Rockaway Beach Woman Dies In Fire
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Minutes before 8 a.m. on Monday, firefighters were called to a one-family home on Beach 95th Street where Dawn Greig was found unconscious and unresponsive.
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New York Law School Hosts Expert Immigration Panel Thursday
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The panel will feature NYLS Professor Lenni Benson, the founder of Safe Passage Project, which provides free legal assistance to unrepresented children in immigration court.
Read MoreTouro Law Honors Legal Lit Legend Grisham
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Author John Grisham addresses an audience at Touro College’s Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center, where he received the annual Bruce K. Gould Book Award. Photo courtesy of Touro.
By David Brand
Touro College’s Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center honored best-selling author John Grisham with the school’s annual Bruce K. Gould Book Award.
Touro recognized Grisham on Oct. 22 for his novel “The Rooster Bar.” Grisham’s other best-selling legal-themed works include “A Time to Kill,” “The Firm” and “The Pelican Brief.”
Each year, the university presents the award to the author of an outstanding publication related to the law, the legal profession or the legal system. The prize is named for benefactor Bruce K. Gould, an 1984 graduate of Touro Law Center. Gould is a founding member and second president of Touro Law Center’s Alumni Association and a member of Touro Law Center’s Board of Governors.
Past recipients include Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor for her book “My Beloved World”, Anita Hill for her book “Speaking Truth to Power” and Bob Woodward for his book “The War Within: A Secret White House History 2006 - 2008.”
Grisham graduated from University of Mississippi School of Law in 1981 and practiced criminal law throughout the 1980s. He also served in the Mississippi House of Representatives as a Democrat from 1984 to 1990.
The award, which was first handed out in 1991, is regarded as one of the most prestigious prizes for law-related literature.
Who Is On Your Ballot?
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Living in Queens? Find out who’s on your ballot in on Election Day 2018.
Read MorePolice Officer and Firefighter Arrested For Drunk Driving
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If convicted, Sepulveda faces hundreds of dollars in fines for four traffic infractions.
Read MoreCoding Course Closes The Career-College Gap At Queens College, Other CUNYs
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The City University of New York is expanding its partnership with tech talent developer Revature to offer a no-cost introductory coding course.
Read MoreJurors Stone-faced As Vetrano Trial Prosecutor Builds Case Against Chanel Lewis
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Brad Leventhal built a dramatic and comprehensive case for Lewis’ guilt in the murder of the rape and murder of Karina Vetrano.
Read MoreP.I.’s Questionable Tactics Further Delay 4-Year-Old Murder Case
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The credibility of a disgraced NYPD officer-turned-private investigator is the catalyst for yet another delay in an over 4-year-old murder trial.
Read MoreJFK Groper Sentenced to Probation
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A federal judge has sentenced a New York investor to a year of probation for groping a woman last year during a Spirit Airlines flight to Kennedy Airport.
Read MoreAlleged Infant-Stabber Indicted For Attempted Murder
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Wang allegedly stabbed three of the nine infants, the father of one of the babies and a woman, 63.
Read MoreRace to Rikers: Bros Busted For Boosting Bikes, Hocking Heroin
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They face up to 24 years in prison if convicted.
Read MoreThird Suspect Arrested in Connection to Strip Club Murder
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Brandon Lee, of Vinegar Hill, was extradited from Miami, Florida, on Thursday for shooting into a black Lexus on Oct. 1 near Ulmer Street and Whitestone Expressway Service Road.
Read MoreMiddle Village’s Knockoff Nike Dealer Gets 30 Months in Prison
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A Middle Village man was sentenced to 30 months in prison on Friday after he was busted attempting to smuggle knockoff apparel from China into the United States.
Read MoreFacebook Opioid Dealer Convicted in Federal Court
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Terrance Belford, 36, was originally arrested in June 2017 for his role in an oxycodone distribution ring.
Read MoreFamilies and Neighbors Prepare For Monday’s Vetrano Murder Trial
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When trial begins for Chanel Lewis, the man accused of killing Howard Beach resident Karina Vetrano, the families of Vetrano and Lewis will be back together again.
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