River Otters Making Comeback On Long Island
Otters have rarely been seen in the region for much of the last century due to hunting and pollution. But in recent years, naturalists have spotted the mammals with increasing frequency.
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Otters have rarely been seen in the region for much of the last century due to hunting and pollution. But in recent years, naturalists have spotted the mammals with increasing frequency.
It's an alarming trend - people continuing to kill members of their own family.
With the economy still in a sorry state, more out-of-work professionals are chasing their dreams and turning them into second careers.
The bird apparently flew into the 5-story building on 80th street through an open window.
Sackiwa Ntuli, 34, of 2232 Seward Avenue was found stabbed in the abdomen at around 8:45 p.m. Saturday night. EMS took him to St. Luke's hospital, where he died.
At the 166th Dutchess County Fair the emphasis will be on the best home-baked pie, the cows and baby pigs.
"Some of these storms come in real quick and then they disappear but they're doing a lot of damage lately," Scott Hogan of Pleasantville told CBS 2's Dave Carlin.
Yaritza Pacheco, 24, was fatally hit by a stray bullet fired as she walked to a store on East 174th Street in the Tremont section. Police say the bullet struck her in the neck. She ran and then collapsed.
Police say 35-year-old Marco Rodriguez-Bravo, of Elizabeth, was found by a family member in a pool in the backyard of a home on Carriage Lane in Centereach.
New York Sen. Charles Schumer is asking major cell phone carriers to help put an end to cell phone thefts by deactivating the phones themselves if reported lost or stolen.
State troopers say the family from Washington Heights was driving north when their SUV blew a tire causing the vehicle to lose control and flip over.
Federal rules required the city to build the $1.6 billion cover over Hillview Reservoir to protect it from contaminants. Local officials said it wasn't necessary and the city is already building a new ultraviolet plant to disinfect tap water.
The grand marshal of the 31st annual celebration was "Bollywood" star actress Rani Mukherji, who was mobbed by fans when she arrived for the 10-block parade down Madison, starting at 38th Street.
Westchester County is hosting the event on August 30. County Executive Rob Astorino says the park will first be open only to those with disabilities and then to the general public.
There's a new addition at the New York Aquarium and he (or she) needs a name.
