New York hit with second earthquake in a week
Earthquake New Jersey Thing to Know Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved A second earthquake, measuring magnitude 2.7, struck the New York and New Jersey area on Tuesday afternoon. The tremor's epicentre was located over seven miles below ground in Hillsdale, New Jersey, prompting warnings in...
Father of slain NYPD detective says he’s in “darkness” without his son
The father of NYPD Det. Didarul Islam, who was killed in last week's Midtown Manhattan office shooting spoke out Tuesday for the first time since his son's death.
NYC could face $4.7B in damage if rocked by earthquake similar to recent temblors
It wouldn’t take an unusually strong earthquake to cause severe damage across the Big Apple, analysis shows, but geology experts say New Yorkers shouldn’t be trembling about the Big One coming any time soon — even as the city experienced its third temblor in just over a year Monday afternoon. An earthquake clocking...
Luigi Mangione granted laptop access in jail ahead of murder trial
NEW YORK CITY - A federal judge has granted Luigi Mangione, the man accused of killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in cold blood last year, the use of a laptop in jail to prepare for the murder trial after a request from the 27-year-old’s attorneys. What we know:. U.S....
Adams, Tisch and the NYPD have crime headed firmly down — but Mamdani would...
Props to the NYPD, Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch and Mayor Eric Adams: Shootings so far this year plunged to the lowest level on record . Don’t let anyone get away with pretending this just happened: It was the result of Adams’ pro-police policies and Tisch’s first-rate leadership. Indeed, shooting victims peaked...
Carriage horse dies on NYC street in horrifying scene — nearly three years to...
Lady was 15 years old, but couldn’t survive six weeks on New York’s streets. Lady, a Central Park carriage horse, collapsed on a Hell’s Kitchen street and was “dead when she hit the ground” Tuesday — almost three years to the day since a horse named Ryder fell , and later had to be put down, sparking outrage across...
NYCERS eliminates appeal process for disability benefits
Bruce Hydock didn’t want to retire. By the time he hung up his gear for good, the FDNY EMS captain had already survived testicular cancer and lived with lung disorders for more than a decade, all of it attributed to the time he spent at ground zero following the 9/11 terror attacks. But after a year on medical leave...
Replace cops with social workers, ‘transit ambassadors’ on some 911 calls: Mamdani
Democratic mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani defends public safety plan calling for mental health teams, other civilians to handle certain 911 calls as alternative to hiring more NYPD officers.
N.J. man drank 4 beers before hitting, killing woman with work van, cops say
A Newark man who allegedly struck two pedestrians, killing one and seriously injuring another, told police he had consumed four beers before the crash, according to an affidavit of probable cause. Segundo Carlos Bunay, 33, was driving a work van shortly after 9 p.m. on July 28 when he allegedly...
4 NYPD officers injured when police cruisers collide in Queens
The officers were responding to a call of shots fired in the Rockaways just after 10 p.m. when they crashed at Beach 35th Street and Rockaway Freeway.
