Astoria

Three men from New Jersey have been charged after they abducted a man outside his home in Queens at gunpoint, tortured him for hours with escalating acts of depraved violence, then threatened him with further harm unless he got them $150,000 in cash and a cache of drugs, according to prosecutors.

Two brothers have been indicted on 130 counts of criminal possession of a weapon and related charges after an arsenal of improvised explosive devices and ghost guns, including assault rifles, was found inside an Astoria apartment. NBC New York’s Marc Santia reports.

Two brothers have been indicted on 130 counts of criminal possession of a weapon and related charges after an arsenal of improvised explosive devices and ghost guns, including assault rifles, was found inside an Astoria apartment they shared with their mother and another brother, the Queens district attorney’s office said Monday. 

Three members of the same family were arrested and face hundreds of counts of gun trafficking after a major bust in Queens turned up more than 100 illegal firearms, including assault weapons, according to the district attorney.

The driver of an SUV was arrested for allegedly striking and killing a 7-year-old girl just steps from her home after failing to come to a complete stop at a Queens intersection, police said.

Two kids, the youngest being just 7 years old, were killed in a house fire in Astoria that investigators said was sparked by a lithium ion battery. NBC New York’s Chris Jose reports.

News 4’s Chris Jose reports.

A family is grieving the loss of a 7-year-old boy and a teenager who were killed in a fire at a home in Queens that was sparked by an e-bike’s lithium ion battery, investigators said. The call about the fire at the home on 46th Street in Astoria, with reports of people trapped, came in shortly after 2 p.m....

6 people are recovering after a warehouse fire in Astoria, including 5 firefighters. Melissa Colorado reports.

Five firefighters were hurt, at least one of them seriously, as they battled a fire at an Astoria warehouse on Wednesday, authorities say. A civilian was also injured in the blaze, which broke out at the warehouse that stores air conditioners on 31st Street, near 34th and 35th avenues, around 10:15 a.m., officials said. Each of the victims is expected…