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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...
Highly pathogenic avian flu found in NYC birds: study
Bird flu has come to roost in the concrete jungle. A highly pathogenic strain of avian flu has been circulating among New York City’s feathered friends for years, a group of scientists say. And it means that pet owners should be on alert. The New York City Virus Hunters have found the avian flu in samples of bird poop that were collected between 2022 and 2023. The group published their findings in the Journal of Virology on Wednesday. Volunteers collected 1,927 samples of bird droppings scattered across green spaces throughout the city as well as some from animal rehabilitation centers. In total, the...
UCHS To Celebrate 15th Anniversary With Public Event
It’s been fifteen years since Union Hill High School and Emerson High School merged to form Union City High School, built on the Kennedy Boulevard site of the old Roosevelt Stadium with New Jersey Schools Development Authority funds. The Hillers and the Bulldogs were no more. Gone was the...
Video shows man attacking Hasidic children in Brooklyn
NEW YORK -- Two young Hasidic boys were attacked without any warning in Brooklyn earlier this week, and the entire incident was caught on video.Police are looking for the attacker.Video shows assault on 2 Hasidic boys in WilliamsburgPolice say it happened just before 9 p.m. Sunday in Williamsburg on Franklin Avenue between Willoughby and Myrtle avenues.According to police, two boys, ages 11 and 13, were playing on the sidewalk when a man on a bike stopped and told the boys to get off the sidewalk.Seconds later, for reasons unknown, police say the man viciously assaulted one child, then the other,...
Police investigating after video shows assault on 2 Jewish children in Brooklyn
(New York Jewish Week) – The NYPD’s hate crimes unit is investigating and the Anti-Defamation League expressed alarm after security camera footage appeared to show two Jewish children being assaulted on the street in Williamsburg on Sunday night. The video of the incident, posted by local news account...
Hell’s Kitchen Businesses Targeted: Glass Door Smash-Ins Rattle Stores
A series of break-ins has rattled businesses in Hell’s Kitchen, with three side street stores near 10th Avenue having their glass doors shattered within 48 hours. In the early hours of Wednesday morning, police were called to Seguidilla Bistro on W51st Street near 10th Avenue after an unknown individual entered the eatery by breaking the […] The post Hell’s Kitchen Businesses Targeted: Glass Door Smash-Ins Rattle Stores appeared first on W42ST.
Suspect arrested in deadly shooting of 16-year-old near SoHo high school
NEW YORK - A 19-year-old is under arrest in the deadly shooting of 16-year-old Mahki Brown last week near his school in Manhattan's SoHo neighborhood, according to the U.S. Marshals Service.The suspect's name has not been released, and it's unclear what charges he will face. He was taken into custody around 6 a.m. Friday in Harlem, marshals say.Shooting near Broome Street Academy Charter High SchoolBrown attended Broome Street Academy Charter High School just a block away from the scene. His friends said he commuted from East Flatbush, Brooklyn each day to pursue his dreams, including his love of basketball. Shots...
Concerned Citizen Leads Secaucus Police To Stolen Jeep At Walmart
Detectives from the department’s Anti-Crime Unit took Brian Gilliam, 40, into custody after finding him going in and out of the 2019 Jeep Wrangler, Police Chief Dennis Miller said. The vehicle had been reported stolen out of New York earlier this month, the chief said. Gilliam was charged with...
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.
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