The New Yorkian

Death of Jamaican Fast-Food Magnate Stuns Friends and Workers The 57-year-old founder, Lowell Hawthorne, started his fast-food empire in the Bronx in 1989. He committed suicide on Saturday, the police said.

Man Stabs Two in Queens, Then Drives Into Their Helpers, Police Say A man stabbed two others in a parking dispute in Jamaica, Queens, the police said, and moments later drove his car into a group of people.

City to Settle Discrimination Claim in Brooklyn Housing Plan An eight-year legal fight over racial discrimination in a proposed development plan for the Broadway Triangle ends with the city agreeing to changes.

No Longer New York City’s ‘Boulevard of Death’ Queens Boulevard has not seen a pedestrian fatality in three years. It has become a centerpiece of the mayor’s Vision Zero traffic safety campaign.

Metropolitan Diary: Sit, the Officer Said A frisky Husky gets loose near Prospect Park.

The New York Times Is Awarded German Prize for ‘International Understanding’ At a ceremony in Hamburg, the German president praised The Times as “a flagship of freedom of the press” and “a beacon of reason in an age of rampant…

Four Men Await Sentencing in Baruch Student’s Hazing Death Fraternity members from New York City are expected to be sentenced in Pennsylvania for Chun Hsien Deng’s death during an initiation ritual in 2013.

Dealing With the Grief That Accompanies Homelessness In New Jersey, volunteers help families deal with the physical and emotional losses that come with losing a home.

The Neediest Cases Fund: She Went From Serving Customers to Serving the Community Ozella Finlay and her sister ran Pat’s Luncheonette in Brooklyn in the 1970s, working seven days a week. After the restaurant closed, Ms. Finlay embarked on three…

Hunter Charged With Manslaughter in Killing of Woman Mistaken for a Deer Thomas B. Jadlowski has also been charged with hunting after legal hours in a shooting that rattled his rural New York town. He pleaded not guilty.