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One of the teens arrested in the botched robbery stabbing death of Barnard College student Tessa Majors in 2019 has pleaded guilty

The plea deal, the first admission of guilt in connection to the killing, had the teen charged as a minor — allowing him to avoid facing a murder charge, along with a felony designation going on his record until he is 18

The boy’s lawyer said her client admitted being present and involved in the fatal incident, including picking up the knife used in the stabbing, but was “not the main actor”

A third teen suspected in the attack of Barnard College freshman Tessa Majors turned himself in Wednesday morning, law enforcement officials say. Luciano Lewis, 14, was charged as an adult with murder in the second degree and first and second-degree robbery, according to officials. Prosecutors alleged that Lewis prevented her from escaping as she called out for help. Lewis pleaded…

Authorities say a 14-year-old has been arrested in the fatal stabbing of a Barnard College student in a Manhattan park in December.

A 14-year-old boy has been charged with murder in connection with the stabbing death of Barnard College freshman Tessa Majors, the NYPD and the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office said at a rare Saturday news conference. Majors was in Morningside Park just before 7 p.m. on Dec. 10 when, according to the NYPD, she was a victim of a “robbery gone…

A 13-year-old boy allegedly involved in the brutal stabbing of 18-year-old Tessa Majors appeared in court Thursday as the defense asked for the teen to be released from juvenile detention. While the boy’s attorneys fought for his release, prosecutors cited a report made by the detention center that mentioned he made an aggressive gesture towards staff at one point....

In the wake of Tessa Majors’ death, Barnard College and Columbia University faculty have reported receiving “abhorrent and viciously racist” robocall messages from a white supremacist organization. In a message on the school’s website, Columbia said it is working with New York City police to block the racist messages that came after the 18-year-old college freshman was stabbed and...

The teenager wanted for questioning in the Manhattan park murder of Barnard College freshman Tessa Majors has been found, questioned and released, authorities said in a tweet Thursday. A photo tweeted out by police with the announcement matches an image of a 14-year-old boy authorities had released earlier in the investigation in their quest to question him. Calling the apprehension…

Police have released photos of one of the teens wanted for questioning in connection with the stabbing death of a Barnard College student. Because of the child’s age, police are not releasing his name, but they have been looking to speak with him since Majors was stabbed to death. As of Friday, investigators are not calling the 14-year-old a...

Police say they are talking to family and friends of a 14-year-old wanted for questioning in the murder of Tessa Majors but disputed reports that the teen took off running when he was about to go in for questioning. “He didn’t jump out of a cab while attempting to turn himself in,” NYPD Chief of Detectives Rodney Harrison told...

The slaying of a Barnard College student has led to new security provisions at Manhattan’s Morningside Park, Columbia University announced Tuesday. The college said that guard booths outside the park will now be staffed 24/7 and the evening public safety shuttle will be extended. Those decisions come in the wake of the stabbing death of 18-year-old Tessa Majors, who was…

The family of Tessa Majors, the Barnard College freshman brutally stabbed to death, allegedly by a group of teenage attackers during a robbery in a Manhattan park, issued a searing rebuke Monday of the police union president’s radio comment a day earlier that she was in the park to buy pot.

After charging a teenager in the stabbing death of a Barnard College student, detectives in court described some of the victim’s final moments as she fought off a group of attackers during an alleged robbery. New information in the investigation showed that 18-year-old Tessa Majors was in Morningside Park just before 7 p.m. Wednesday when she was a victim...

UPDATE: Teen Arrested in Barnard Freshman’s Stabbing Death The park where 18-year-old Tessa Majors was stabbed to death in a brutal robbery is also where most robberies were reported this year among all New York City parks, according to the police department crime statistics. There’s a growing memorial for Majors at Morningside Park and the crime scene is still...

Political polarization in the U.S. has increased — in the news, social media and out on Main Street. But that is not translating into a major change in willingness of Americans to open up their wallets and pocketbooks and donate to candidates in the 2020 presidential election. Under one-third of Americans have already made donations or say they plan to...

They didn’t set out to change history; they weren’t the first LGBT Americans to mobilize against bias. Yet the June 1969 uprising by young gays, lesbians and transgender people in New York City, clashing with police near a bar called the Stonewall Inn, was a vital catalyst in expanding LGBT activism nationwide and abroad. This month’s anniversary provides an opportune...

An autopsy report shed new light on the shooter’s intentions and state of mind when he fired rounds of bullets at a birthday pool party in University City last April, killing one woman and wounding seven people.

The New York City medical examiner has concluded that a prominent judge found in the Hudson River died by suicide in a drowning.