Three Anti-Gay Assaults Last Week

(NEW YORK) -- There were three anti-gay assaults in Manhattan last week, The New York Post reports.

The first occurred on May 5, when a gay couple was attacked by Knicks fans outside of Madison Square Garden. One of the men’s noses was broken in the assault, while the other suffered an injury to his hand.

On May 8, a 35-year-old man was allegedly beaten up by men who yelled anti-gay slurs at him as he was leaving a bar on Christopher Street at 1:45 a.m. He was not seriously hurt.

Police also say that they arrested two men for beating up two gay men near Madison Square on Friday.

A gay rights activist was assaulted in Union Square on May 7, but police do not believe that was a bias-incident. The victim, Queen Amor, was assaulted after she went to apologize to 20-year-old Jamal Morrison after she bumped into him well. Morrison did not take the apology well, attacking Amor instead.

Amor does believe that this was bias incident, however, and Morrison reportedly was yelling slurs at her during the attack.

According to the Post, all three are being investigated by the NYPD.

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Police Looking for Man Who Fatally Stabbed Another Man Sunday

(NEW YORK) -- Police are searching for a man who fatally stabbed a man in Queens early Sunday morning.

Police say that on Sunday, May 12 at 3:50 a.m., Stephen James, 21, approached officers at the intersection of Liberty Avenue and 123 Street. James was holding his stomach, and told police that he had been stabbed.

James was rushed to Jamaica Hospital, where he was initially listed as being in stable condition with a non-life threatening injury. However, later that day his condition was upgraded to critical, and James died Monday morning.

Police, who began an investigation when James was first taken to the hospital, are continuing the investigation to try to find James’ killer.

The police have identified the person in this video as a person of interest in the case, and are asking anyone who has information about him to call NYPD Crime Stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477).

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Four Charged in Brooklyn in Nationwide Medicare Fraud Crackdown

(WASHINGTON) -- Four people in Brooklyn have been charged as part of a nationwide crackdown on Medicare fraud.

The Department of Justice says a total of 89 people in eight cities across of the U.S. have been charged, stemming from their alleged involvement in Medicare fraud schemes involving approximately $223 million in false billings.

Two Brooklyn doctors are among those charged in fraud schemes involving $9.1 million in false claims, according to the Department.

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Kiosk Worker Stabbed in Face During Robbery

(NEW YORK) -- A kiosk worker on the upper West Side was seriously injured when robbers stabbed him in the face, The New York Daily News reports.

The victim, a 23-year-old man, was working on a sidewalk near Amsterdam Avenue and West 60th Street early Tuesday morning. At 3 a.m. the two suspects attacked him. The man was stabbed several times in the face before his attackers fled the scene. They had stolen $100.

No arrests have been made yet, and police are looking for these two men.

The victim was taken to St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital for treatment of serious injuries.

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FDNY Rescues Cat, Cop, from Tree

(NEW YORK) -- In a twist on an old cliché, a New York police officer attempted to rescue a cat from a tree Monday before he got stuck, and firefighters had to rescue them both, The New York Post reports.

Officer Dane Natto and his partner received a call about a stray cat across the street from PS 213 in Oakland Gardens, Queens. The school children, worried about the cat, wanted Natto to rescue it.

Natto began to climb the tree, but the scaredy-cat kept climbing higher. Eventually, 30-feet off of the ground, both of them were stuck.

Natto’s partner, laughing, called the FDNY for help. With the help of a ladder, both the cop and the cat were successfully rescued from the tree, with laughs all around.

The cat was taken to a local veterinarian.

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