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Dozens hurt as kid claims he ‘sat on' pepper spray can in New York City school cafeteria: sources
Authorities responded to PS 219, a middle school on Gravett Road in Kew Gardens Hills, after getting a call about a possible incident in the cafeteria shortly before 11 a.m. A total of 43 people with minor injuries, 31 of them students, were evaluated at the scene. Eight students and two adults were taken to a hospital with problems consistent with…
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Queen Elizabeth statue with corgis unveiled on what would have been her 98th birthday
The late monarch has been immortalized with her beloved dogs in the English town of Oakham.
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New $780M NYCFC stadium gets approved to be built next to Mets' home
The stadium will have 25,000 seats and is expected to be ready by 2027.
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Grenade found in plastic bag outside of bank in New York City, police say
. A cleaning crew was working in a building when they saw what looked like a grenade inside a plastic bag, so they brought it outside and called police to alert them about the potentially explosive discovery.
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Man admits stabbing 3 people to death inside Queens home in horrific triple slaying: Police
A man walked in to a police station and admitted to stabbing three people to death inside their Queens home in what police discovered was a horrific triple murder, according to law enforcement sources.
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Man gets more than 27 years in prison for stalking ex, setting her NYC apartment on fire
A Brooklyn man will spend decades behind bars after being sentenced to prison for stalking his ex and then setting her Queens apartment on fire in 2021, the local district attorney’s office said.
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Environmental protesters removed from US Open after delaying match
Four anti-fossil fuel protestors, one of whom had glued his bare feet to the floor of the stands, delayed the match between Coco Gauff and Karolína Muchová by 49 minutes.
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NYC man with ‘glove of blades' convicted of attempted murder in attack on BLM protesters
A man who seen on video charging protesters in New York City while wearing a glove with four long, serrated-edged blades has been indicted on attempted murder charges, the Queens district attorney said Wednesday.
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NYC bookstore sets up LGBTQ book basket amid book bans in other states
The idea was inspired by a bookstore in Scotland, and it aims to provide free LGBTQ-themed books to patrons.
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Cheesecake Poisoning Look-Alike Case: NYC Woman Sentenced to 21 Years in Prison for Attempted Murder
Viktoria Nasyrova, 47, was sentenced to 21 years in prison for poisoning another woman who looked like her with a sedative-laced cheesecake before stealing from her in a bizarre case that took place in 2016, prosecutors said.
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7-Year-Old and Teen Die in Astoria Fire, Others Jump Out 2nd Story Window
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....