Long Island Backyard Firepot Explosion Part Of Alarming Trend
The said it was like napalm exploding in a flash. Several fires are raising questions about the safety of firepots, meant to light up backyards and keep mosquitoes away.
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The said it was like napalm exploding in a flash. Several fires are raising questions about the safety of firepots, meant to light up backyards and keep mosquitoes away.
Police were on alert and residents on edge after three separate sexual assaults on women in one Upper Manhattan community.
Assemblyman David Weprin said he wants to reduce children's exposure to secondhand smoke. The bill would apply even when the windows are rolled down.
Stevie Wonder will be honored Monday night at the Apollo Theater's annual spring gala.
Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano says he will lay off 130 municipal employees and redeploy 160 members of the police department. The cuts would go into effect July 1.
Cuomo's proposal would make texting, tweeting and gaming at the wheel a primary offense. That means drivers would face 3 points on their license and up to a $150 fine.
A councilman from Queens is planning to introduce legislation that would require mayors to file written reports when they're traveling 250 miles outside city limits or out of the country for longer than 24 hours.
Three Democratic lawmakers are introducing legislation to force New Jersey's Republican governor to stay in a multistate pact to reduce greenhouse gases blamed for global warming.
The University of Connecticut will be a bit stinky soon thanks to its rare "corpse flower" which is known to emit an odor similar to that of rotting meat. It is about to break forth into bloom sometime in the next two weeks.
Driver, 19, of Brooklyn has been charged with murder and assault. Tysha Jones, 16, was killed. Four other victims, young men in their twenties, were also shot.
Three stock traders have been convicted in the second federal trial stemming from a massive probe of insider trading at hedge funds.
Rather than hopping in a car and being driven to school hundreds of kids have formed Walking School Buses.
A person who has worked with Clemons in the past confirmed that Clemons had the stroke. Clemons, 69, is known as "the Big Man" in the E Street Band and his sax has been one of the most defining elements of the band's sound.
