Pit Bull Shot In The Head Trying To Protect Owner, But Miraculously Survives
The pit bull named "Kilo" was off to the vet Wednesday for a check-up, after taking a bullet for his owner. Even the veterinarian who treated the dog was impressed.
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The pit bull named "Kilo" was off to the vet Wednesday for a check-up, after taking a bullet for his owner. Even the veterinarian who treated the dog was impressed.
Officials say the woman and her husband had recently purchased the home and were doing a survey in the back of the house when the woman fell 12 feet down into a cistern after some floorboards gave way.
Redinel Dervishaj, 35, pleaded not guilty when he appeared before a judge Friday. He is accused of killing 27-year-old Anthony Lacertosa in the midst of a brawl outside the Espana Restaurant in Annadale.
Anthony Lacertosa died early Saturday morning after authorities say he was stabbed to death when a brawl erupted outside the Espana Restaurant in Annadale.
Redinel Dervishaj, 35, was arrested Tuesday in Illinois. U.S Marshals, sheriffs and other law enforcement officials received a tip Tuesday that the accused stabbing suspect was hiding out at his aunt's home outside Chicago.
It took two, two cold hearted thieves to steal a heavy bronze plaque, in Livingston, that honored World War II veterans from Staten Island.
Anthony Lacertosa, 25, was stabbed outside the Espana Restaurant in Annadale around 2 a.m. Saturday after a night of engagement celebrations.
"He was the happiest at this moment in his life, ready to start his own life, start his own family," said Joseph Lacertosa, the victim's brother.
Police interviewed several restaurant workers and took footage from a security camera installed on the pharmacy next door.
An FDNY fireboat heralded the arrival of the antique lightship Ambrose at the South Street Seaport on Monday.
A man who saved the life of a fellow straphanger, when he fell onto the tracks in Staten Island, died on Saturday.
The commercial features the 11-year-old riding in a bus singing Adele's hit "Rolling in the Deep" until she's joined by other girls. The song then changes into Adele's version.
Mayor Michael Bloomberg's budget proposes cutting $40 million from the funding for New York City fire companies, and the possible reductions have the full attention of the fire officers union head - Al Hagan.
Staten Island Chuck, the resident rodent prognosticator of the five boroughs, says spring is coming early. Chuck did not see his shadow.
Officer Michael Daragjati appeared Tuesday in Brooklyn where he pleaded guilty to making a false arrest.
A new Port Authority plan will slash tolls by as much as 50 percent on the Goethals and Bayonne Bridges and the Outerbridge Crossing.
Drivers who commute five times a week over the Goethals and Bayonne Bridges and Outerbridge Crossing can save nearly $1,200 a year on their E-ZPass rush hour tolls, and $1,800 a year off the cash tolls.
The program allows commuters to track every bus on every route in real time on the MTA website or by using their smartphone.
Family and friends gathered at St. Ann's Church on Staten Island to pay respects to 15-year-old Amanda Diane Cummings who took her own life by stepping in front of a city bus on Dec. 27.
It was a surprising twist in a case of stolen Christmas presents. Surveillance cameras caught the thief in action and his change of heart.
The state recently closed the Arthur Kill Correctional Facility on Staten Island, the seventh prison, camp or work release facility shuttered in 2011 as New York transferred about 2,600 inmates and 1,400 staff to its 60 remaining penal units in an effort to save millions of dollars and remove excess capacity.
The temperature outside the car was about 40 degrees at the time. Police arrived after a woman called a child abuse hotline.
A holiday tragedy was averted thanks to the quick thinking and heroic actions of off-duty firefighter Steven Carl on Christmas night.
New York City is shutting down two roll your own cigarette stores - one on Staten Island and the other in Chinatown, alleging disregard of tax statutes in violation of the federal contraband trafficking act.
One man was arrested at the Staten Island Mall Thursday night after an altercation. Another man in Jersey City said he was stabbed multiple times at the Newport Centre Mall.
