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Good Samaritan pepper-sprayed, slashed by violent pair after intervening in NYC 'dog fight': cops
The 47-year-old victim stepped in when he spotted two dogs getting aggressive with each other, prompting their owners to get into a spat around 8 p.m. Sunday on West 125th...
Teen swimmer who vanished off Rockaway Beach during NYC heat wave found dead
The body of the high schooler – identified by his grieving mom as Brandon Figueroa, 18 – was found floating near the shoreline around 5:20 p.m. May 30 at Beach...
Multiple Knicks fans arrested celebrating team's NBA Finals Game 1 win during first MSG watch party allowed in weeks
At least four people, part of a rowdy handful who scaled street poles and ice cream trucks in celebration, were arrested and escorted away by police.
Teen charged with murder in deadly NYC shooting of woman whose brother may have been targeted: cops
“Reyna was an incredible older sister to her three younger siblings,” a GoFundMe page said. “There is nothing in the world she would not do for them. She loved them...
Stranger stabs man, 42, during NYC clash blocks from Times Square: cops
The victim was knifed once in the chest just after 2 a.m. outside a building on West 42nd Street near Ninth Avenue, a storefront shared by a Chinese restaurant and...
NYU student arrested in Nazi flag-raising incident during graduation event: cops
“The symbols that were represented are antisemitic and hateful to every person of conscience; this appalling act violated our sense of community and solidarity.”
Maniac allegedly shoves woman, 85, to ground – leaving her unconscious with brain bleed in NYC
The senior was getting off a bus at East 16th Street and Union Square East around 12:25 p.m. Monday when a much-younger woman – later identified as Paris Valentine, 29...
Homeless nut charged with stabbing 75-year-old woman twice released without bail last year
Shawnee Moore was accused of terrorizing a Brooklyn beauty shop last year -- but remained free to allegedly attack an elderly woman Sunday.
Cops heroically save 11 ducklings from storm drain in front of their frantic mother: video
The officers, assigned to the College Point academy, instantly got to work when they spotted the mama duck circling the drain as her babies chirped inside around 9 a.m. Saturday,...
NYC painter glad to be alive after maniac shoved him onto subway tracks, leaving him 'bathed in blood'
The victim, 63, was waiting for a southbound F train at Parsons Boulevard around 5:30 a.m. when the complete stranger approached him and struck without warning, authorities said.
Shocked NYC tenant fatally stabs violent ex-con burglar with own knife in struggle to disarm him: sources, report
The intruder bit the resident’s hands and cheek before knifing him in the neck, according to a family member.
Homeless maniac randomly stabs elderly woman waiting for Uber in NYC after eerie greeting: cops
Homeless maniac Shawnee Moore stabbed a 75-year-old woman in the neck as she waited for an Uber in Brooklyn after the nutjob eerily grunted "hello" to her, cops and sources...
Sticky-fingered devil swipes $400 from NYC church donation box
The sneaky suspect entered Our Lady of Angels on Sedgwick Avenue near Craig W. Staub Way in Kingsbridge Heights the evening of May 24, authorities said.
Firefighter charged with punching on-duty NYPD cop in face at NYC hospital
The blow left the officer with redness, swelling, and substantial pain, and he stayed at the hospital for treatment, the court doc said.
Hooded sicko rapes woman in broad daylight at Coney Island park
The sex fiend cornered the 59-year-old woman as she walked inside Kaiser Park, near the corner of Bayview and Neptune Avenues, in Coney Island around 8:20 a.m. Tuesday and sexually...
Tattooed woman in pink slippers fatally stabs man in NYC clash: cops
The woman, who has not been identified, allegedly knifed 34-year-old Isaiah Freeman in the chest around 8:10 p.m. Wednesday at Seaview Avenue and Rockaway Parkway in Canarsie, authorities said.
Mamdani slammed after revealing why he's boycotting NYC's Israel Day Parade
"He can march in the parade and have a different point of view, show respect for the Jewish people," a rabbi said.
Motorized scooter rider, bicyclist killed in head-on Queensboro Bridge crash during NYC morning rush: cops
A 39-year-old man was riding the stand-up scooter west in the bike lane when he rammed into the bicyclist, a 35-year-old man pedaling in the opposite direction, cops said.
Violent crew pummels, slashes Knicks fan near Madison Square Garden: cops, sources
Four men and a woman allegedly punched and kicked the victim, before one of them slashed him multiple times across the face and neck with “a cutting instrument,” authorities said.
NYPD cops to pull 12-hour shifts for July 4, World Cup and America 250: 'Unprecedented demands'
NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch said most cops will be working 12-hour shifts over the course of summer celebrations as tourists swarm the Big Apple.