An ex-con who went to prison for shooting a teenager to death during a birthday party went on to go into business as a gun trafficker in Queens after his release on parole, federal prosecutors say. James Strong used his new lease on life to allegedly sell pistols and rifles to two buyers he thought would … Read more
The death toll from catastrophic flooding in Texas’ Hill Country rose to 67 on Sunday, as emergency personnel continued a relentless search in the area in hopes of finding survivors. Eleven girls who attended the massive Christian sleepaway event, Camp Mystic, remained missing Sunday. Of the 59 people found dead in Kerr County, 21 were … Read more
The decomposed body of a 52-year-old man was discovered on a sailboat docked at Newtown Creek in Queens, police said Sunday. Shortly after noon, cops got a 911 call from a passerby who noticed the body in a sailboat docked near the Pulaski Bridge in Long Island City. EMS pronounced the man dead at the … Read more
A 21-year-old man was shot and critically wounded outside of a neighborhood pool in the Bronx, police said Sunday. Shots rang out around 3:40 p.m. near Fulton Ave. and E. 173rd St. in Morrisania, striking the victim in the neck, cops said. EMS transported him to St. Barnabas Hospital, where he remains in critical condition. … Read more
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Rapper LL Cool J says he will not perform at a Fourth of July festival in Philadelphia in support of a strike by nearly 10,000 city workers in Philadelphia. The rapper and actor had been scheduled to appear at the Wawa Welcome America Festival on Friday, along with R&B singer and Philadelphia … Read more
A 15-year-old boy died early Friday as he tried to ride the top of a subway train at a Queens station, police said. Cops called to the Queensboro Plaza station found the teen lying unconscious on the train tracks for the No. 7 line at about 2:45 a.m., police said. EMS rushed the teen to … Read more
A man charged with raping a 15-year-old girl in a Bronx stairwell had recently been released from prison — where he spent eight years for sexually assaulting a young boy and throwing him off a rooftop, authorities said. Casmine Aska, 29, had been out of prison for less than one month when he allegedly attacked … Read more
Powerful thunderstorms that swept through New Jersey on Thursday killed at least three people and knocked out power to thousands, officials said. In a social media post late Thursday night, Gov. Phil Murphy said he had been briefed on the “severe thunderstorms that hit Central Jersey … and resulted in fatalities.” Without providing additional details, … Read more
President Trump threatened on Tuesday to arrest Zohran Mamdani if he gets in the way of federal immigration enforcement efforts — and also falsely implied that the New York City Democratic mayoral nominee is not in the country legally. Asked during a press conference in Florida on Tuesday what his response was to Mamdani’s anti-ICE … Read more
The Republican Senate Tuesday narrowly passed President Trump’s controversial Big Beautiful Bill after a marathon debate, clearing another hurdle toward a major political win for the White House. After slogging through a brutal 28-hour marathon session, senators voted 50-50 for Trump’s sprawling package of tax and spending cuts, with three GOP lawmakers breaking ranks to … Read more