NEW YORK – Police say a woman driving without a license hit and ran over three people outside of an elementary school in New York City. The victims are reported to be two girls and a man. Two children, 7 and 14, and a man were hurt in the Queens accident, and the NYPD said…
CHICAGO – After a high-speed chase, police caught a driver driving carelessly down the Eisenhower and Dan Ryan expressways. The chase happened on Thursday afternoon as per reports. Officials began following the black Hyundai Sonata on the West Side of Chicago’s Eisenhower Expressway. The car was sought for fleeing and eluding from Oak Brook in…
NEW YORK – FDNY officials say two small cranes fell on scaffolding outside of a building in Midtown Manhattan on Friday afternoon. Around 3 p.m., it happened at a house off of 38th Street on Ninth Avenue that was empty and being built on. Officials say that a small spider crane on the roof was…
An Iowa college student’s passport was taken away while they were being investigated in the Dominican Republic. This is a warning for Americans travelling abroad, who should be very careful to keep their travel papers safe, according to an expert. Joshua Riibe, 22, had his passport and cell phone taken away last month while police…
NEW YORK – Two NYPD officers have been fired because they are accused of running away from the scene of a fiery car accident while they were chasing a stolen car. Reports say that the police followed the suspect down the Henry Hudson Parkway before the car crashed. This is what we know: Police say…
We are still having very unstable weather. On Thursday, it went from highs in the 40s to highs in the 70s. The Mets’ home opener goes off without a hitch after overnight rain. That made it possible for a warm and wet night with lows in the 50s. It’s also been noticeably more humid. Around…
Governor Kathy Hochul announced today that civil service exam application fees are now waived for all New York State civil service exams, beginning on July 1, 2023 through December 2025. The removal of fees for all State exams was one of several actions included in the FY 2024 Budget to help modernize New York’s public workforce. “As…
The Department of Sanitation has revealed that the citywide curbside composting program will begin next week. The program will start in Queens on Monday, with plans to roll it out to Brooklyn in the fall. The curbside composting program is an extension of the Department of Sanitation’s existing composting initiative, which encourages residents to drop…
The New York City Department of Homeless Services (NYCDHS) has issued a Code Blue alert, effective until Monday, March 20 at 8:00 AM, as temperatures drop below 32 degrees Fahrenheit. The alert requires shelters to take in all homeless individuals, regardless of their status, and is a reminder of the challenges that homeless people face,…
