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Luckily, this time it was a small fire -- just some construction materials that went up in smoke. But it did take over an hour to get the blaze under control due to the challenge of getting water 89 stories up.
The 19th Annual Bikers Against Breast Cancer Run will take place in Queens on Sunday. Funds raised by the 30 mile ride will benefit SHAREing & CAREing Inc, a Queens based cancer support group.
The proposal called for the city to sell 18,000 of a new kind of permit that lets livery cabs pick up passengers who hail them in upper Manhattan and the four other boroughs.
The NYPD is looking for a man wanted for rape in Brooklyn. He told the victim that he had a gun and then forced her inside of Lincoln Terrace Park, where he proceeded to sexually assault her while displaying a gun, officials said.
A Pakistani anti-terrorism court on Saturday acquitted four men who had been charged with helping a Pakistani-American man carry out a failed attempt to detonate a truck bomb in New York's Times Square, said their lawyer and family members.
As this team celebrated with Johan Santana on the mound, it occurred to me that it might not be the last mound celebration we see here this year. Getting their first no-hitter might just be the tip of the iceberg.
A superior court judge has ruled that the parents are unfit to raise the children because of a history of domestic abuse, but the father insists that the judge made the call based on the couple's Nazi beliefs.
Due to heavy rainfall, the Nassau County Department of Health has decided to close 19 beaches on Saturday for precautionary reasons. Storm water runoff can have a negative impact by elevating bacterial levels, the Nassau County Department of Health said, and can affect bathing water quality.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo said that the proposal unveiled as a centerpiece of his State of the State speech isn't going forward, but he hopes to have developers compete next year for a project that could include a casino.
The CDC said that even though it has a report on how to prepare for a zombie invasion, it acknowledges that there are no such things as zombies.
Funeral services were held today for 22-year-old Marina Keegan. She was killed in a car crash near her Wayland, Massachusetts home on May 26.
Helping wildlife in an urban jungle, the Wild Bird Fund has opened New York City's first ever wildlife rehabilitation center on West 87th street and Columbus Avenue in Manhattan.
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A Garden State suburb is on alert after a dozen home invasions have left residents feeling under siege. CBS 2 obtained exclusive video of the masked burglars wanted for breaking into homes, sometimes while families sleep inside.
She received 15 stitches to her bandaged foot and had bite marks on her shoulder and hip, painful reminders of a frightening dog attack Valerie DeMasi said she would rather forget.
