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Three arrested in Bangor drug bust, fentanyl and firearms seized
BANGOR — Three individuals were taken into custody this afternoon after the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency (MDEA) conducted a raid on an apartment at 54 Charles Street, resulting from an extensive undercover operation targeting fentanyl trafficking. The MDEA’s North Central Task Force, with support from the Bangor Police Department...
Sandy Hook survivors will graduate high school today and remember the classmates they lost in 1st grade massacre
Horror came to their school when they were just six years old. Now getting ready to graduate, survivors of the Sandy Hook shooting want to make their futures count.
2 men convicted in East Harlem fatal shooting sentenced
Two Bronx men were sentenced Monday for their roles in a 2021 East Harlem shooting that killed a 26-year-old man. Tom Ruiz, 28, was sentenced to 32 years to life in prison. Jonathan Tolentino, 23, was sentenced to 25 years to life. Authorities say Ruiz and Tolentino devised a plan...
NYC Audubon's now NYC Bird Alliance, distancing itself from tarnished legacy
Audubon Mural Project in West Harlem on Oct. 28, 2017 in Harlem. The naturalist John Audubon lived and is buried in the neighborhood. John James Audubon owned, purchased and sold enslaved people. The local group says his "views and actions" were "antithetical" to its mission. [ more › ]
NYC transit workers rally for safety after series of violent attacks on employees
NEW YORK - Members of New York City's Transit Workers Union came out Tuesday in a show of support for workers who have been violently attacked on the job. Among the victims of a recent string of assaults is a bus driver who is struggling to return to the job that pays the bills after she was punched in the face by an angry passenger.
Homeless man charged with slashing stranger’s neck in NYC also attacked deli worker with chain just 24 hours before: prosecutors
The homeless man accused of senselessly slashing a 30-year-old man in the neck near the Astor Place Cube also attacked a deli worker with a chain just a day before the random assault, it was revealed in court Monday. A chatty Steven Johnson, 35, was ordered held without bail on charges of attempted murder and assault by Manhattan Criminal Court Judge Rachel Pauley for the string of unprovoked attacks in the East Village. “Good afternoon, your honor. How you doing? Many blessings, many blessings,” Johnson said, while rocking back and forth, before he was cut off by his attorney. Just 24 hours before...
Giuliani bankruptcy hits breaking point as creditors seek takeover
Tensions in Rudy Giuliani’s bankruptcy case are coming to a head, with his creditors hoping for the drastic remedy of having a third party take control of the former New York City mayor’s finances. Since Giuliani filed for bankruptcy protection, spurred by a $148 million defamation verdict, his...
N.Y. weather: First heat wave of 2024 to bring scorching temperatures to Northeast
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Staten Island has seen its fair share of summer-like days in the last few weeks, but with a heat wave on the horizon, the true sweltering heat of the season will soon kick into high gear. AccuWeather meteorologists are keeping an eye on what appears...
Prosecutors move to dismiss hate crimes charges against woman who hit Israeli Columbia student with a stick
Prosecutors are moving to dismiss hate crimes charges against a woman charged with attacking an Israeli student on Columbia University’s campus in the aftermath of Hamas’ Oct. 7 invasion of Israel. The suspect, Maxwell Friedman, who also goes by Malaika, was charged with four counts of assault and...
JetBlue to serve NY airport; direct flights to Florida on sale at $49
NEW YORK (PIX11) – JetBlue is expanding its footprint by serving Long Island MacArthur Airport for the first time and offering direct flights to Florida, the company announced on Tuesday. Only three other airlines serve Long Islands’s airport, according to its website. To celebrate the expansion, JetBlue is offering a $49 one-way fare, available exclusively […]
NY teen died after freak e-bike accident catapulted him from 5-story train station garage: officials
A Westchester County eighth grader who was killed in a fall from a five-story parking garage had been catapulted from his e-bike in a freak crash, officials revealed Tuesday. Mark Anthony Giordano, 13, was riding bikes with a group of five friends on top of a garage for the Harrison Metro-North station on Halstead Avenue at about 5:45 p.m. on Sunday when he plunged over the side of the building, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority said Tuesday. His body was found on the ground nearby, the statement said. First responders rushed him to White Plains Hospital, but he was pronounced dead on arrival. Pedestrian,...
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