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Squatters arrested at empty multi-million dollar New York City mansion
New York Police officers apprehended three intruders inside an abandoned Manhattan mansion valued at millions of dollars on Friday, Dec. 10. Several officers, a police van, and an ambulance arrived at the home at 159 E. 64th St. at 11:30 a.m. The woman and two males discovered at the Upper East Side ...
New York reports 5 Omicron cases, warns potential community spread
New York on Thursday, Dec. 2, reported five cases of Omicron variant positive events, which stem from people of different traces. One case was detected in Suffolk County on Long Island, and four others were recorded within New York City, Gov. Kathy Hochul (N.Y.-D) said at a news conference on Thursday, ...
Angry customers file lawsuit against Chick-fil-A for price gouging: Demand answers and compensation
In this digital era and amid the pandemic, food delivery apps witnessed a rush of new consumers from 2020 to 2021 that they hadn't seen before. Doordash, Grubhub, and Uber Eats are just a few of the delivery services that are now accessible. In addition, these applications provide users with ...
9/11 widow says that day became the ‘forever nightmare’
A widow who lost her 37-year-old husband on Sept. 11, 2001, during the World Trade Center attacks, recalls the pain-filled years that followed and how she became an activist to help preserve the site for a memorial. "Many feel we should all move on, it’s been 20 years. But for some ...
Manhattan: suspect wanted after unprovoked vicious hammer attack to victim’s head
New York Police Department (NYPD) is searching for information on a suspect who used a hammer in a vicious attack in Manhattan, all because the victim looked at the him the wrong way. On Sunday, Aug. 22, police stated that a Manhattan straphanger was savagely struck on the head by an ...
Teen boy leaped to his death from Hudson Yards Vessel: The fourth suicide in 2 years
In front of his terrified family, a 14-year-old boy leaped to his death from the eighth storey of the Vessel at Hudson Yards, Manhattan, on Thursday afternoon, July 29. The teen is the fourth individual to commit suicide at the facility, which opened to much excitement in March 2019 and is ...
Message caught on paper aircraft moments before elderly woman jumps off building in Manhattan with her dog
According to law-enforcement sources, a 60-year-old woman leaped from her luxury Midtown apartment Friday afternoon, July 23, holding her little lap dog, killing both. Moments earlier, a positive message on a paper airplane was caught by a neighbor. “You are blessed,” and “Stay strong. You'll get through this!” were written on both wings ...
Woman nearly dies from falling down subway stairs in alleged NYC robbery
A New Yorker is clinging to life after a suspected subway robbery went wrong on July 17. Than Htwe spent the weekend having brain surgery after a man allegedly grabbed her son's bookbag about 9:40 a.m., outside the N station at Broadway and Canal Street. The son, Kyaw Zaw Hein, lost balance ...
‘Emotionally disturbed’ New Yorker suspected of slapping 7 year-old boy at Central Park
Authorities are questioning a New Yorker who allegedly attacked a young child for no reason on July 3. New York Police Department (NYPD) wants to know exactly why Kevin Cadelina thought it was a good idea to slap the unnamed boy at Central Park, near Columbus Circle. The 7-year-old claimed the force ...
A rodent videoed devouring raw veal inside a butcher shop in Manhattan Whole Foods
After shopping with her mother at Columbus Circle Whole Foods Manhattan on Sunday, May 23, Brittany Ellis decided to pop into the butcher's section to take a break and answer a phone call. She was horrified to discover a furry rodent gnawing on raw veal, priced at $22.99 per pound ...
Protester seriously injured after falling off Chase Bank in Manhattan, New York
Warning: The video in this story contains graphic footage that may offend some viewers Protesters against capitalism descended on Manhattan on Friday, and video shows one scaling the front of a Chase Bank before plunging 30 feet to the bottom. Protesters against capitalism descended on Manhattan on Friday, and video shows one ...
5 stabbed at rabbi’s house on Hanukkah; suspect arraigned
A knife-wielding man stormed into a rabbi's home and stabbed five people as they celebrated Hanukkah in an Orthodox Jewish community north of New York City, an ambush the governor said Sunday was an act of domestic terrorism fueled by intolerance and a “cancer” of growing hatred in America. Police tracked ...
New Amazon lease for NY space renews debate over failed deal
Amazon has signed a lease for a new office space in Manhattan that will house more than 1,500 employees, less than a year after pulling out of a deal for a larger headquarters in the borough of Queens after politicians and activists objected to nearly $3 billion in incentives. The new ...
How high will balloons fly at NYC Thanksgiving parade?
How high will they fly? That’s going to be the question of the morning on Thursday for the giant balloons at the annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. Parade officials and the New York Police Department are keeping an eye on wind gauges along the 2.5-mile (4-kilometer) parade route that snakes through Manhattan. Michele ...
Alec Baldwin sues man who accused him of parking spot rage
Alec Baldwin filed a defamation lawsuit Friday against the man who says Baldwin hit him in the face during an argument over a New York City parking space. Baldwin wrote in his lawsuit that contractor Wojciech Cieszkowski's claim that he was violently assaulted by the actor is "objectively false." "When two New ...
Epstein suicide prompts conspiracy theories, skepticism
Jeffrey Epstein's apparent suicide in federal custody is provoking skepticism among online conspiracy theorists and even some officials who question how he could have killed himself in a highly secured part of the jail set aside for high-profile inmates. Epstein had been placed on suicide watch following an incident just over ...
Take a look at New York without electricity: Iconic lights disabled, normal people help direct traffic
Almost iconic lights at Times Square went dark at Saturday night, July 13, after a widespread power outage crippled Midtown Manhattan. An announcement from the New York City Fire Department said a transformer fire in the evening at West 64th Street and West End Avenue affected more than 44,000 customers along ...
Thousands left in the dark during NYC power outage
On the anniversary of a 1977 blackout that hit most of New York City, a massive power outage brought the curtain down on Broadway shows and stalled traffic on Manhattan streets. Underground, the power outage affecting 73,000 customers for hours also left the subway system in disarray. Con Edison CEO John ...
Climate change protesters arrested outside New York Times
Police say 70 climate change protesters were arrested after they blocked traffic outside the New York Times building. The protesters from the group Extinction Rebellion hung banners on the skyscraper in midtown Manhattan on Saturday and on the outside of the Port Authority Bus Terminal across the street. The protesters were taken ...
Schumer urges FAA to require data recorders in helicopters
The Senate's top Democrat called on the Federal Aviation Administration Sunday to heed warnings from federal safety investigators and require all helicopters be equipped with flight data recorders, commonly known as a "black box." Sen. Charles Schumer's call for action comes days after a helicopter crashed on the roof of a ...
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