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Four people, including a young boy, were shot and killed on July 30 in a New York City apartment, police said. Two females, one male and a boy, about five years old, were found dead from gunshot wounds inside the apartment in the borough of Queens, after police and emergency crews were called to the […]

NEW YORK—John Schnatter, the founder and ousted former chairman of Papa John’s International, on Thursday, July 26, sued the pizzeria chain, complaining that the company had not provided adequate response to an earlier request for internal documents. The complaint filed in Delaware Chancery Court comes after a request by Schnatter and his attorneys access to […]

NEW YORK—“Justice is finally being served, and it can’t be bought,” Toni Natalie, an ex-girlfriend of Keith Raniere, remarked outside the U.S. district court where the leader of the NXIVM secret society faced a hearing on July 25. Raniere sat just feet away from Seagram billionaire heiress Clare Bronfman and former “Smallville” actress Allison Mack, […]

NEW YORK—Residents and workers from 49 buildings near the site of an early-morning steam pipe explosion in Manhattan were evacuated, many for at least two days, on Thursday after lung-damaging asbestos was found on debris from the blast, officials said. The blast at the start of the morning rush hour near the sharply angled Flatiron […]

NEW YORK—A subterranean steam pipe explosion on Thursday in New York created an urban geyser that snarled traffic during the city’s morning rush hour, but caused no injuries, authorities said. A thick plume of white steam shot up through a crater that opened up around 6:40 a.m. EDT near Manhattan’s sharply angled Flatiron Building, prompting […]

The New York City Council unanimously approved a bill on Wednesday that will require Airbnb to disclose the names and addresses of all hosts to a city agency. The bill is the latest attempt by the city to crack down on the company and root out so-called “bad actors,” or hosts that own multiple units, […]

NEW YORK—As sunset slowly approached on a hot summer’s evening on July 16, candles were lit, one by one, in commemoration of those who have lost their lives to a brutal persecution. Just across the street from the Chinese Consulate, on the edge of the Hudson River, music tinged with sorrow played as practitioners of […]

A cluster of Legionnaires’ disease in New York City has expanded in the last few days with eight new cases. On Wednesday, the city’s Health Department reported that eight cases had been found in Manhattan’s lower Washington Heights neighborhood in the last week. The department announced three more cases on Thursday, and another three cases […]

On July 11, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo threatened to “sue” if the Supreme Court overturned the 1973 abortion rights case Roe v. Wade. The governor fears the precedent set by the case would be in jeopardy if Brett Kavanaugh, nominated to fill the seat formerly held by the retired Justice Anthony Kennedy, were to […]

After six months on the job, New York City Transit President, Andy Byford, finally got a face-to-face with the mayor. Actually, the 90-minute meeting on Tuesday at City Hall was the first time they had spoken since he started half a year ago. “Bit weird,” the UK-born transit chief told The New Yorker last week. “I […]

The U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) reportedly sent a letter to the NYPD complaining of an illegal border crossing by a New York State resident. That resident was New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, who had gone down to the border to protest U.S. immigration policy with a group of mayors. In a […]

A Queens meat wholesaler has issued a recall of its some of its raw chicken after the USDA said the meat had not had a federal inspection. On Tuesday, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced that Long Island City business Afandina Halal would be recalling an undetermined amount of […]

The arrest of a 14-year-old for an attempted rape in the Bronx is just the latest twist an unusual case of a woman who was able to fight her attacker off and escape. On Monday, a 35-year-old woman was jogging in Bronx River Forest Park shortly before 8 a.m. when a male started trailing her, […]

The 12th and final suspect has been arrested in the death of 15-year-old Lesandro “Junior” Guzman-Feliz, who was brutally stabbed by a group of men in the Bronx on June 20. Luis Cabrarasantos, 25, of the Bronx, was picked up by troopers around 2:30 p.m. during a traffic stop on I-84 in Southbury, Connecticut, on Monday, Connecticut […]

The brilliant phenomena that has come to be known as “Manhattanhenge” is returning for a second round later this week. The setting sun will squarely align with east-west streets on Thursday, July 12, and Friday, July 13 at 8:20 p.m. and 8:21 p.m. respectively. The term “Manhattanhenge,” coined by astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson, signifies its […]

Harvey Weinstein, 66, appeared in a Manhattan court again on July 9 to plead not guilty to two counts of predatory sexual assault, which carry a maximum sentence of life in prison. The charges stem from an incident in 2006 in which a woman said he performed an unwanted sex act on her. That charge was revealed […]

NEW YORK—The once-powerful New York state Senate majority leader, Dean Skelos (R), returned to court on Monday in a retrial of corruption charges that he and his son were convicted of three years ago. The indictment alleges that three companies paid Dean Skelos’s adopted son Adam a combined $300,000 for low- or no-show jobs in […]

NEW YORK—Starbucks Corp said on Monday it will begin phasing out the use of plastic straws at its restaurants by 2020, giving environmentalists a sizeable victory in their campaign to convince restaurants to abandon plastic utensils. The Seattle-based chain said it would eliminate single-use plastic straws globally at its 28,000 locations. The straws will be replaced by […]

A New York mom is warning other parents about the dangers of light-up shoes after her 9-year-old son was left with foot injuries from wearing a pair in the water. On June 26, Sherry Foster of Hinsdale, New York, posted images on Facebook of her son’s red, blistered feet after she says he got a […]

Doctors in New York who received increased payments from opioid manufacturers prescribed more drugs to their patients, according to a recent report (pdf) from the New York State Health Foundation. It is the first study to examine the impact of the relationship between physicians and the pharmaceutical industry on the prescription of opioids or painkillers […]