80-year-old woman struck and killed by SUV on Brownsville sidewalk
An 80-year-old woman was fatally struck by an SUV on the sidewalk in Brownsville, police say. The woman was hit by the Lexus RX 350 near East 92nd Street and Rutland Road just before 1:30 p.m. Friday. Family members on scene identified the victim as Yvette James. They say she...
Fire Report: St. Ann’s Church
This past January, St. Ann’s Church School was gutted after a four-alarm fire broke out. Now, a fire has broken out at the church itself. Fire crews are on the scene at the former Roman Catholic Church (corner of Broadway and Emslie Street) at this moment. There is no word yet about the amount of damage caused by the 3
NYC weather timeline: Severe storms, flash flooding possible Saturday
NEW YORK - Severe thunderstorms and heavy rain could hit the NYC area Saturday, bringing the risk of flash flooding, damaging wind gusts and an isolated tornado. The National Weather Service says multiple rounds of heavy downpours and thunderstorms are expected late Saturday morning into Saturday evening across the New
Elementary School Security Guard Arrested in North Bergen Child Luring Sting
A Newark man who told investigators he works as an elementary school security guard has been arrested following an investigation into the attempted luring of a person he believed to be a 13-year-old child for sexual activity, North Bergen Police Chief Robert J. Farley Jr. announced. On Thursday, July 16,...
Another Big New Jersey Based Company is Moving HQ Out of New Jersey
NEWARK, N.J. – Mars Wrigley will permanently close its U.S. headquarters and Newark market hub, eliminating 307 positions as the company consolidates corporate operations at its expanded campus in Chicago. The job cuts will begin on October 16, according to a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) filed w
Mob Of Six Jumps 74-Year-Old Outside Bronx Storefront, Cops Say
On Wednesday afternoon, a 74-year-old man was attacked outside a Southern Boulevard storefront in the Bronx, left hurt and without the eyeglasses he had been wearing. Witnesses told police that several people rushed the victim, pushed him to the ground, then repeatedly struck him before running off. Investigators have
New York Bus Driver Moves to Stafford County Jail After Deadly I-95 Crash That...
STAFFORD, VA — Jing Sheng Dong, a Staten Island bus driver charged in a deadly May 29 crash on Interstate 95 near Marine Corps Base Quantico, has been moved from the hospital to jail. Authorities said Dong was released from medical care Monday night and taken to the Rappahannock...
24-year-old shot in eye, killed in Harlem Saturday morning
HARLEM, NY - A 24-year-old man was shot in the eye and killed early Saturday in Harlem, according to the NYPD. Police said officers responded to a 911 call for a person shot near Frederick Douglass Boulevard and Macombs Place around 1:32 a.m. Saturday. When officers arrived, they found a...
Tornado threat, flooding rains loom for NY, NJ: what to know
NEW YORK (PIX11) — Severe weather is brewing for New York City as a storm system brings the threat of a tornado, damaging winds and multiple rounds of flooding downpours on Saturday. The tornado threat comes as the approaching system could contain some wind shear and spin out a twister, according to the National Weathe
Cops hunt for skateboard-wielding twerp in viral NYC street fight who put motorist in...
His fighting days could be grinding to a halt. A skateboard-wielding twerp who put an angry motorist in a chokehold during a viral fight in the East Village this week is being hunted by the NYPD. Cops asked the public for information Friday to help them track down the bleached blonde attacker seen in the twist-filled,
