On this day in history, July 23, 1885, Ulysses S. Grant died at his family cottage in New York. The 18th president of the United States had a complex and compelling upbringing and time in the White House. Grant was a West Point graduate — later to become president of the United States, according to...
A tractor-trailer explosion and fire that closed lanes of a highway and forced evacuations of nearby homes was caught in wild video recorded by a passerby. The video starts out by showing a Clifton, New Jersey, fire department truck parked, with a firefigher walking away from flames, toward the truck when an explosion occurs, catching...
A New York City store owner has been blindsided by rampant shoplifting since waves of illegal immigrants flooded the area, and it’s left him to wonder if his business will survive. “It’s not fair that these people can come into my store and steal willy-nilly and nothing gets done about it,” Chris Sciacco, the owner...
A loyal customer is being recognized ahead of National Ice Cream Day, July 21, by her favorite local restaurant. Barbara Silverstein has been visiting the iconic Serendipity3 restaurant on the Upper East Side of Manhattan for 70 years. The jewelry designer told Fox News Digital that she first walked into the New York City spot...
This story discusses suicide. If you or someone you know is having thoughts of suicide, please contact the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline at 988 or 1-800-273-TALK (8255). A teen from Long Island, New York, has turned his hobby into a greater effort to give back to others. Harold Teller, age 14, created a nonprofit called...
A foul-mouthed parrot named Pepper has found a forever home after grabbing attention on Facebook and attracting would-be adopters from across the country. Officials with the Niagara SPCA in Niagara Falls, New York, had been sharing updates about the bird since he came into their care last month. “Somebody get this guy a bar of...
Former President Trump’s allies are looking at his selection of Sen. JD Vance as a key appeal to Midwestern voters – and some New York Republican lawmakers are hopeful it’ll give the GOP a boost in their own state as well. House GOP lawmakers representing the Democratic stronghold state held a media event on the...
At least two people staying at a sprawling migrant shelter in New York City have contracted measles and health officials in the Big Apple are working to stop the spread of the disease, according to reports. The outbreak took place at a migrant shelter on Hall Street in Clinton Hill, a huge taxpayer-run facility which...
New York’s record for largest longnose gar caught has been broken. New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Interim Commissioner Sean Mahar announced in a July 12 press release that Chuck Zimmerman of Hilton, Monroe County, broke the record for the largest longnose gar caught in the state. The previous record was set in...
It’s pickle mania at a New York deli thanks to its newest “dill-icious” bun, which is a large, sliced pickle that takes the place of sandwich bread. Seven Brothers Gourmet in Oceanside on Long Island first created this crunchy concoction in January, but it really took off in May after a social media user reviewed...
