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12-year-old shot, 2 other people injured in Queens
No arrests have been made after a 12-year-old girl was shot and two others were injured during a brawl in Jamaica, Queens Wednesday night. FOX 5 NY’s Jessica Formoso spoke with people in the neighborhood about what they saw.
Robber pointed gun at deli worker’s head in Queens store: NYPD
QUEENS VILLAGE, N.Y. (PIX11) — A masked man pointed a gun at a worker’s head before robbing a Queens deli Thursday morning, according to the NYPD. The gunman went into the Quick Stop Deli & Grocery at 223-24 Union Turnpike in Queens Village at around 9:45 a.m. and threatened the worker after demanding money, police […]
Man, 37, repeatedly stabbed after ambushing 2 people with dog on Queens street
The jarring surveillance video provided to 1010 WINS shows the 37-year-old man walking up behind the pair moments before the stabbing at 49th Street and Broadway in Woodside, near NYCHA’s Woodside Houses.
As wildfires rage in Canada, will NYC see another smokepocalypse?
Canadian wildfires have cast a smokey haze over parts of the midwestern US this week — but experts say it’s unlikely that the Big Apple will experience a “smokepocalypse” similar to the one that enveloped the city last summer. New Yorkers are not expected to feel the effects of the nearly 90 wildfires ablaze in British Columbia and Alberta, which have sent smoke this week toward Montana, the Dakotas, Minnesota and Wisconsin, FOX 5 NY’s Mike Woods said. “It does not look like significant smoke is coming this way,” Woods said. “In fact, it looks like it’s barely making it into upstate New York.” Hundreds...
Police want help finding teen shooter
The NYPD is still on the lookout for a young man who shot a teen on April 19. According to a report police released on Tuesday, a 17-year-old was approached while at 160th Street and 108th Avenue in South Jamaica at approximately 8:14 p.m. when a man, believed to be 19 to 21 years old, shot him in the left foot and then fled the scene on foot.
Man snatches display with $3,400 worth of NY lotto tickets in Manhattan: NYPD
MANHATTAN, N.Y. (PIX11) — Police are searching for a man who stole around $3,400 worth of lottery tickets from a 7-Eleven on Sixth Avenue in Manhattan last month, according to the NYPD. The theft took place around 6:40 p.m. on April 20, police said. The suspect brandished a knife at an employee before removing a […]
The ‘pastrogi’ is a new mashup of pierogi and pastrami from 2 legendary NYC eateries
We’ll have what they’re having. Sandwich icon Katz’s Delicatessen and beloved Ukrainian East Village eatery Veselka have teamed up to create a new menu mashup: the “pastrogi,” a pastrami-stuffed pierogi. The city’s oldest deli provides its signature deli meat, and Veselka works the pastrami into its classic Eastern European dumplings. Famished New Yorkers best mark their calendars and prepare for a quick trip to Brooklyn, though. The best pastrami in NYC doesn’t come from a deli anymore The one-of-a-kind “flavorful fusion” will only be available for one month at Veselka’s new Williamsburg location at 646 Lorimer St. starting on its opening day, Wednesday,...
Chain restaurant closures
Red Lobster has announced this week that they are shutting down dozens of locations across the country. FOX 5 NY’s Jodi Goldberg takes a closer look at why so many of these places are struggling and where people are going to eat instead.
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