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Six-time Grammy Award-winning Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir sang a breathtaking rendition of “The Battle Hymn of the Republic” at the 57th Presidential Inauguration Ceremony at the U.S. … Full Article

Chief Administrative Judge A. Gail Prudenti  announced Friday that Kings County Supreme Court Justice Lawrence Knipel  has been appointed as the new administrative judge for civil matters, Kings County.  … Full Article

Eastern District Federal Judge Nicholas Garaufis on Friday announced the release of William Lopez, a prisoner wrongly charged and subsequently convicted of a 1989 robbery and murder.  … Full Article

It was chilly and crowded but, the sun was out, and the attending public was in Inauguration fervor. I had an official ticket (standing) and headed to the appropriate section around 8 a.m., three-and-a-half hours before the ceremonies began. … Full Article

Beyonce — an honorary Brooklynite! — closed Monday's inauguration with a powerful rendition of The Star Spangled Banner. Vice President Joe Biden is at left.  … Full Article

REPORT UPDATED AND EXPANDED AT 3 PM … Full Article

One Million Moms for Gun Control plans to march across the Brooklyn Bridge to City Hall on Monday at 9:15 am, to call on Congress to take New York's lead and enact tough gun-control legislation. … Full Article

Nechemya Weberman, an Hasidic religious counselor in Brooklyn's ultra-orthodox Jewish community, will be sentenced in Brooklyn on Tuesday for sexually abusing a young Williamsburg girl for years, starting at age 12. … Full Article

Former New York Mayor Ed Koch (KAHCH') is back in the hospital for the third time in recent months. … Full Article