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Sian Green was enjoying her first day in New York when the cab jumped the curb near Radio City Music Hall and plowed directly into her, severing her left foot and seriously damaging her right leg.
The city is asking the state's education commissioner to waive the requirement to have a certain amount of librarians in public schools.
Sleep texting has become more common and in addition to being embarrassing it could also have some serious health consequences.
A woman was mowed down right in front of her home in Fort Lee, N.J. while getting out of her car Wednesday evening, and police said the driver just sped away.
Bill de Blasio in particular was the target of several barbs Wednesday evening, as seven Democratic mayoral candidates went head-to-head in their third debate.
Police were on the hunt Wednesday night for a suspect who stole a pricey Rolex watch from the Tourneau store at Columbus Circle.
Police Wednesday evening were congratulating an officer who rescued a man who got caught in the water as he tried to repair his jet ski on the northern edge of Manhattan.
The Valley Stream, Long Island, couple, who has been married for 44 years, landed the gig after their daughter knew a casting director.
Police on Wednesday brought a 49-year-old woman to safety after she was found floating in the East River under the Manhattan Bridge.
The 22-year-old victim was sleeping in her family's Long Island City home when she was targeted by the 30-year-old suspect, according to police.
New Jersey has the largest population of Coptic Christians in the United States.
Some like it hot! But apparently that doesn't apply to parents who take their children to a New Jersey playground where direct sunlight may have created a dangerous situation.
A Long Island father was under arrest on homicide charges Wednesday night, after his 7-month-old son died in a car that had been parked under the hot sun for half an hour.
A Long Island man continued to recover this week after a brutal attack on a dog, and the animal remained on the loose Wednesday in a community full of vulnerable children.
Police said the pursuit began around 2:30 a.m. in Queens and crossed into Brooklyn after police received a report that the vehicle may have been involved in a hit-and-run.
