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DNA evidence solves ’08 Taco Bell break-in

A blood stain was found at the crime site in September 2008, but didn’t match any DNA in the records until, Naquan Christie, now 19, got arrested in Westchester County,

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Can the ‘Castle’ infirmary be saved?

It’s one of the few landmark buildings in Staten Island. But the 111-year-old former Samuel R. Smith Infirmary in Tompkinsville has become structurally unsound, and it may have to be knocked down as early as next month.

Teen charged with selling four guns, including armor-piercing rifle

One gun could shoot through most police body armor.

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Second man dies from holding his breath in Lyons Pool

Two young men training for the military practiced holding their breath until they died.

One dead, one in critical condition after Lyons Pool tragedy in Staten Island

The two men were practicing breath-holding exercises in preparation for the Air Force.