A 73-year mystery was solved on this day in history, Sept. 1, 1985, when the shipwreck of the ocean liner RMS Titanic was discovered in the North Atlantic. The wreck was discovered during a joint mission between the Massachusetts-based Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) and the French National Institute of Oceanography (IFREMER), according to the...
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Activists join US, NYC officials in effort to name street outside North Korea's UN office after Otto Warmbier
FIRST ON FOX — Otto Warmbier would have been a 29-year-old New Yorker by now, living in Manhattan and working as a financial analyst, perhaps a resident of the Turtle Bay apartment building where he was last photographed waiting for a friend. But instead, the then University of Virginia college student was arrested because he...
Manhattan woman details attempted removal of squatter from family's NYC apartment
A Manhattan family has spent over a year trying to evict an alleged squatter from a property. Donna Kermanshah, whose father owns an apartment where an unwelcome tenant has been living, has taken to TikTok to share her experience. Kermanshah told Fox News Digital in a phone call she was surprised by the response she...
Famous, nearly 100-year-old Coney Island roller coaster shut down after malfunction
A near-century-old iconic Coney Island roller coaster in New York City was shut down indefinitely after malfunctioning during a ride on Thursday. Operators shut down the Cyclone, Luna Park’s 97-year-old wooden roller coaster, as it was climbing up to its famed drop because of a damaged chain sprocket in the motor room, according to the...
SEE IT: New York schoolboy assumed missing actually playing hooky, found by news helicopter and NYPD
One New York City schoolboy may or may not be grounded after an urgent manhunt Friday morning resulted in the boy being caught on camera playing hooky from class.FOX 5 New York’s helicopter caught the moment on video when NYPD officers discovered the nine-year-old on a Brooklyn rooftop using his laptop computer.TEEN HITS NYPD OFFICER...
On this day in history, August 22, 1776, the British invade Brooklyn by sea
The British army and navy, in a stunning display of global force projection and military logistics, invaded Brooklyn by sea and launched the defeat of George Washington’s army in New York City on this day in history, August 22, 1776. “A naval spectacle of more than 90 vessels filled the Narrows [of New York Harbor],”...
New York man charged with spying on US-based pro-democracy activist groups for Chinese government
Federal prosecutors in New York arrested a Chinese dissident living in the U.S., accusing him of covertly working for China’s intelligence agency and spying on pro-democracy activist groups. According to a press release from the U.S. Justice Department, Yuanjun Tang, 67, was charged with acting and conspiring to act in the United States as an...
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul roasted over ‘painful’ DNC speech: ‘Black hole of charisma’
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul was roasted on social media on Monday over a “painful” speech she delivered at the Democratic National Convention. In fact, George Washington would like a word. Hochul kicked off her widely panned speech by asking attendees if they were ready to elect Vice President Kamala Harris as the “first President...
High powered attorney missing in superyacht tragedy with designer wife wrote eerie post before disappearance
A top New York City lawyer and his jewelry designer wife are among the six still unaccounted for after the Bayesian superyacht capsized off the coast of Sicily on Monday morning. Of the 22 people aboard the 184-foot luxury British vessel, the Bayesian, fifteen were rescued after it overturned amid bad weather conditions – one...
Former Rep. George Santos pleads guilty in federal wire fraud, ID theft case
Former U.S. Rep. George Santos pleaded guilty Monday to wire fraud and aggravated identity theft, short-circuiting the federal fraud case that led to his expulsion from Congress just weeks before it was set to go to trial. “I betrayed the trust of my constituents and supporters. I deeply regret my conduct,” the New York Republican...









