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A New York woman was found dead in a boat, and a man, who is a police officer, is seriously ill in what authorities suspect in carbon monoxide poisoning. Friends of Blair M. Dodge, 34, went looking for her on Monday when she did not come into work, and found her and William R. LaShomb unresponsive in a boat tied…

At least 4,800 chicks shipped to Maine farmers through the U.S. Postal Service have arrived dead in the recent weeks since rapid cuts hit the federal mail carrier’s operations, U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree said. The Portland Press Herald reported Wednesday that Pingree, a Maine Democrat, is raising the issue of the dead chicks and economic losses farms are now...

A woman from Westchester County has died following a tragic incident in Florida in which a vehicle plunged off a ferry, police say. According to investigators, the operator of a ferry that was transporting vehicles from Fisher Island reported that a vehicle had fallen overboard.  A subsequent multi-agency search for the vehicle was initiated by divers from Miami-Dade Fire Rescue and...

A woman from Westchester County died following an incident in Florida. Police say a car plunged off a ferry on Fisher Island. When divers located the vehicle, they found two women inside, authorities say.

A man is in custody after allegedly stabbing and killing his 44-year-old wife in Fresh Meadows, and wounding another woman. Wale Aliyu reports.

A man who allegedly used baseball bats and a knife to kill his parents in their home has pleaded not guilty to murder charges.

A Philadelphia judge revoked bail Friday morning for Francisco Ortiz, the 29-year-old man accused of shooting 11-month-old Yazeem Jenkins in North Philadelphia last month.

The alleged gunman arrested for shooting 11-month-old Yazeem Jenkins in North Philadelphia last weekend may have supplied the AK-47 used in a separate shooting of 2-year-old Nikolette Rivera, Philadelphia police said Friday.

Police Thursday identified the man suspected of killing a 2-year-old girl while “indiscriminately” firing into a home in Philadelphia’s Kensington neighborhood.

A 2-year-old girl died from bullets fired into her Kensington home Sunday and an 11-month-old boy is in “very, very, very critical condition” after he was shot Saturday night.

A Westchester woman has pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the 2018 killing of her 2-year-old daughter, and she also admitted attacking two police officers who responded to the scene and tried to save the girl’s life.

A 57-year-old Queens man has been indicted on murder and other charges for allegedly stabbing his wife to death and seriously injuring their daughter when she tried to intervene and save her mother, prosecutors said Thursday.

Sheriff’s officials in Florida say an MS-13 gang member was killed after he shot a deputy in the face during a confrontation.

Actor Peter Mayhew, best known for portraying Chewbacca in the “Star Wars” franchise, has died at 74. Mayhew died at his Texas home on April 30.

A man who allegedly stabbed his 44-year-old wife to death and wounded their 18-year-old daughter in an apparent domestic dispute has been taken into custody, police say.

A Westchester woman who has been charged with murder for the mysterious death of her two-year-old daughter made her first court appearance on Tuesday.

A former reality television show star is facing charges of fraud and identity theft after allegedly stealing and using a debit card from a man she allegedly visited for a prostitution date, authorities say.

A Long Island high school is offering grief counseling to students this weekend after three teens were killed in a rollover crash on the Meadowbrook State Parkway that injured seven other people.

At least three teenagers died when a 15-year-old girl driving a stolen car crashed on a Long Island parkway, a violent rollover accident that launched the vehicle off the highway and into thick brush, state police said Friday.

The body of a young woman washed ashore Coney Island Friday morning, authorities say.