Contributing Metro Reporter

Rebecca White

Rebecca White is a contributing metro reporter for the Daily News. A native New Yorker, she has been covering her hometown for fifteen years. Her writing and reporting have been featured in multiple news outlets and literary magazines.

New York News |
Thousands oppose Israeli bombardment of Gaza in Manhattan protest

March 2, 2024 at 9:35 p.m.

Thousands of protesters opposed to Israel's bombardment of Gaza rallied in Manhattan Saturday as estimates of the cdeath toll in the conflict climb past 30,000.

Police released surveillance images of three people who they said attacked Alfredo William Alvarez on a subway train on Friday, Feb. 23, 2024. (NYPD)

Crime and Public Safety |
PHOTOS: 3 suspects nabbed for fatal shooting of Bronx dad on subway train

February 27, 2024 at 9:17 a.m.

NYPD officers sporting tactical vests and agents with the US Marshals Fugitive Task Force toting assault weapons rounded up the three suspects in the slaying.

On Sunday night the NYPD released surveillance footage of the three wanted suspects in the slaying of Alfredo William Alvarez and identified them by name.

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Crime and Public Safety |
Victim’s family grasps for answers after Bronx subway shooting ends troubled life

February 26, 2024 at 9:31 a.m.

On Sunday night the NYPD released surveillance footage of the three wanted suspects in the slaying of Alfredo William Alvarez and identified them by name.

An e-bike battery sparked a deadly blaze in Harlem that killed one man, injured 17 and required daring rope rescues of several building residents, Fire Department officials and sources said Saturday.

Crime and Public Safety |
E-bike battery blamed in Harlem fire that killed one, required daring FDNY rope rescues

February 24, 2024 at 9:23 p.m.

An e-bike battery sparked a deadly blaze in Harlem that killed one man, injured 17 and required daring rope rescues of several building residents, Fire Department officials and sources said...

An experienced barber beloved by his tight-knit circle of childhood friends was stabbed to death by a drunken patron while he worked security at a Brooklyn nightspot, his family and police sources said. Laurence Hopkins, 61, was found sitting on a bench, bleeding from the neck, on Graham Ave. near Johnson Ave. just outside The Garden Bar & Grill at about 1:10 a.m. Saturday, police said. “We’re still trying to figure out what happened,” his brother, James Hopkins Jr., told the Daily News. “He was doing security and I guess someone got drunk and stabbed him. It’s a club and […]

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Crime and Public Safety |
Beloved Brooklyn bouncer fatally stabbed in neck trying to defuse bar fight

February 19, 2024 at 10:03 p.m.

An experienced barber beloved by his tight-knit circle of childhood friends was stabbed to death by a drunken patron while he worked security at a Brooklyn nightspot, his family and...