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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 ...
DEC announces Walleye, Northern Pike, Pickerel, and Tiger Muskellunge fishing season opens May 1
NEW YORK- New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Interim Commissioner Sean Mahar today announced the fishing season for walleye, Northern pike, pickerel, and tiger muskellunge begins on May 1. “New York is home to exceptional coolwater fishing opportunities, with many lakes and rivers renowned for abundant walleye and...
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 […]
Strange symptoms save COVID patient with deadly undiagnosed diseases
NEW YORK -- Vicky Dennis was hospitalized with strange symptoms after contracting COVID-19 in 2020. She described itchy skin, yellowing of her skin and dark urine.In the hospital, doctors discovered Dennis was living with undiagnosed, life-threatening diseases: autoimmune hepatitis and primary biliary cholangitis. Dennis, who was 27 years old at the time, was told she needed a liver transplant within the next five years to survive. "You feel frozen, like you can't move forward with your life because you know the only way forward is to get this new organ," she said. Enter Zoë Johnson, who knew Dennis for years since their partners...
Video shows 2 accused of targeting ride-share drivers across NYC
NEW YORK -- Police are searching for two suspects accused of stealing cell phones from ride-share drivers in Brooklyn and on Staten Island.According to police, they're linked to at least seven separate incidents dating back to Feb. 26, and they all follow a similar pattern.Uber, Lyft drivers targeted in crime spreeThe seven reported incidents took place between Feb. 26 and March 13 in Brooklyn and on Staten Island.Police say in most of the incidents, the suspects would hail either an Uber or a Lyft driver, then request to change the destination after getting in the car. After the driver handed...
College protesters seek amnesty to keep arrests and suspensions from trailing them
Police in riot gear cleared an encampment on the campus of Northeastern University in Boston as several dozen students shouted and booed at them from a distance. Maryam Alwan figured the worst was over after New York City police in riot gear arrested her and other protesters on the Columbia University campus, loaded them onto buses and held them in custody for hours. But the next evening, the college junior received an email from the university. Alwan and other students were being suspended after their arrests at the “ Gaza Solidarity Encampment,” a tactic colleges across the country have deployed to calm growing campus protests against the Israel-Hamas war. The students’ plight has become a central part of protests, with students and a growing number of faculty demanding their amnesty. At issue is whether universities and law enforcement will clear the charges and withhold other consequences, or whether the suspensions and legal records will follow students into their adult lives.
Miss Subways, now in their 80s, recall getting modeling gigs and marriage proposals after their faces appeared on NYC train posters
The subways used to be a lot prettier. And now the timeless beauties who once reigned as “Miss Subways,” and had their faces plastered on train posters, are having a reunion at Ellen’s Stardust Diner in Times Square May 2. The stunning straphangers would apply for the bi-monthly contest — which ran from 1941 to 1976 — by sending in their photo. Three of the winners, now in their 80s, recalled how they became local celebrities after their pictures appeared on 14,000 train placards for 6 million daily commuters to admire. Ellen Hart, Miss Subways March-April 1959, recalled getting handwritten marriage proposals. “I don’t...
University Heights: NYPD Appeal for Help Locating a 51-Year-Man Reported Missing
The New York City Police Department is seeking the public’s help locating a 51-year-old man reported missing from University Heights. Police said Steven Dalton, 51, of 2264 Loring Place North, The Bronx was last seen leaving his home on Monday, April 8, at around 9 a.m. He is described as male, White, has blue eyes, black hair, is 6 feet, 1 inch tall, and weighs around 220 pounds. They said he was last seen wearing a black hoodie and black pants.
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