Robert Durst has been skirting law enforcement officers since the early 80s on two unsolved murders committed in two states. Starting with the disappearance of his wife, Kathleen McCormack?in New York in 1982, in which...
In a bizarre case of hide and seek, a well-known maraschino cherry factory in Brooklyn, New York was concealing a pot growing operation, that was discovered on February 25. Although it may sound like something...
Three men, two in Brooklyn and one in Florida, were arrested for planning terror attacks in conjunction with ISIS. Among the heinous deeds they worked on were assassinating President Obama and bombing Coney Island in...
Now that recreational pot use has been given the green light in a few states and medicinal marijuana use is coming to New York, a company hopes?to provide a kosher variation.
A unnamed marijuana production company?from...
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Taylor Swift has gifted New York City's public schools with $50,000, it was confirmed on Feb. 24. That could buy Big Apple kids a whole lot of pencils!
This is a one-time gift from...
A 52-year old ex-police officer?who just retired in January, has apparently killed two of his three daughters, some of his pets, and then himself. This horrifying carnage occurred in the home of Glen Hochman, in...
Sad news, folks ? New York senior in high school, Draven Rodriguez, has committed suicide.
Rodriguez is the 17-year-old kid who had already developed such a keen sense of humor that he made a nation laugh...
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Spring training is starting for Major League baseball teams. One of baseball's biggest names, as well as most notorious characters is Alex Rodriguez of the Yankees. Rodriguez, popularly known as "A-Rod," was suspended...
New York City?has often had an image as a crime-ridden urban center. This perception has cropped up at various times, ever since it was known as Nieuw Amsterdam in the 1600s. But the Big Apple...
Longtime CBS newsman Bob Simon was killed in a car crash during the PM rush hour on Wednesday, February 11. The veteran television correspondent was 73, and known for his work on "60 Minutes." He...
Would you jump down from the second to the first floor in a crowded shopping mall for $50? Nicholas Diblasi of Park Ridge, New Jersey did. And he landed...in the hospital. And now he faces...
You may not be able to take a selfie with a dinosaur anymore.
Several museums in New York City, as well as in other American cities, are banning selfie taking, use of selfie sticks, or debating...
Six people were killed in a fiery crash Tuesday evening, when an SUV stopped on train tracks and an evening rush-hour train collided with it, in suburban Westchester, New York. This was the worst accident...
One of the most unsettling and mysterious child crime cases of the late 20th Century?is only now playing out in a New York City court. The sad story revolves around schoolboy Etan Patz, who disappeared...
A group of inner-city middle school students will get the chance to visit Harvard and see college life up close, thanks to a crowd-sourcing effort inspired by a student at the school. Brandon Stanton, the...
Television talk shows are everywhere these days, and they have been a long-time staple of late-night TV. Well, my friends, the pioneering spirit behind them has died. Joe Franklin, the New York native with the...
Sheldon Silver, the Assembly Speaker of New York State and a Democrat from lower Manhattan, has been arrested on federal charges of bribery and corruption. This arrest comes after a lengthy investigation into his finances....
Imagine you are the parent of a high school student and you suddenly receive the following text from your child:
"My school is on lockdown."
How would you react? Would you panic or do your best to...
The big sports news this past weekend in the Greater New York area did not involve football games, but basketball. For many New Yorkers, neither the Packers versus the Seahawks game nor the Patriots versus...
If anything, the "apology" was worse
We live in a world of extreme language. Everything is "insane" or "outrageous" or "unbelievable." The smallest box of detergent on the grocery shelf, small enough to fit in your...
