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Sweet viral video shows little girl hugging NYC ‘pretzel man’ after week away
Heartwarming footage captures a little girl running into the arms of a pretzel peddler who parks his cart outside her New York City school and giving him a bear hug after being on vacation for a week. The child can be seen rushing down the sidewalk toward the street worker, who is standing next to his food cart. He then bends down to return her tight hug. The cart vendor smiles at the girl’s mom as she records the encounter, which she shared online, noting her daughter’s excitement at seeing the local “pretzel man” after she’d been on vacation and...
Thunderstorms possible around NYC as region gets major warmup
Sunday forecastDespite some morning cloud cover and a few lingering showers, Sunday will shape up nicely with a brighter afternoon. It'll be much warmer once the warm front moves north and highs climb back into the mid 70! Interior sections of New Jersey are likely to reach the low 80s.As temperatures rise, so too will humidity levels, which will contribute to the chance of some widely scattered thunderstorms in the evening hours.Most of the daylight hours remain dry, before a quick round of showers and embedded thunderstorms swings through mainly after sunset. We're not expecting anything major, but a brief downpour...
Brooklyn BMW driver, 24, fatally shot by passenger
A 24-year-old man was shot to death inside a BMW on a Brooklyn street just a few blocks from where a man was gunned down a week earlier, police said Sunday. The latest victim was shot multiple times in the abdomen outside the Magic Fingers Studio Hair Salon near E. 54th St. and Church Ave. in East Flatbush about 8:20 p.m. Saturday, cops said. “The shooter was a passenger in the car and victim ...
Victim stood up to thugs who tried to rob him at gunpoint in Central Park: ‘You don’t have the balls to shoot me’
They tried to rob the wrong guy. One of the victims in a spate of robberies in Central Park fought back when two teens — one armed with a gun — tried to mug him on a walking trail Friday night. “You don’t have the balls to shoot me,” he told them, recalling the frightening incident to The Post. “I became the aggressor because I was like ‘You just tried to steal my phone.’” “I might just be crazy, but I was like, ‘You’re going to shoot me over a phone? You don’t have the balls to pull the trigger,’” said Ashikur Chowdhury. Chowdhury,...
Suspected carjacker slams into NJ bar, pinning couple between building and burning car
Two people were hospitalized overnight after a carjacking suspect pinned the man and woman up against a Newark bar late Saturday. Officials in the New Jersey city said police responded to the Cozy Corner Bar around 12 a.m. for reports of a vehicle crash at the corner of South 12th Street and South Orange Avenue.
Transgender woman punches man on subway platform: NYPD
NEW YORK (PIX11) – A subway ride turned bloody for a commuter who was assaulted Saturday morning in Manhattan; police say a 39-year-old man was punched in the face by a transgender woman. The incident is leaving subway riders concerned about transit safety. “It has been like people getting attacked by random people,” said Ruben […]
Tractor trailer crashes into North Jersey pharmacy
An Essex County pharmacy is closed after a tractor trailer slammed into the building, fire department officials said. The Medicine Shoppe Pharmacy on Route 23 in Cedar Grove was seriously damaged in the Friday morning crash, Fire Department Chief Chris Donlon said. The crash involved two cars in addition to the tractor trailer.
Temps could hit 85 degrees in NY, NJ with some rain
NEW YORK (PIX11) – Hot temperatures are headed to New York and New Jersey – but the tri-state area is not in the clear yet with rain. Sunday is expected to bring on-and-off showers, with thunder and storming possible late in the day, according to the National Weather Service. New York will see a high […]
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