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Editor’s note: The above video aired in a previous newscast. FAR ROCKAWAY, Queens (PIX11) — Two sharks were spotted in Rockaway Beach Monday morning, temporarily closing several beaches, police said. New York City Parks Department workers saw the sharks at around 10:35 a.m., according to the NYPD. Beaches from 67th...

A homeless man was found unconscious at a terminal in LaGuardia Airport on Saturday and later died of cardiac arrest at the hospital, according to authorities and law-enforcement sources. A homeless man was found unconscious at LaGuardia Airport and later died. Matthew McDermott Ground stops spurred by tropical...

The gunmen were wearing masks and got away on a moped. No arrests have been made.

A Brooklyn lawmaker is demanding that Lyft install an age verification program to prevent riders under the age of 16 from renting a Citi Bike or even setting up an account. “We should be using these tools to prevent riders younger than 16 from making a Citi Bike account and getting immediate access to one of the...

At least three people were wounded in separate shootings near the Dominican Day Parade route through the Bronx on Sunday, all nearly within one bloody hour, according to cops and sources. The violence started around 6 p.m., when a 24-year-old man was shot in the buttocks on Grand Concourse and Elliot Avenue, police...

The Malcolm X Commemoration Committee will continue to honor Malcolm X’s centennial with a virtual discussion focused on the civil rights leader’s impact on Newark. The online event, titled “Malcolm X And The Baraka Factor,” will take place Sunday, July 27, at 7 p.m. on the committee’s YouTube page.

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From Camden and Cherry Hill to Trenton and the Jersey Shore, what about life in New Jersey do you want WHYY News to cover? Let us know. Hundreds of attendees packed Second Baptist Church in Long Branch, New Jersey, on Saturday night for the second Statewide Meeting for the Black Agenda.

Just in time for the opening of his much anticipated sequel to ‘Happy Gilmore,’ Adam Sandler stopped by Benny Tudino’s pizzeria to celebrate with a massive slice of pizza. The Hoboken staple prides itself on having the biggest slices of pizza around. Benny Tudino’s: Home of the...

For nearly a decade, New York City placed ideology over evidence in its approach to school discipline. Restorative Justice, imposed for the sake of racial “equity,” was supposed to strengthen school culture — but instead it removed the boundaries kids need to learn and thrive. That left too many classrooms without...