2+ day, 9+ hour ago   (491+ words) The police commissioner and mayor announced Wednesday security measures for the 25th anniversary of 9/11 and the Jewish holidays. “It shouldn’t take an act of courage for a Jew to go to temple on the High Holy Days or on the Sabbath,…...

2+ day, 14+ hour ago   (519+ words) New York is a city of hundreds of skyscrapers and tall buildings, with emergency officials always keeping a watchful eye on possible threats, including drones. FDNY Deputy Assistant Chief Paul Miller oversees the department’s Center for Terrorism and Disaster Preparedness....

2+ day, 21+ hour ago   (607+ words) Former WSJ reporter Selina Cheng, also chairperson of the trade union Hong Kong Journalists Association, launched a private prosecution against Dow Jones Publishing Co. (Asia) Inc. after losing her job in July 2024. Hong Kong, once considered a bastion of press…...

2+ day, 19+ hour ago   (365+ words) The city's chief technology officer was grilled by City Council members Wednesday over an August 911 outage that left nearly 1,700 emergency calls unable to connect. The outage occurred Aug. 18 at the Bronx Public Safety Answering Center, one of the city’s two…...

4+ day, 1+ hour ago   (828+ words) Two Renoir paintings stolen from a small French museum have yet to be recovered but if the thieves are hoping to cash in on the artwork, they would be hard-pressed to find a buyer. Selling well-known, stolen art is impossible…...

4+ day, 4+ hour ago   (482+ words) Isadora Wright said the West Indian American Day Parade in Brooklyn was a success on Monday. “It was great. The environment was very, very good. And the feelings, I feel good,” she told NY1. Wright said there was tons of dancing…...

4+ day, 15+ hour ago   (742+ words) was waiting for a taping of the “Rosie O’Donnell Show” when she was told not only was the show canceled, but they had to evacuate. Minutes later, her phone rang. It was her husband, Jose Agron, a police officer with…...

4+ day, 15+ hour ago   (458+ words) Russian authorities said Tuesday they have detained a suspect in last week’s shooting that wounded a senior military officer, the latest in a series of attacks on personnel and figures linked to the war in Ukraine. The Federal Security Service…...

5+ day, 9+ hour ago   (167+ words) A 58-year-old man was fatally struck by an MTA bus in Brooklyn on Saturday night, police said. The man was struck around 8 p.m. on Nostrand Avenue, near Clarendon Road, in East Flatbush, according to the NYPD. Police said the MTA bus…...

5+ day, 9+ hour ago   (264+ words) Four people were stabbed early Monday morning as crowds began gathering for the West Indian American Day parade in Brooklyn, police said. The violence unfolded around Carroll and President streets and along Utica Avenue, where people were gathering for the…...