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Woman shoved to NYC subway tracks in unprovoked attack, police say
Police said early Friday that charges were pending against a suspect.
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Manhunt ongoing for NYC deli killer, also wanted in a deadly restaurant shooting
Authorities have identified the suspect as 31-year-old Jesus Acosta, last seen early Tuesday in a maroon hooded sweatshirt he ditched about a half-block away. Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS.
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3 teens killed, 4 hospitalized after devastating Belt Parkway crash in Brooklyn
Three teenagers died and another four people were taken to hospitals after a violent collision on the Belt Parkway in Brooklyn late Tuesday, authorities say. The NYPD says officers responded to a call about a crash between a Cadillac Escalade and a Honda HRV near 65th Street in Bay Ridge shortly before midnight. Both vehicles had been traveling eastbound at…
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‘We're fixing the BQE': Mamdani returns from vacation with a $4 billion plan
Mayor Zohran Mamdani, fresh off his weeklong upstate vacation, announced his return to New York City Monday with a declaration on the long-deteriorating Brooklyn-Queens Expressway. They’re “fixing” it. Actually. Mamdani and the city’s transit chief jointly announced Monday a $4 billion rehab project to improve the city-owned section of the highway, known as BQE Central. City Hall says it’s...
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Confirmed EF-1 tornado ripped through Long Island beach club; See damage from above
An EF-1 tornado touched down as powerful storms moved over the South Shore of Long Island Thursday, destroying a nearby beach club and fueling a state of emergency declaration in Nassau County. The tornadic waterspout was spotted off Atlantic Beach in Nassau County, just across the Reynolds Channel from Far Rockaway, Queens. It came around the same time a tornado…
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WATCH: Pedestrian flung into air in wild NYC crash between Corvette, Mercedes-Benz
Authorities are investigating a wild crash in Manhattan that left at least two people hurt. Surveillance video of the Thursday morning Inwood accident is jarring. A home security camera focusing on the intersection of West 204th Street and Sherman Avenue showed a black Mercedes-Benz SUV suddenly come flying backward into a block of parked cars, crashing over two of them…
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19-year-old with protruding ribs, bruised wrists found dead in NYC home: Source
A 19-year-old was found dead in his Staten Island home, and a law enforcement source familiar with the case says his mother’s explanation of what happened didn’t match what investigators found at the scene. The source said the victim had swelling and bruising to his ankles when emergency personnel arrived at the Elmwood Park Drive home in New Springville...
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An otter has been spotted in Bronx River for the first time in 100 years
Hold the sigh-inducing otter puns. The first North American river otter in a century was documented in the Bronx section of the Bronx River, suggesting, the Wildlife Conservation Society says, that restorative efforts to the polluted span are paying off. A motion-activated camera deployed by local scientist RJ Hawkins and overseen by the Wildlife Conservation Society’s Education Department based...
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Mangione state trial delayed as prosecutors respond to motion to dismiss on double jeopardy claims
It was the first time any of the CEO’s relatives were in the same room with the man accused of gunning down their loved one.
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Australian tourist repeatedly stabbed in unprovoked Midtown McDonald's attack
A 19-year-old tourist from Australia was repeatedly stabbed in what is believed to be an unprovoked attack inside the McDonald’s across from Penn Station early Monday, authorities say. Cops were called to the Eighth Avenue scene around 2 a.m. for a report of assault and found the victim wounded in the torso. He was taken to a hospital and...
