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
A man was stabbed and wounded during a bloody clash inside a Harlem subway station, police said Wednesday. The 56-year-old victim was stabbed in both shoulders as he fought with his attacker on the uptown train platform at the W. 125th St. station, cops said. A man was stabbed repeatedly on the uptown subway platform … Read more
Jurors weighing the federal case against Sean “Diddy” Combs on Tuesday told the court they’d reached a verdict on all counts except the RICO conspiracy charge, which had drawn “unpersuadable opinions on both sides.” In a note sent out after 4 p.m., the eight men and four women on the jury said after around 12 … Read more
Paul Goldschmidt had one of just three Yankees hits in Saturday’s 7-0 loss to the A’s, but that didn’t stop him from sharing some self-depreciation after the game. “I have not played well for the last few weeks, maybe even this whole month,” the 15-year-veteran said. “That’s hurt our team the way I’ve played this … Read more