Toy Safety Report Released Ahead Of Holiday Shopping Season
The U.S. Public Interest Research Group is out with its annual warning of toys that can be hazardous to children.
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The U.S. Public Interest Research Group is out with its annual warning of toys that can be hazardous to children.
"It's generally known to the public that I'm a guy who can handle his fists pretty good," Allen deadpans to the audience. "Tonight, on 'Hippodrome,' you're going to watch me fight the Australian light heavyweight champion."
Thanksgiving is only two days away, and today you can help people from going hungry.
A crime-fighting rugby player is winning high praise for stopping a suspected purse snatcher on a Manhattan street.
Police say Samuel Mangum, 50, is the person who accosted a 42-year-old woman boarding the M train at the Broadway and Houston Street station. Police say Mangum, who lives on Staten Island, attacked the woman from behind then ran off.
About two dozen Occupy Wall Street protesters are expected to arrive in Washington after a two-week march from Zuccotti Park.
Making her grand entrance to screaming fans, Lady Gaga turned the Upper East Side into her holiday playground.
Workers clearing brush near southbound I-87 and Sprain Road found a suitcase on Monday. They said it was giving off a foul odor and called police.
Around 2:45 p.m. Monday, police got an 911 call saying 16-year-old Alicia Arter was forced into a black Infiniti by two men on Atlantic Avenue.
"I want to apologize to the city," Carmen Sosa said. "I love New York and I've been here since 1987. I'm very disappointed by what my son is doing.
A Long Island mom is in the legal fight of her life after being accused of letting kids get drunk at her home. Michelle McKinney will be in court Wednesday, but she said suspicion she served booze to 14-year-olds is already a life sentence.
Workers from the Yonkers Department of Public Works spotted the suitcase while cleaning and when they got closer to it, they were able to smell the bad odor.
Jose Pimentel was behind bars Monday night, being held without bail because, officials say, he had grandiose plans to blow up people and places in the metropolitan area, including the Intrepid Air and Space Museum.
A 12-member Congressional panel was assigned to cut $1.2 trillion from the federal deficit. Mayor Michael Bloomberg calls it a damning indictment "of Washington's inability to govern this country."
E-ZPass has revolutionized millions of commuters' lives, allowing them to zip through tolls, saving time and money. But for a growing number of motorists, this popular convenience is actually causing some costly problems.
