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.

The Guardian - US

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

USA Today Sports Media Group

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

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