Fire Rips Through Field In College Point, Queens
A brush fire broke out and destroyed about an acre of tall grass Tuesday afternoon in College Point, Queens.
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A brush fire broke out and destroyed about an acre of tall grass Tuesday afternoon in College Point, Queens.
An extensive search is under way in Harriman State Park for a Rockland County father of seven missing since Friday. Police said Peretz Sontag, 50, was last seen leaving his Pomona home on Friday morning.
On the same day protesters gathered at McDonald's restaurants nationwide to accuse the fast food giant of "wage theft," New York's attorney general announced that one of the chain's franchise owners has agreed to a settlement.
There have been 20 confirmed cases of measles in the city during the past several weeks.
The Governor's Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse says the use of heroin and prescription opiates in New Jersey is "skyrocketing."
A black firefighters' group that had sued New York City, alleging discrimination, said Tuesday that minority fire department applicants will be eligible to receive back pay totaling $98 million.
New York Republican gubernatorial candidate Rob Astorino told evangelicals Tuesday that the political left wants to take away their freedoms and attacked Democratic incumbent Gov. Andrew Cuomo over abortion policy.
According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Drexel University student had been in close contact with Princeton students about a week before getting sick. She died March 10.
The FBI and NYPD have identified the suspect as Ralik Hansen, 28. They say he was a member of a violent interstate robbery crew from Brooklyn that also participated in heists in Atlantic City and Virginia.
This pasta dish only has four ingredients but tastes like a million!
The dismissal order issued Tuesday by state Superior Court Judge Peter Bogaard comes nearly a week after Rachel Canning reunited with her family and moved back to their Lincoln Park home.
The recall covers vans from the 2009-2014 model years and includes GMC Savana and Chevrolet Express models.
Hastings-on-Hudson is implementing a technique called immunocontraception, a vaccine that would prevent deer from becoming pregnant for two years.
Connecticut's U.S. senators have outlined steps to combat the growing number of fatalities from heroin in the state and nationwide.
Both Nassau and Suffolk counties credit the new method for some of the lowest crime stats on record. The programs were modeled after the NYPD's CompStat efforts.
