Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil, who was detained for more than three months, pushed his infant son’s stroller with one hand and pumped his fist in the air with the other as supporters welcomed him home Saturday. Mahmoud Khalil greeted friends and spoke briefly to reporters Saturday at New Jersey’s Newark International Airport a day after … Read more
Around three dozen people were injured after a mega yacht struck a Hudson River dock in upper Manhattan on Saturday afternoon, the FDNY said. First responders rushed to the scene around 4:18 p.m. near the Henry Hudson Parkway and W. 130th St. off of West Harlem after a large cocktail cruise ship with several hundred … Read more
New York City elected officials and the NYPD announced Saturday night an increase in police presence at sensitive sites following the U.S. striking three Iranian nuclear facilities. “We’re tracking the situation unfolding in Iran,” the NYPD said in a post on X around 9 p.m., an hour before President Trump discussed the strikes in a … Read more
A BMW driver has been arrested after a four-month investigation for fatally striking a 75-year-old Bronx man walking home from mosque, police said Thursday. Rafael Delgado, 61, was charged Wednesday with reckless endangerment, failure to yield and failure to exercise due care, cops said. Victim Wahid Miah had the right of way as he crossed … Read more
A Long Island child therapist admitted Wednesday she collected and shared baby rape videos online, and even pretended to be the one doing the raping in online chats. Renee Hoberman, 37, who also goes by the name Rina, pleaded guilty to receipt and distribution of child pornography in Long Island Federal Court, after she posted … Read more
Federal prosecutors in Brooklyn announced Monday the indictment of eight members of the violent 18th St. Gang, including the leader of their Queens crew, on racketeering, assault and other charges. The suspects are all accused of being members of the “54 Tiny Locos” clique of the 18th St. Gang — a transnational gang and MS-13 … Read more
Two court officers were stabbed and slashed by an apparently emotionally disturbed man at Manhattan Criminal Court Monday morning in what authorities called a “targeted attack.” When Jonathan Vohl, 37, first arrived at the courthouse about 9:44 a.m., he lined up at a metal detector and started the process of having his belongings scanned inside … Read more
The mourning maternal grandmother of 2-year-old Montrell Williams said she is filled with contempt for the boy’s father accused of tossing the toddler in the Bronx River — and for NYPD cops she accuses of not moving quickly enough to find the victim. Octavia Roane is heartbroken over the horrific death of her only grandchild, … Read more
A 26-year-old man riding a gas-powered moped died after a Department of Sanitation-commissioned garbage truck smashed into him in Brooklyn, police said Friday. Both vehicles were traveling westbound on Bushwick Ave. in East Williamsburg around 9:30 a.m. when the 20-year-old garbage truck driver plowed into the moped rider while trying to turn right onto Flushing … Read more
Two men — possibly brothers — were shot in the Bronx Friday night, with both near death, police and sources said. The pair were hanging out outside a smoke shop on Dyre Ave. near Light St. in Baychester — near the last stop on the No. 5 subway line — when a man opened fire … Read more