Childhood Friends Unite For African Art
The influence of African art is key to a collaboration and a labor of love between two scholars. They were childhood friends in Queens and have worked together ever since.
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The influence of African art is key to a collaboration and a labor of love between two scholars. They were childhood friends in Queens and have worked together ever since.
Strong winds nearly destroyed a family's home in New Jersey on Saturday when a 90-foot red oak crashed through a roof in Glen Rock.
A five-alarm fire raged in the Flatbush section of Brooklyn, leaving at least 18 firefighters and three residents with minor injuries.
While there had been earlier speculation of friendly fire, Police Chief Ron Knapp said neither "the suspect nor the officer were killed by other officers."
After slashing his stepfather to death with a kitchen knife, 23-year-old Maksim Gelman headed to the home of a female acquaintance, killed her mother, then waited patiently for hours for the young woman to come so he could kill her too, police said.
Two firefighters were injured Saturday afternoon when they fell from a ladder while battling a house fire in southern New Jersey.
Authorities announced Saturday that they are actively searching for 19-year-old Jorge Borrero in the death of Malcolm Harvey.
While other governors are waging tense battles with state employees, proposing deep spending cuts and taking no-tax-increase pledges to cover their budget shortfalls, Connecticut Gov. Dannel P. Malloy is taking a different tack.
The $11,200 that Point Pleasant Beach will pay out is much less than the nearly $38,000 in fees sought by the ACLU.
NJ officials say a nonprofit agency that provides housing and services to people with developmental disabilities will repay the state $353,000 for expenses that were questioned in state audits.
Lou DiPaolo was only 18 years old when he hit the beach at Iwo Jima, but images of the battle still remain ingrained in his mind 66 years later to the day.
H&H Bagels founder Helmer Toro sought Chapter 11 protection on Thursday for one of the entities that make up the business.
After the holiday bandit struck more than half a dozen times since December, Police Commissioner Ray Kelly is renewing his push for banks to install bullet proof partitions around tellers.
Former New York Mets player Tim Teufel is among the hundreds of Bernard Madoff investors who have been asked to return bogus profits from the fraudster's Ponzi scheme.
The New Jersey head-of-state credits his recent weight loss to eating better and working with a trainer three mornings a week.
