A funding agreement was reached for the multibillion-dollar redevelopment of New York’s aging Penn Station, the country’s busiest rail hub.Gov. Kathy Hochul and Mayor Eric Adams announced details of the deal Monday.The plan would create new commercial and residential buildings around the station, with those building’s developers getting to make payments in lieu of taxes for a period of 40 to 45 years. The amount collected in excess of existing property taxes would be applied to the project.That money would contribute more than $1 billion to pay for improvements to streets, sidewalks and other public spaces, as well as 50%…

A North Carolina woman taken into custody on an assault charge suffered life-threatening injuries when she escaped her handcuffs, managed to lower a rear window and jumped out of a moving police car, authorities said.Pineville police said in a news release that officers encountered Morgan Johnson, 27, at an apartment complex at around 12:30 a.m. on Sunday. She assaulted her boyfriend in front of officers, which led to her arrest, according to police.As she was being taken to jail, Johnson freed one hand from the handcuffs and pushed down the rear window of the police car to create a small…

Two suspects involved in a series of deadly robberies that targeted 7-Eleven convenience stores across Southern California last week that left two dead were hit with a slew of criminal charges Monday, authorities said. Malik Patt, 20, is charged with three murder counts with special circumstance enhancements for engaging in multiple murders, two counts of attempted murder and carjacking while armed, and robbery. He is eligible for the penalty of life without parole, Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer said during a news conference.”Malik Patt is a stone-cold serial killer,” he said. “He executed innocent people and he shot others.”The second…

The Los Angeles Police Department is urging LA residents to be on high alert as follow-home robberies in the city continue to rise. In a community alert, the LAPD warned there is an ongoing trend of follow-home robberies, whereby assailants follow victims home from places like Melrose Avenue, the Jewelry District of Los Angeles, nightclubs, and high-end restaurants.  The target of these robberies, the LAPD said, has been expensive jewelry, watches, necklaces, and pursues. Vehicles have also been targeted based on the type of vehicle they’re driving. In a tweet issuing the community alert, the LAPD included a list of recommendations for…

The gunman who opened fire in an Indiana mall on Sunday evening was a 20-year-old man who brought two firearms to the building and waited inside a bathroom for more than an hour before fatally shooting three people, including a married couple, and wounding two more, officials said. The alleged shooter, 20, was inside a bathroom near the food court of the Greenwood Park Mall for about an hour and two minutes before he entered the dining area and fired his Sig Sauer firearm. He was “neutralized” within two minutes, but not before he was able to shoot five people, including…

Five bystanders were injured when officers shot and wounded a man who allegedly pointed a handgun at police as bars emptied for the night in a neighborhood known for its nightlife early Sunday morning, police said.Investigators were trying to determine whether the bystanders were hit by police gunfire or by ricocheting bullets or shrapnel, police said in a statement that added that the man with the gun did not appear to have fired it.The three women and two men did not suffer life-threatening injuries in the shooting at about 1:30 a.m. in the Lower Downtown neighborhood, the statement said.DENVER OFFICER-INVOLVED…

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott called for “critical changes” Monday in response to the state House’s investigation into the Uvalde school shooting at Robb Elementary on May 24.”The findings in their investigative report are beyond disturbing and raise serious concerns about the response that day,” Abbott said in a statement. “There are critical changes needed as a result of the Texas House’s findings.”Abbott said he would work with state lawmakers to improve public safety, school safety and mental health assessments.The governor is the latest high-ranking Texas official to condemn the active shooter response.UVALDE INVESTIGATION DETAILS LAW ENFORCEMENT’S ‘SYSTEMIC FAILURES’ IN SCHOOL…

Police say the “Good Samaritan” who ended a mass shooting at an Indiana mall by killing the gunman saved lives, noting that it only took two minutes from the time the suspect opened fire until when he was shot.”Many more people would have died last night if not for the responsible armed citizen,” Greenwood Police Chief James Ison said during a press conference Monday.The Good Samaritan, who was identified as Elisjsha Dicken, engaged the gunman within two minutes of the start of the shooting Sunday at Greenwood Park Mall. Police said Dicken approached the gunman from a distance and fired…

Two good Samaritans were shot Monday while trying to assist a domestic violence victim in Houston, according to reports. The shooting occurred around 12:40 a.m., Fox Houston reported. The suspected shooter was beating on a woman who was with her child at the time, the report said. When a group of people intervened, the suspect left the scene. He later returned and opened fire on the Samaritans, police told the news outlet. Someone else at the scene returned fire, but it was not clear if the shooter was struck or who fired. HOUSTON COP LAUDED FOR THWARTING POTENTIAL MASS SHOOTING NEAR CHILDREN’S DANCE COMPETITION:…

Police are searching for a suspect who was caught on video trying over and over to break through a jewelry store display case, but could not break through the glass.Footage of the incident, which took place at a Kay Jewelers location in Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin, on June 1, showed the suspect entering the store and then slamming a brick-like object into the top of the display over and over again until a store worker chased him away.In total, the suspect appeared to throw the blunt item nine times into the glass. Eight times it bounced off. The ninth time it…