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Neil Sedaka, a New York-native singer, songwriter, and pianist, has passed away at the age of 86. Beginning his music career in 1957, he sold millions of records worldwide and wrote or co-wrote over 500 songs for himself and other artists, collaborating mostly with lyricists Howard "Howie" Greenfield and Phil Cody.

Former Erasmus Hall math teacher claimed decades of racial bias,

Out of 729 gas stations checked by NYC inspectors between mid-2023 and mid-2025, a whopping 702 failed tests for their octane, mid-grade gas blends or signage.

In spring 1957, in Paramus, New Jersey, between Route 4 and Route 17, Garden State Plaza opened and drew about 75,000 people. Most arrived by car, reflecting the postwar era when automobile ownership shaped daily life and made new destinations easy to reach. The complex was a new kind of...

67-year-old man knocked unconscious in Soundview Avenue assault BRONX, NY

A deadly fungus that will "eat you from the inside out" is spreading.

A violent ex-con squatting in a swanky West Village building has allegedly spent months terrorizing his neighbors — who say he has turned his apartment into a “flophouse” and regularly threatens to kill them. Tenants and the landlord say Melvin DeJesus weaseled his way into an elderly man’s rent-controlled apartment...

Some places feed you. And then there are places like Katz’s Delicatessen, which feel like they’ve been feeding a whole city for over a century. This isn’t just a spot to grab a sandwich; it’s a living, breathing piece of New York history. Since 1888, it’s sat on the Lower East Side, watching economic storms, world...

FAIRIELD, Maine (WABI) - Fairfield Police were called to Main Street around 4:30 p.m. Thursday for a report of a disturbance and assault. As officers arrived on scene, a man believed to be involved left on foot. During the ensuing chase, one of the officers saw the man pull a...

Sean McDermott, 36, is accused of persistently reigniting fires in his home, defying his friend’s repeated attempts to extinguish them Pocono Mountain Regional Police A man accused of setting multiple fires in his Pennsylvania home in an apparent attempt to kill spiders was subsequently arrested in New York City...