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Escaped inmate may be hiding out in subway system
A man who busted out of a Connecticut prison may be posing as a straphanger in the Big Apple in order to evade capture, according to a report. Convicted burglar...
Man tossed behind bars for biting off ex wife's nose
A Connecticut husband professed his love for his ex-wife -- while being sentenced to prison for gnawing off part of her nose. Rodwell A. Clay had to be reminded by...
Father-of-three dies in fiery wreck after dropping off kids
A Mercedes driver was killed early Saturday after a fiery crash in the Bronx, cops said. William Santana, 47, was heading south on the Major Deegan Expressway around 3:15 a.m....
City ignores its own rules, leaves sidewalks a slippery mess
New Yorkers faced $150 fines if they didn’t have their sidewalks cleared by the morning after Thursday’s “bomb cyclone” — but pavements outside many city properties remained covered in snow...
Daughter of Black Lives Matter icon Eric Garner dies at 27
Erica Garner, whose father Eric became a national symbol of excessive police force after a fatal struggle with cops on Staten Island, died early Saturday, her family said. Garner, 27,...
De Blasio defends NYC's troubled ferry service
What the hull? Mayor de Blasio said Thursday he saw no serious safety issues with his foundering ferry fleet — claiming that two groundings in little more than a month...
Ferry captain strayed off course before getting stuck on sandbar
The captain who ran an NYC Ferry boat onto a sandbar off the Rockaways — stranding nearly two dozen passengers for nearly six hours — is suspected of causing the...
Dozens of people stranded after NYC ferry hits sandbar
An NYC Ferry boat carrying 27 people ran aground on a sandbar off the Rockaways on Wednesday evening -- stranding it for hours in sub-freezing temperatures because the water is...
Disabled man killed by hit-and-run driver
A disabled man was killed Thursday night when a callous hit-and-run driver slammed into him in Queens. Thomas Kelly, 47, was found less than two blocks from his home, lying...
Armed robber steals $700K from high-end watch store: cops
A gunman robbed a high-end Upper East Side watch store in a smash-and-grab Tuesday — making off with $700,000 worth of timepieces, according to authorities. The thief approached the A....
'I'm so embarrassed': Owner struggling to get back pup left in cab
A Manhattan woman left her puppy in a taxi on Thanksgiving — and is now getting a costly lesson in responsible dog ownership before she’s allowed to get her back....
Forget turkey -- Black Friday bargain hunters are busy gobbling up deals
Ravenous bargain-hunters skipped Thanksgiving lunch Thursday to get a head start on Black Friday shopping -- with some lining up as early as 3 a.m. to gobble up the best...
Italian Americans: De Blasio is enabling monument vandalism
Italian Americans say Mayor de Blasio has fake blood on his hands for refusing to pardon statues of Christopher Columbus from a city panel reviewing “symbols of hate.” About 50...
FDNY says Harlem building engulfed in flames in danger of collapsing
A raging six-alarm fire engulfed the top floors of a Harlem building in flames Friday afternoon, injuring several people and forcing dozens of residents to flee their homes. More than...
These NYC neighborhoods are hotbeds for parking tickets
Drivers rack up more parking tickets in Manhattan than any other borough and are especially targeted in the Financial District and on the Upper East Side, a study has found....
Lawmakers want to curb terror attacks by grilling vehicle renters
State lawmakers on Wednesday announced a new proposal to curb truck terror attacks by compelling vehicle-rental workers to grill customers on their plans — and then report sketchy answers to...
Deacon fatally stabbed at halfway house by resident
A devout Catholic deacon was stabbed to death at a Long Island halfway house where he worked for decades trying to help those living on society’s margins, police and friends...
MTA debuts subway cars with foldable seats
The MTA debuted its new L trains with seats folded up on the locked position to make more room -- but wound up with people forced to stand in mostly...
Shrinks take to streets to demand 'narcissistic' Trump's ouster
They’re not nuts about Trump. Some 125 psychologists and other mental health professionals marched along lower Broadway Saturday to demand that President Trump be thrown out of office, based on...