The New York City Police Department (NYPD) issued a warning to beachgoers after a shark was spotted off the coast of a popular beach. “Be Advised! Our drones have sighted a shark at Rockaway Beach,” NYPD Deputy Commissioner of Operations Kaz Daughtry wrote in an X post Thursday afternoon. Officials said Beach 58 to Beach...
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Prominent Wall Street law firm hires professional background check group to screen for anti-Israel protesters
A prominent Wall Street law firm has hired professional background checkers to discern whether job applicants participated in campus anti-Israel protests, according to a report. Sullivan & Cromwell, whose clients have included Goldman Sachs, Google, Amazon and Tesla, says recent law graduates applying for a job at the firm could be disqualified for their participation...
Suspect gets dose of street justice after woman's body found wrapped in sleeping bag on street
A New York City parolee who allegedly tossed a young woman’s corpse into a pile of street trash was battered by dozens of angry neighbors upon his Monday arrest. Chad Irish, 55, was charged with concealment of a human corpse after he was questioned by detectives about the death of 31-year-old Yazmeen Williams, the New...
Migrants indicted for attack on NYPD cops checking on unattended children outside NYC homeless shelter
A mob of migrants accused of attacking New York City police officers outside a Queens hotel being used as a shelter as they were checking on the welfare of three unattended children have been indicted, prosecutors said Tuesday. The six suspects were each charged with attempted assault in the first degree, attempted gang assault in...
NYC mayor faces bipartisan blowback over new round of migrant debit cards: 'The gravy train’ must stop
New York City leaders from both parties slammed a move by Mayor Eric Adams’ administration to distribute another tranche of thousands of prepaid debit cards to migrant families. While Adams’ office claimed at its February inception the program would save the city as much as $7.2 million per year, some city lawmakers decried the latest...
Major New York City bridge gets unexpectedly stuck open as summer temps soar, authorities investigate
A New York City bridge became stuck open on Monday afternoon after hot summer weather caused it to overheat, pictures show. The Third Avenue Bridge, which connects Manhattan and the Bronx over the Harlem River, became stuck at around 2:46 p.m. The metal in the 126-year-old bridge had overheated, according to FOX 5 New York,...
NYC hotels housing migrants get taxpayer-funded windfall: report
New York City hotels housing migrants have brought in over a billion dollars in taxpayer funds since converting their buildings into migrant shelters. New York City is spending an average of $156 per room per night on hotel rooms that house migrants, with some rooms costing the city over $300 per night, according to a...
Timeline of tragic events that occurred on Sept 11, 2001
Sept. 11, 2001, was a dark day in American history that will forever be remembered. The terrorist attacks took the lives of nearly 3,000 people. Commercial plane passengers, civilians on the ground and first responders all lost their lives that day in a horrendous act that is remembered with great despair each year. The events...
Victims trapped in Twin Towers on 9/11 sought help for themselves, others through phone calls
Calls made from those inside the north and south towers on September 11, 2001, displayed great strength in the midst of tragedy. Listening to the phone calls that were made, bravery can be heard, as people did their best to assist one another through the horrific events. Radio calls from first responders, including Orio Palmer,...








