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Whiz kid LI high school grad, 12, has message to young New Yorkers: Hard work pays off
Suborno “Isaac” Bari — who on Wednesday became the youngest student ever to earn a diploma from Malverne High School — said he worked his “butt off” to skip multiple...
Green-haired brute who beat NYC deli worker unconscious charged with attempted murder: cops
Osvel Diaz, 29 – who has more than two dozen prior arrests – was nabbed Wednesday evening in connection to the June 17 beatdown that left the 62-year-old employee with...
Bandits storm NYC restaurant and rob diners as shocked dinner crowd looks on: cops
A pair of brazen bandits stormed a crowded Brooklyn restaurant and robbed three diners at gunpoint while the horrified dinner crowd looked on, according to cops.
Home catches fire and ignites giant trove of fireworks inside — now bomb squad forced to burn the house down
A suburban Connecticut home exploded in a fiery burst of flames Thursday as part of a controlled burn ordered by firefighters days after battling a blaze at the home and...
NJ toddler nearly gobbled up when 10-foot-deep sinkhole opens near splash pool: ‘I saw him almost go into the ground’
A 20-month-old New Jersey boy was splashing around in an inflatable pool on his front lawn on Monday when the ground opened up and he almost went tumbling into the...
Illegal migrant suffocated Syracuse woman, 21, he'd known since childhood on her birthday, buried her body in park: cops
Jhon Moises Chacaguasay-Ilbis was allegedly captured on surveillance cameras carrying Toaquiza's lifeless on his back -- with her arms and legs wrapped around him.
NYC crook snatches Canadian man's $40K Rolex at gunpoint before fleeing on pal's moped: cops
A brazen robber pointed a gun at a Canadian man’s head and snatched his $40,000 Rolex watch in the heart of Greenwich Village before fleeing on a moped Wednesday.
Wild video shows straphanger trying to slap cop after she's told to stop vaping at subway stop
Wild video captured the moment a woman at a subway stop in Brooklyn threw a tantrum after she was allegedly reprimanded for trying to smoke an electronic cigarette on the...
Civil rights leaders launch 'UnMaskHateNY' campaign as city grapples with 'alarming' rise in antisemitism
"UnMaskHateNY will hold those who engage in this harmful conduct accountable and make all of our communities safer."
NYPD Chief of Patrol cleared by department's watchdog panel over arrest of photojournalist at protest
The NYPD's top uniformed cop was cleared last week of abuse of authority when he ordered his subordinates to "lock up" a credentialed photojournalist during a protest last year, The...
Teen fatally struck by hit-and-run truck driver in NYC, 8-year-old sister gravely injured
A 16-year-old girl was killed and her sister, 8, was gravely injured when they were struck by a hit-and-run truck driver in a Queens crosswalk on Wednesday afternoon, according to...
Bitter former JetBlue employee arrested for calling in fake bomb threat at JFK's TWA Hotel
A disgruntled former JetBlue employee was arrested Wednesday for calling in a phony bomb threat and leaving a cellphone with a note that read "explosive device" inside the TWA Hotel...
Ex-Rep. Mondaire Jones may have lost Working Families Party line to unknown candidate who used to be a Republican
In an embarrassing blow to his comeback bid, it appears ex-Rep. Mondaire Jones lost the primary to run under the Working Families banner -- often a crucial second ballot line...
Mom who slit children's throats and left them for dead on NYC sidewalk hit with 30 years-to-life sentence: DA
Shanice Martin, 24, formerly of Seward Avenue in Castle Hill, will serve between 30 years to life in prison for killing 6-year-old Tyzavier Martin at the corner of Brook Avenue...
MTA board reluctantly OKs Hochul's congestion pricing pause, delays $16.5B in projects during heated meeting
The MTA begrudgingly rubber-stamped Gov. Kathy Hochul's indefinite pause of congestion pricing during a heated board meeting on Wednesday.
NYC home to the world's top tourist attraction for 2024 — beating out the Eiffel Tower and the Colosseum
The world is in a New York state of mind.
Pair of slippery LI crooks nabbed stealing cooking oil from over a dozen eateries: cops
Who knows what they were cooking up.
AOC mistags Jamaal Bowman online after 'Squad' Dem's brutal primary loss: 'Knows him so well'
Far-left Bronx and Queens Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez tried to pump up ousted Rep. Jamaal Bowman online Wednesday following his primary loss -- only to tag the wrong social media user...
Crime-plagued NYC bodegas implementing 'panic buttons' to combat ballooning violence
A group representing New York City bodegas said it is launching a "panic button" pilot program to help small shop owners combat the rash of violence that has placed them...
Victim of NYC antisemitic dog poop attack predicts attacker will get slap on the wrist if caught
The Jewish man who had a bag of dog feces hurled at his face by a bike-riding bigot predicted his attacker won't spend a day in jail if he's eventually...