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Loretta Lynch's nomination was approved by a senate committee. AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File

Senate panel approves Brooklyn's Loretta Lynch as attorney general

WASHINGTON— The Senate Judiciary Committee has approved Loretta Lynch's nomination to be attorney general, sending it to the full Senate. … Full Article
Joe Johnson’s 21 points and 10 rebounds weren’t enough to help the Brooklyn Nets win their third straight game since the All-Star break Wednesday night in New Orleans. AP photo

Nets come up ‘Small’ in Big Easy

The Nets were hoping to carry a three-game post-All-Star break winning streak into this weekend’s Texas “Two-Step” through Houston and Dallas on the tail end of a season-high eight-game road trip. … Full Article
The icy Brooklyn and Manhattan Bridges were once terror targets. AP Photo/Seth Wenig

This is not the first time Brooklyn targeted for terror

Wednesday's terror plot is not the first time Brooklyn has been threatened by Islamic extremists. … Full Article
Brooklyn Public Library. Photo: Gregg Richards/ BPL

Brooklyn Public Library is among finalists for national award

ROCHESTER— Six institutions in New York state, including the Brooklyn Public Library, are among the 30 finalists for the nation's highest honor given to museums and libraries for community se … Full Article

NEWS

In this December 2014 file photo, Mayor Bill de Blasio, right, and NYPD Police Commissioner Bill Bratton, center, stand on stage during a New York Police Academy graduation ceremony at Madison Square Garden. After months of friction between the NYPD’s sergeants union and de Blasio, the union is signing a new labor contract with City Hall. AP Photo/John Minchillo
A courtroom sketch shows the three Brooklyn men arraigned on Wednesday. One of the men allegedly planned to bomb Coney Island, alarming local politicians that Homeland Security funding could soon decrease. AP Graphic/Jane Rosenberg
At the Brooklyn Heights Association's Annual Meeting, channel Thirteen/WNET announcer Tom Stewart had tears in his eyes as he presented outgoing BHA Executive Director Judy Stanton with the Martha Atwater Award for 30 years of exemplary and altruistic community service. Photo by Mary Frost

BROOKLYN BOOKBEAT

Authors Neil Gaiman (l.) and Daniel Handler (known as Lemony Snicket) appeared in conversation at BAM this week. Photo by Elena Olivo, courtesy of BAM
Adam Sternbergh, author of “Shovel Ready” and “Near Enemy,” is among three Brooklyn authors who have been nominated for the 2015 Edgar Allen Poe awards. Photo by Marvin Orellana
Photo courtesy of Full Fathom Five Digital

COURTS AND LAW

Court sketch by Alba Acevedo
Loretta Lynch's nomination was approved by a senate committee. AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File
In this courtroom drawing, defendant Akhror Saidakmetov, left; an interpreter, center; and defendant Abdurasul Hasanovich Juraboev, appear at federal court in New York on terrorism charges on Wednesday. Saidakmetov and Juraboev are two of the three men arrested on charges of plotting to travel to Syria to join the Islamic State group and wage war against the U.S. AP Photo/Jane Rosenberg

BUSINESS

Pictured from left: Edward Kramer, a member of the Operation Hope Northeastern Board; Mary Hagerty Ehrsam, CEO, New York and Division President, HOPE Youth Empowerment Group Operation HOPE, Inc.; U.S. Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke; Assemblymember Annette Robinson; Brian Doran, N.Y. Metro Region executive, PCB; and Pedro Barry, Small Business Program manager, Operation HOPE. Photo courtesy of Popular Community Bank
Coney Island Brewing Company’s two new beers, 1609 and Overpass, were inspired by Brooklyn’s rich history. Photo courtesy of Coney Island Brewing Company
NYC Comptroller Scott Stringer, photo courtesy of Stringer's office

EDUCATION & KIDS

Carmen Farina, AP file photo
Taylor Swift performs on ABC's "Good Morning America" in Times Square this past October. A spokeswoman for the city Department of Education said Tuesday that Swift has now given $50,000 in song proceeds to New York City schools. Photo by Greg Allen/Invision/AP, File
Anthony Villamagna (second from left) drew a large crowd of students to his table at the St. Patrick Catholic Academy Science Fair. The excited youngsters couldn’t wait to touch the slime he studied as part of his project, titled “Is Slime a Liquid or a Solid?”

RELIGION

Stephanie Argueta (striped shirt) teaches merengue, bachata and salsa steps. With her in the foreground is Jefferson Walters, who also nimbly taught freestyle ballroom dancing.
Brooklyn Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio will be distributing ashes for Ash Wednesday at the Cathedral Basilica of Saint James in downtown Brooklyn. The bishop is shown celebrating a mass last year. Eagle photo by Francesca Norsen Tate
Some members of Mosaic Baptist Church’s leadership team: Lead Pastor Stephen Stallard, Teaching Pastor Woodley Victor, worship leader Daneja Amann and pastoral intern Kevin Liu. Photo by Francesca Norsen Tate

HISTORY

Singer Michael Bolton celebrates his birthday today. Photo by Rob Latour/Invision/AP
Basketball star Joakim Noah, who attended Poly Prep, celebrates his birthday today. AP photo
Boxing champ Floyd Mayweather celebrates his birthday today. AP photo

REAL ESTATE

Restaurant tenants are starting to sign on the dotted line for space at Empire Stores on the DUMBO waterfront. Rendering courtesy of Visual House
Vacant storefronts just aren't pretty. So we snapped some shots instead of Fifth Avenue Bay Ridge streetscapes. Eagle photos by Lore Croghan
Dina Rosvoglou, a second-generation family member involved in Mike's Donuts, is at the shop shortly after sunrise. Eagle photos by Lore Croghan

SPORTS

Doyin Isaac carried Xaverian on his back during a 19-0 run in the fourth quarter that led to a Clippers victory and sends them to the Brooklyn-Queens final. Eagle photos by Rob Abruzzese
Joe Johnson’s 21 points and 10 rebounds weren’t enough to help the Brooklyn Nets win their third straight game since the All-Star break Wednesday night in New Orleans. AP photo
The St. Francis Brooklyn men’s basketball team has captured its first NEC regular-season title since the 2003-04 season. Photo courtesy of SFC Brooklyn Athletics

POLITICS

Mayor Bill de Blasio wants more funding, control of NYC schools. AP photo
Sen. Chuck Schumer voted to continue funding for the Department of Homeland Security. AP Photo/Molly Riley
State Assembly Minority Leader Brian M. Kolb came to Bay Ridge on Tuesday to join a discussion by Assemblymember Nicole Malliotakis on anti-corruption proposals by Assembly Republicans. Photo courtesy of Malliotakis’s office

HEALTH

Members of the team responsible for the Heart & Vascular Center at Maimonides Medical Center present the flag in honor of National Heart Month. At left is Dominick Stanzione, executive vice president and COO of Maimonides. Eagle photo by Paula Katinas
Pediatrician Charles Goodman talks with mom Carmen Lopez, 37, holding her 18-month-old son, Daniel after being vaccinated with the measles-mumps-rubella vaccine at his office in California, where the current outbreak began. AP Photo by Damian Dovarganes
Maimonides Medical Center uses groundbreaking technology when it comes to treating heart patients, according to officials, who said the hospital performs the TAVR procedure. This is the operating room where the procedure is done. Photo courtesy Maimonides Medical Center

ARTS AND FUN

Austin Smith (l.) as George and Amber Gray as Zoe play out a melodrama of hopeless love in the Theatre for a New Audience production of Soho Rep's “An Octoroon” by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins. Photos by Gerry Goodstein
Photo courtesy of Myrtle Avenue Brooklyn Partnership
Nicolette Robinson and the cast perform in a scene of the musical "Brooklynite,” which has a 13-member cast, songs by the much-buzzed about composer Peter Lerman and choreography by Steven Hoggett. AP Photo/Sam Rudy Media Relations, Carol Rosegg

CRIME

This .40 caliber was caught by TSA officers at a security checkpoint at JFK Thursday morning. Photo courtesy of TSA
Loretta Lynch, AP Photo/Susan Walsh
Eric Schneiderman, AP photo

OPINIONS

In this Nov. 6, 2013, photo, Bill de Blasio and his wife, Chirlane McCray, leave their house in Park Slope. While the mayor and his family now reside at Gracie Mansion in Manhattan, de Blasio still frequents the Prospect Park YMCA in his old neighborhood. AP Photo/Mark Lennihan
David E. Levine is the author of “If You Give a Donkey the White House.” Photo courtesy of David Levine
Esther Meroño, an undocumented American who was born in Spain, is an Online Organizer at Auburn Seminary and a volunteer ambassador at FWD.us. She has joined others across the country in using the hashtag #undocumentedandunafraid. Photo courtesy of Esther Meroño

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