http://nyc.rawsignal.com/ We rank the latest and greatest news about new york city en-us 5/21/2013 8:05:22 PM © 2013 Raw Signal. All rights reserved. 60 RawSignalNychttp://feedburner.google.com http://nyc.rawsignal.com/news/Story.aspx?mode=0&id=120528139&aId=20564111&d=130521 The MTA says limited, slower Metro-North and Amtrak train service is resuming Tuesday between New York and New Haven, four days after a derailment injured 72 passengers.Photo Credit: AP 5/20/2013 8:04:00 PM http://nyc.rawsignal.com/news/Story.aspx?mode=0&id=120528139&aId=20564111&d=130521 http://nyc.rawsignal.com/news/Story.aspx?mode=0&id=120594090&aId=20564066&d=130521 NEW YORK -- The New York Yankees are going into the soccer business. The Yankees are partnering with Manchester City to own Major League Soccer's 20th team, which will be called New York City Football Club and plans to start play in the 2015 season. Manchester City, owned by Sheik Mansour bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan of Abu Dhabi, will be the majority owner of the new team. Yankees President Randy Levine will be the lead person responsible for launching it. "They'll be running all th 5/21/2013 11:44:00 AM http://nyc.rawsignal.com/news/Story.aspx?mode=0&id=120594090&aId=20564066&d=130521 http://nyc.rawsignal.com/news/Story.aspx?mode=0&id=120594101&aId=20564130&d=130521 The Oklahoma City Thunder are giving $1 million for tornado relief, matching a $1 million pledge by star player Kevin Durant. 5/21/2013 12:02:00 PM http://nyc.rawsignal.com/news/Story.aspx?mode=0&id=120594101&aId=20564130&d=130521 http://nyc.rawsignal.com/news/Story.aspx?mode=0&id=120477066&aId=20553595&d=130521 NEW YORK -- The trial of the New York City Police Department's controversial stop-and-frisk practice ended on Monday as lawyers defending the city were peppered with sharp questions from the federal judge hearing the case. But whether U.S. District Judge Shira Scheindlin will declare stop-and-frisk unconstitutional -- and whether she will impose changes on NYPD procedures -- were questions that lingered over the closing arguments in her Manhattan courtroom. Civil rights attorneys led by the no Matt Sledge 5/20/2013 1:22:00 PM http://nyc.rawsignal.com/news/Story.aspx?mode=0&id=120477066&aId=20553595&d=130521 http://nyc.rawsignal.com/news/Story.aspx?mode=0&id=120598678&aId=20543732&d=130521 The man accused of shooting a gay man in Greenwich Village on Friday in a hate crime allegedly told cops, "Yeah, I shot him in the head," while laughing. That's what prosecutors told a judge about Elliot Morales, who was charged with murder as a hate crime and criminal possession of a weapon in the death of Mark Carson. [ more › ] Jen Chung 5/21/2013 12:21:00 PM http://nyc.rawsignal.com/news/Story.aspx?mode=0&id=120598678&aId=20543732&d=130521 http://nyc.rawsignal.com/news/Story.aspx?mode=0&id=120524536&aId=20567299&d=130521 A police union defended the actions of the officer who accidentally shot to death a Hofstra student who was being held by an armed intruder in her home, saying police do everything they can to protect as...Photo Credit: Facebook/NBC 4 New York 5/21/2013 12:02:00 PM http://nyc.rawsignal.com/news/Story.aspx?mode=0&id=120524536&aId=20567299&d=130521 http://nyc.rawsignal.com/news/Story.aspx?mode=0&id=120512637&aId=20564102&d=130521 Detectives believe the intended target in the shooting that killed a 14-year-old girl on a Queens bus Saturday was another teen on the bus, sources tell NBC 4 New York.Photo Credit: NBC 4 New York 5/21/2013 12:02:00 AM http://nyc.rawsignal.com/news/Story.aspx?mode=0&id=120512637&aId=20564102&d=130521 http://nyc.rawsignal.com/news/Story.aspx?mode=0&id=120602891&aId=20564106&d=130521 An NYPD detective is accused of cyberstalking his ex-girlfriend and hacking into the emails of other cops in his precinct because he thought she was cheating on him, NBC 4 New York has learned. 1/1/0001 12:00:00 AM http://nyc.rawsignal.com/news/Story.aspx?mode=0&id=120602891&aId=20564106&d=130521 http://nyc.rawsignal.com/news/Story.aspx?mode=0&id=120572692&aId=20568488&d=130521 The Boston Bruins enter Madison Square Garden with a 2-0 series lead over the New York Rangers, but know that can change in a New York minute. 5/21/2013 4:25:00 AM http://nyc.rawsignal.com/news/Story.aspx?mode=0&id=120572692&aId=20568488&d=130521 http://nyc.rawsignal.com/news/Story.aspx?mode=0&id=120600710&aId=20567781&d=130521 Muppet creator Jim Henson's family is donating about 400 puppets, costumes, props and other items to the Museum of the Moving Image. 1/1/0001 12:00:00 AM http://nyc.rawsignal.com/news/Story.aspx?mode=0&id=120600710&aId=20567781&d=130521 http://nyc.rawsignal.com/news/Story.aspx?mode=0&id=120578952&aId=20526910&d=130521 Police have questioned and released two men who were with a suspect who allegedly shot and killed a man in Greenwich Village this weekend – all because he was gay. Adam Harrington 5/21/2013 12:02:00 PM http://nyc.rawsignal.com/news/Story.aspx?mode=0&id=120578952&aId=20526910&d=130521 http://nyc.rawsignal.com/news/Story.aspx?mode=0&id=120548868&aId=20567311&d=130521 Chelsea Clinton has taken on a new role at New York University -- or has she? As The New York Post reported Tuesday, the former first daughter "has quietly taken on a big new job" as a co-founder and co-chair of NYU's Of Many Institute for multifaith leadership. However, Clinton's "new" role may have stemmed from her current position as assistant vice provost to the university -- a job she took in 2010. The university has kept Clinton's new title relatively under wraps, but it seems the 33-y Sara Gates 1/1/0001 12:00:00 AM http://nyc.rawsignal.com/news/Story.aspx?mode=0&id=120548868&aId=20567311&d=130521 http://nyc.rawsignal.com/news/Story.aspx?mode=0&id=120551347&aId=20532013&d=130521 A man fell out of a window at a Broadway theater during a matinee performance Sunday, but landed on a marquee and was expected to be OK, officials said. 5/20/2013 10:02:00 PM http://nyc.rawsignal.com/news/Story.aspx?mode=0&id=120551347&aId=20532013&d=130521 http://nyc.rawsignal.com/news/Story.aspx?mode=0&id=120564963&aId=20536072&d=130521 Assemblyman Vito Lopez of Brooklyn announced on Saturday that his resignation from the 53rd Assembly District seat is effective as of 9 a.m. Monday. 5/21/2013 1:24:00 AM http://nyc.rawsignal.com/news/Story.aspx?mode=0&id=120564963&aId=20536072&d=130521 http://nyc.rawsignal.com/news/Story.aspx?mode=0&id=120594177&aId=20567317&d=130521 Edwin Vargas, 42, was arrested outside his home in Bronxville on Tuesday morning after FBI agents followed his computer trail, 1010 WINS' Juliet Papa reported. 1/1/0001 12:00:00 AM http://nyc.rawsignal.com/news/Story.aspx?mode=0&id=120594177&aId=20567317&d=130521 http://nyc.rawsignal.com/news/Story.aspx?mode=0&id=120539809&aId=20564067&d=130521 On Monday night, two men in their 40s marched with thousands of New Yorkers just a few blocks from the historic inn where the modern gay-rights movement began more than four decades ago and talked about their distress over a recent slew of anti-gay attacks in their hometown. "I just don't understand it on any level at all," said Angel, who was wheeling a bike and wearing a bright shirt blazoned with the words "I May Not Be Perfect But I'm Always Me." "You always think that it's going to be in Lila Shapiro 1/1/0001 12:00:00 AM http://nyc.rawsignal.com/news/Story.aspx?mode=0&id=120539809&aId=20564067&d=130521 http://nyc.rawsignal.com/news/Story.aspx?mode=0&id=120501998&aId=20544904&d=130521 By Bryan Graham NEW YORK CITY -- Three men were indicted on drug trafficking charges after police seized nearly 20 pounds of heroin and crystal meth worth more than $2 million, prosecutors announced Monday. The New York State Police nabbed the men in red-handed with a hefty 6.6 pound bag of heroin at the intersection of East 212th Street and Dekalb Avenue in The Bronx on April 9, after trailing the trio from the alleged stash house at 24-24 96th St. in Queens, according to court papers. One of 5/20/2013 1:44:00 PM http://nyc.rawsignal.com/news/Story.aspx?mode=0&id=120501998&aId=20544904&d=130521 http://nyc.rawsignal.com/news/Story.aspx?mode=0&id=120559120&aId=20564150&d=130521 A former sixth-grade English teacher is facing jail time after pleading guilty to the statutory rape of a 14-year-old girl. 1/1/0001 12:00:00 AM http://nyc.rawsignal.com/news/Story.aspx?mode=0&id=120559120&aId=20564150&d=130521 http://nyc.rawsignal.com/news/Story.aspx?mode=0&id=120600713&aId=20568486&d=130521 The judge overseeing a challenge to NYPD stop-and-frisk tactics said she was "intrigued" by the idea of requiring the police to use body cameras that would record street stops as the 10-week trial in federal court in Manhattan came to an end Monday. "Everyone would know exactly what occurred," said U.S. District Judge Shira Scheindlin, who brought the idea up on her own and suggested a pilot project in a few precincts. "I'm intrigued. It seems it would solve a lot of problems." The exchange occu 1/1/0001 12:00:00 AM http://nyc.rawsignal.com/news/Story.aspx?mode=0&id=120600713&aId=20568486&d=130521 http://nyc.rawsignal.com/news/Story.aspx?mode=0&id=120518684&aId=20546224&d=130521 Detectives are searching for a person of interest in the shooting of a 14-year-old girl, hit by a stray bullet on a Queens bus Friday night. 5/20/2013 2:43:00 PM http://nyc.rawsignal.com/news/Story.aspx?mode=0&id=120518684&aId=20546224&d=130521