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68-year-old woman cut in face in NYC subway as assaults spike: cops

A 70-year-old man cut an elderly woman’s face with a knife after a brief dispute at a subway emergency exit door in Brooklyn Saturday, as serious assaults in New York City’s transit system have spiked 12% over last year, according to police. The confrontation broke out on the mezzanine level of the Sheepshead Bay B and Q station around 9 a.m., when the man, who was holding the exit door open, had a run-in with the 68-year-old victim, cops said. The attacker then held a knife against the woman’s
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Dyker Heights Mom, Two Kids Missing as NYPD Seeks Help

A Dyker Heights mother and her two young children have been missing for more than a week, and the NYPD is now asking the public for help finding them. Lisa Koch, 40, left her family's home in Dyker Heights following an argument with her husband on the morning of October 9, taking her 5-year-old daughter Thea Wood and 9-year-old son Oliver Wood with her, according to police sources.
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Man Dies After Struggle With Shelter, NYPD Officers On Clarkson Avenue

A man died after a struggle with Department of Homeless Services peace officers and NYPD officers at a Brooklyn men's shelter on Clarkson Avenue, and New York Attorney General Letitia James' office has now opened a full investigation into what happened. The man lost consciousness during the encounter on December 21, 2025, and was pronounced dead after being rushed to a nearby hospital.
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Beloved bodega cats battle legal threats in New York

Those furry shopkeepers lounging atop cereal boxes in New York’s corner stores face an uncertain future. Despite being beloved city icons, bodega cats are technically illegal under state health regulations prohibiting animals in food establishments. With over 10,000 New Yorkers signing a petition to protect them, these felines are at the center of a growing […]
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NYC subway shooting leaves one dead: officials

MIDTOWN, Manhattan (PIX11) — A man has died after a shooting at a New York City subway station on Saturday, according to authorities. Shots rang out after the victim and shooter got into an argument on the platform of the Seventh Avenue subway station at West 53rd Street around 12:23 p.m., police and fire officials […]
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New York driver accused of crashing through fence of Atlantic City Boardwalk

The driver crossed onto the Boardwalk near Belmont Avenue before veering off the boards and into the sand
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Three Sought After Man Shot in Leg on Brooklyn Street

Police are seeking three unidentified individuals in connection with an October 8 shooting on Starr...
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Ex-Dallas cop Amber Guyger is sprung from prison after mistakenly shooting her neighbor

Amber Guyger, the ex-Dallas cop who murdered her neighbor in his own home after she accidentally walked into the wrong apartment in 2018, was released from a Texas prison Friday on parole. Guyger, 38, strolled out of the Christina Melton Crain Unit in Gatesville after serving seven of her 10-year sentence, NBC News reported , according to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Amber Guyger was released from prison on parole Friday, seven years after she was found guilty of murdering Botham Je
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NYC’s bridges can last ‘forever,’ if we take care of them

The East River bridges were falling apart until the city implemented a long-term repair plan in the 1990s. Now, officials are forming a new program to keep them standing through the 21st century. [ more › ]
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13-year, $2B NYC bridge rehab completes 8th of 11 projects

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey reopened the renovated South Walk of the George Washington Bridge on Thursday, according to a news release. The project, included in Skanska’s $452 million contract to replace the bridge’s 592 suspender ropes, rebuilt the 1.5-mile pedestrian pathway with widened approach paths and connections to adjacent streets.

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