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A 42-year-old truck driver from Manchester, New Hampshire, was killed early Wednesday when his 18-wheeler slammed into another tractor-trailer parked on the shoulder of westbound Interstate 84, right at the New York-Connecticut state line. The crash near an off-ramp just east of the Putnam County border snarled traffic

Mayor Zohran Mamdani signed an executive order recognizing 9/11 Friday — and then gave the symbolic pen to his controversial aide who once represented an al-Qaeda terrorist with links to the attack on the Pentagon. Administration officials were gathered at City Hall for a pair of executive orders — ahead of the 25th an

Patients at several New York City public hospitals are waiting far longer than federal standards to move from emergency departments into inpatient beds, with Kings County Hospital Center in Brooklyn reporting some of the longest delays, according to The City Reporter. From January through May 2026, patients at Kings Co

OUTBACK Steakhouse has confirmed it is closing down a decades-old restaurant as it calls time on a mall location. The restaurant chain will soon be serving up its last dish in Baltimore, Maryland as it prepares to leave the Canton Can Company complex after over 20 years. Officials have not...

New York City’s Department of Housing Preservation & Development (HPD) has filed plans for a 215-unit apartment building on a vacant city-owned lot in the Bronx’s Melrose neighborhood. The 176,000-square-foot building at 3116–3124 Third Ave. would rise 20 stories, the New York Business Journal reported, citing plans fi

Open Sun-Thu 10:00 AM - 1:00 AM | Fri-Sat 10:00 AM - 2:00 AM. La Lanterna Di Vittorio brings classic Italian comfort food to 129 MacDougal Street, placing diners right in the lively heart of Greenwich Village. Since opening in 1977, this longtime New York restaurant has welcomed guests with...

While NYC has no shortage of celebrated restaurants, sometimes we must yield to the call of the quaint, and this seaside town more than delivers. In a recent roundup of the best small towns in the country, Travel + Leisure crowned Mystic, Connecticut, as the best of the best for destination dining. Made famous by the e

Granville Leonard Straker, a Vincentian-born pioneering Caribbean music producer, entrepreneur, and founder of the Brooklyn-headquartered Straker’s Records, died Aug. 27 at the age of 86, his family announced. Born on Sept. 12, 1939 to the late Irena Straker and Clement Straker, the family said Granville Straker became

Three rent-stabilized buildings in Crown Heights that racked up nearly 1,000 open code violations under one of the city's most notorious landlords have officially changed hands, capping years of tenant organizing, housing court battles, and city enforcement. The properties — 1018 Eastern Parkway, 1074 Eastern Parkway,

New York is very much a foodie town, and one of the most fun things about the city is checking out storied restaurants with long-term followings and fixtures in pop culture. For lovers of both burgers and movies, J.G. Melon should be considered a must-try. Food critics and lifestyle publications have heaped praise upon