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Climber coolly rappels down cliff next to raging muddy waterfall after 'once-in-150-years' storm, dramatic video shows
“We were well prepared, equipped with headlamps, sufficient food, and water,” Erickson said.
Terrifying moment sinkhole swallows up soccer field: 'Something out of a movie'
A massive sinkhole suddenly opened up in the middle of a soccer field at an Illinois park -- leaving a gaping area in its wake -- after an underground mine...
Sketch artist reveals how 'nervous' teen rape victim overcame terror to help catch migrant suspect
The NYPD sketch artist detective who interviewed the 13-year-old Queens rape victim at police headquarters in the hours after she was attacked in a park worried at first she'd be...
NYC parkgoers on edge as creep who molested 13-year-old remains on loose
New Yorkers enjoying Father's Day at Queens' Kissena Park said they're still uneasy just days after a brute molested a 13-year-old girl at knifepoint -- and remains on the loose...
Bloody night across NYC sees two shot during party at Brooklyn park
The shooting was just one of several that lit up the Big Apple Saturday, including an unrelated one just down the block from Livonia Park.
Cops search for pervert who sexually assaulted 13-year-old girl in NYC park: 'So not safe'
Police officers swarmed Queens’ Kissena Park Saturday in the hunt for the monster who sexually assaulted a 13-year-old Asian girl in a remote spot in the urban oasis two days...
13-year-old girl sexually assaulted at knifepoint in broad-daylight attack at Queens park: police
The suspect is believed to be in his 20s and is approximately 5-foot-5.
Two kids, woman with dog attacked by crazed elks in separate incidents in Colorado park: 'Never seen a year like this'
Elks have now attacked parkgoers in Colorado three times in under 10 days, leaving two young children and a woman and her dog with bruises from the surprise stompings, officials...
Stranger punches NYC parkgoer unconscious during spat over child chucking water balloon: sources
The suspected attacker flew into a rage about a kid chucking the balloon inside Lawrence J. Virgilio Playground at 54th Street and 39 Drive in Sunnyside Gardens around 7:20 p.m....
'The Secret' NYC treasure hunt was a bust — but gem seeker plans to dig again using book clues
The buried prize is still out there.
Missing woman latest tragedy for 'cursed' NJ family with Christmas suicide and fatal car crash
A heartbroken mom rocked by the tragic deaths of two children is now on edge after her last surviving child went missing "under suspicious circumstances."
NY 'perv' hid cameras inside ladies' room, busted with over 800 videos: feds
An upstate sicko secretly recorded women and girls using the bathroom in the Putnam County park where he worked for 20 years, federal authorities said.
‘Law & Order: SVU’ star Mariska Hargitay mistaken for real-life cop by lost child
She's a hero on and off screen.
Hundreds of freshly planted trees uprooted to make room for DIY dirt bike track in Queens park: 'Very selfish'
Hundreds of freshly planted trees were ripped out of a Queens park earlier this month by vandals who turned the area into a DIY bike track — leaving Flushing locals...
NYC Eclipse Guide: Best spots to watch if you failed to book a trip out of the five boroughs
Here's your guide to the best spots to watch the solar eclipse in New York City — or within 100 miles via car or train.
Secrets behind the world-famous cherry blossoms at NJ's Branch Brook Park
After a century of ups and downs, this sliver of Essex County now boasts the largest and most varied collection of cherry blossoms anywhere in the country — even surpassing...
Here's the best spots in Dublin from Ireland's US ambassador
Where to stay, drink and play on the Emerald Isle, according to our government-appointed expert.
Totally ready for April's total eclipse? Where, when and how to witness the event of the decade
On April 8, 2024, the shadow of the moon will move across the land of the free, blotting out the sun and darkening the days of millions in a total...
NYC's first-ever 'mini forest' coming to Roosevelt Island this spring
The forest will be carefully constructed using the Miyawaki Method, named for the famed Japanese botanist Akira Miyawaki, which has become immensely popular for creating lasting ecosystems in urban environments...