Author: Jack Mirkinson (Jack Mirkinson)

Police are searching for witnesses to Sunday’s hit and run accident on Flatbush Avenue near Prospect Place. They’ve released a photo of the suspect.

Najibullah Zazi pleaded guilty to three terrorist charges yesterday in Federal District Court in Brooklyn. Zazi described his involvement with Al Qaeda and his training in Pakistan. Our reporter Danielle Bengsch covered it from the courtroom.

Accused rapist Thomas Boker is due in court to be sentenced later today. Boker allegedly raped two women at a Brownsville housing project. He was arrested in March 2008.

Afghan immigrant Najibullah Zazi plead guilty to the charges of conspiracy to attacks with weapons of mass destruction, conspiracy to commit murder in a foreign country and collecting materials, support and other resources for a terrorist attack.

Three police officers were acquitted on all counts this morning in the Brooklyn police-brutality trial. The jury declared Officer Richard Kern was not guilty of assaulting Michael Mineo in a Brooklyn subway station.

With the rising cost of living, residents of Fort Greene are feeling the squeeze. The Fort Greene Association is answering questions and providing tips on how to make Fort Greene affordable at Lafayette Presbyterian Church, 85 S. Oxford St. tonight at 7:30.

Police are searching for the driver of a 1993 green Acura who struck two women on Sunday at approximately 4:30 a.m. as they were crossing Flatbush Avenue near Prospect Place. Police found the car that hit the women a few blocks away with a smashed windshield. Both women were taken to Kings County Hospital. The...

At approximately 2:45 pm the G train service to queens plaza was halted at the Bedford-Nostrand station due to emergency track work. As disgruntled passengers exited to board the B44 bus it was announced that the G train would be running on a weekend schedule with shuttle buses running from Jay St. to Queens Plaza....

Read Althea Fung’s story on bone marrow donors who hold the key to survival for cancer patients they do not even know.

Judge Alan Marrus dismissed juror No. 6 from the Michael Mineo sodomy case at the Brooklyn Supreme Court this morning. The juror admitted to having misinformation from reading a newspaper while the rest of the jury said they could still be objective. We will update you on any further developments.