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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...
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 […]
Boy, 15, stabbed in head near Queens school as surge of NYC teen violence continues
A 15-year-old boy was stabbed in the head on a Queens street near his school on Wednesday afternoon amid a wave of violence targeting teens in the Big Apple. The young victim was attacked by a ski mask-wearing assailant moments after leaving August Martin High School around 2:50 p.m., police and sources said. The suspect snuck up on the teen and plunged a knife into his head and shoulder near Guy R Brewer Boulevard and 112th Avenue in South Jamaica, cops and the sources said. Couple suspected of ‘archeological theft’ at Canyonlands National Park in Utah EMTs rushed the wounded boy to Cohen...
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.
Drones smuggled drugs across Niagara River from Canada, 3 suspects caught in NY
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — A smuggling operation used drones to fly drugs across the Niagara River from Canada into upstate New York, using a newly purchased $630,000 house along the river as a drop point, according to a criminal complaint unsealed this week. One person has pleaded guilty and...
NYC correction officers with assault rifles stop aggressive driver following them
New York City correction officers armed with assault rifles pulled over a motorist who was following them and driving erratically on a Queens parkway, video seen by the Daily News shows. The officers, assigned to the Correction Department’s Emergency Service Unit, were driving on the Grand Central Parkway transporting a suspect when the driver began trailing close behind them about 10 a.m. ...
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.
N.Y. Lottery: Player wins $1,000 a week for life in Cash4Life prize
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — A lucky lottery player in New York state will enjoy $1,000 a week for life after purchasing a second-prize Cash4Life ticket. The New York Lottery announced the ticket was sold for the Wednesday Cash4Life drawing — worth a guaranteed minimum of $1 million — in Nassau County. It was purchased at Jay Cards & Gift LLC, located at 712 Old Bethpage Rd., in Old Bethpage.
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