Newark Police Seek Woman Wanted for Questioning in Early Morning Shooting
Authorities are asking for the public’s help locating a woman
Staten Island Rookie Puts NYPD Dream On Hold To Save His Dad
Before he ever put on an NYPD uniform, a Staten Island recruit made a very different kind of life-or-death call. Anthony Cantore, 26, hit pause on his police career so he could donate a kidney to his father, then stepped onto the big stage at Madison Square Garden on Monday as one of the department’s newest officers....
Eliot Spitzer’s Fifth Ave Condo Dream Stalled by 89-Year-Old Holdout
An 89-year-old rent-stabilized tenant at 985 Fifth Avenue is at the center of a showdown over Eliot Spitzer’s plan to knock down the 46-unit rental tower and replace it with luxury condos. Her lawyers say she was given a valid lease renewal, then pushed to give it back, and they are now asking state housing...
The Night the City Went Dark: New York City’s 1977 Blackout
On the night of July 13, 1977, New York City felt like a place stretched to its breaking point. The heat had settled over the boroughs in a heavy, unmoving blanket, the kind that made the air feel thick even after the sun went down. The city was already carrying the weight of a difficult decade. Crime rates had...
Maniac customer shoots two, including bartender, after being kicked out of bar
A crazed customer who was kicked out of a Brooklyn restaurant came back and shot two people, including the female bartender who booted him, cops and law-enforcement sources said Sunday. The gunfire ripped through El Cerrito del Carmen Restaurant at 2024 McDonald Ave. in Gravesend around 9:41 p.m. Saturday, police...
Man seriously injured in stabbing in N.J. town
A 60-year-old man was seriously injured after he was stabbed in Fairview early Saturday, according to the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office. The man was suffering wounds to his face, hands and legs when borough police responded to Grant Street about 1:25 a.m., said Jeff Angermeyer, chief of detectives for the...
Body of Missing St. James Teen Recovered in Brooklyn Waters, Investigation Finds No Foul...
Authorities say the body of 15-year-old Thomas Medlin was recovered
Fried chicken franchisee closes 20 fast-food locations
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Troubling news for chicken enthusiasts: More Louisiana Kitchens are closing. A Popeyes franchisee, Sailormen Inc., shuttered 20 of their Popeyes across Florida and Georgia after it plead its case for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in late 2025. The latest three closures were announced in mid-March,...
New York woman accused of allegedly smuggling over 8 kilos of cocaine from Dominican...
BOSTON – A New York woman has been indicted by a federal grand jury for allegedly smuggling more than eight kilograms of cocaine in duty-free alcohol boxes via a commercial flight from the Dominican Republic to Boston Logan International Airport. According to a release from the Massachusetts Department of...
Two teens, construction worker injured in Newark gas line explosion; neighbors evacuated
The Saturday afternoon explosion on Newark's Magazine Street shattered windows and destroyed the front facade of a house.
