Natalie O'Neill

Natalie O'Neill

About the Author

Natalie O’Neill is a reporter covering everything from weird news to crime and courts. She once helped expose the coverup of a cross-dressing groundhog who died after she was dropped by former Mayor Bill de Blasio. More recently, she broke the story of an upstate social media star whose murder was live-streamed on social media. She went to Emerson College and has written for publications including The Daily Beast, Eater and VICE. She loves bicycles, beer and Brooklyn.

The Archive

Kate Middleton gives first health update since cancer announcement: 'I'm not out of the woods yet'

Kate Middleton admitted Friday she’s “not out of the woods” with her cancer battle in the first update on her health since she revealed her diagnosis in March.

Kate Middleton will attend Trooping the Colour parade in first public appearance since cancer reveal

The 42-year-old mother of three, who is undergoing preventative chemotherapy, announced she's well enough to attend the annual ceremony Saturday honoring King Charles’ birthday.

The fascinating backstory of the 'boundary-pushing' Dutch royal couple visiting NY this week

King Willem-Alexander, 57, is known as a laid-back former beer-loving Romeo who flies planes while Queen Máxima, 53, is fashion-forward Argentinian-born former New York City investment banker who was once...

More wild storms to hit Florida after record-setting, 'life-threatening' flooding

The downpour could wallop an area where “catastrophic and life-threatening flash flooding” had already turned roads into rivers, stranding  drivers and prompting dozens of rescues Wednesday.

Italian Olympian breaks high-jump record before faking injury, jokingly pulling springs from shoe: video

An Italian high jumper set a new record Tuesday, paving his way to the Paris Olympics — then pulled a spring from his shoe as a goofy joke.

Angry ex-hostess at NY hotspot Tao accused of dumping bag of poop into restaurant's koi pond

A former hostess for the upscale Manhattan restaurant chain TAO got so mad when she was fired, she allegedly dumped feces into an indoor Koi pond at one of the...

Chicago hitwoman used hijab disguise in botched contract killing

Aimee Betro, 44 — whose accomplices were convicted in Birmingham court last week —  donned the traditional Muslim head covering as she allegedly tried to take out Sikander Ali on...

Strange bot-fellows! AI-powered candidate running for mayor in Wyoming

An AI-generated candidate with an “upbeat masculine identity” and the ability to read documents at lightning speed is running for mayor of Cheyenne — sparking debate over whether bots can...

FDNY heroes awarded medals for daring acts— from rope rescues to thwarting bridge jumpers

 “Being a hero is being someone who is willing to run towards danger, not away from it,” Mayor Eric Adams said at the packed ceremony.

Hero off-duty FDNY firefighter rescues 4 pups from Brooklyn e-bike blaze: 'The dogs, I need to get the dogs!'

A quick-thinking off-duty FDNY firefighter pulled four French bulldogs from a Brooklyn apartment blaze Friday after an e-bike exploded into “a giant fireball” just feet away from him, he told...

NYPD husband, wife promoted together at heartwarming ceremony

Husband and wife cop duo Gina Buscemi and Joshua Rios were both promoted at a heartwarming NYPD ceremony Friday.

The sad truth behind Charlotte the stingray’s mysterious ‘pregnancy’

The Aquarium and Shark Lab in North Carolina released a vague announcement about Charlotte's "sad" illness Thursday.

Drunk British man arrested for trying to open plane door mid-flight to 'get off quicker'

A British traveler got so drunk he tried to open an airplane door "to get off quicker" during a mid-flight brawl and was arrested by police when he landed in...

Inside the wild world of NYPD horse cops

To ease the transition from bucolic to bustling, the four-legged crime fighters are blasted with audio recordings ranging from bagpipes to helicopters.

Judge stunned when man with suspended license joins court Zoom call — while driving

“I don’t even know why he would do that,” Washtenaw County Judge J. Cedric Simpson said — before revoking the man's bail.

Here's what maniac Jared Ravizza ordered from McDonald's after allegedly slashing four girls in movie theater

The cackling madman accused of going on a stabbing spree in Massachusetts over the weekend ordered a big junk food dinner at McDonald’s less than an hour after slashing four...

'Bad Breath Rapist' on the run for 16 years caught after cops spotted him leaving multimillion-dollar home

A convicted sexual predator known as the “Bad Breath Rapist” has been apprehended more than 16 years after he went on the run while his trial was underway in Massachusetts.

Billionaire plans to take sub to Titanic site to prove industry's safer after OceanGate implosion

An Ohio billionaire is planning to take a deep sea submersible to Titanic wreckage-level depths to prove the industry is safer in the wake of the doomed OceanGate sub that...

Lunatic ex-con who torched NYC straphanger grimaces as judge sets bail at $250K

Nile Taylor, 49 — who’s accused of tossing a flaming can of alcohol at Petrit Alijaj, 23, Saturday — has previously done prison time for gun and forgery busts, prosecutors...

Why people are taking Blade's new $200-a-seat luxury bus to The Hamptons

A swanky new bus service from the company that brought Big Apple elites $1,000 helicopter trips to the Hamptons kicked off its first weekend of rides Friday  — with passengers...