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Police said the suspect approached the woman on 67th Street and 41st Ave in Woodside, tried to grab her purse, hit her in the back of the head with a hammer, and made an anti-gay comment.
Police on Tuesday were searching for a man who stole a dog from a laundromat in Bushwick, Brooklyn.
No. 2 and 3 trains were skipping the 125th Street station in Harlem late Tuesday, after a man told police he was slashed on a platform there.
Police rushed to the 225 Liberty St. building in Lower Manhattan Tuesday night after an envelope with suspicious powder was discovered in the mailroom.
A teenage suspect wanted in a Jersey City church hall shooting that left a teenage boy dead and two teen girls wounded has turned himself in to authorities.
The FBI was investigating late Tuesday after a possible hacking incident involving the New York Times.
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump appears to be "softening" his stance on illegal immigration.
A 5-year-old child was struck by a vehicle late Tuesday afternoon in the Bronx.
A fire destroyed a semi-trailer truck at Port Newark Tuesday afternoon.
A report by the inspector general said the NYPD needs to do a better job of bookkeeping. The IG review looked into how the department conducted investigations of political activity.
An 83-year-old Florida man was dismembered by his neighbor's dogs, witnesses say.
More than half the people outside the government who met with Hillary Clinton while she was secretary of state gave money -- either personally or through companies or groups -- to the Clinton Foundation.
Police say a drunk driver smashed nine cars parked outside a Suffolk County restaurant on Monday night.
Should you let your child walk to school without you? That is the question some parents are pondering as the school year approaches.
An unusual team of experts is helping to control the geese population from taking over Hudson River Park where flocks tend to congregate and leave behind a mess.
