A man barged into the property of a Hindu family in New York’s Queens Village and ripped down religious flags, discarded them in the garbage and left the family in absolute shock. The New York Police Department (NYPD) is probing the incident as a hate crime. The incident is from April 20 but came to…
Sarah Palin, the former governor of Alaska and 2008 Republican vice-presidential nominee, told a Manhattan jury on Monday that her profile “crashed” as a result of a 2017 editorial published by The New York Times. Ms. Palin said the editorial, which wrongly linked an ad from her political action committee with inciting a mass shooting,…
A woman suffering from mental illness and her differently-abled son were found dead in their New York home, with her 4-year-old daughter stuck inside the house with her bug-infested body for weeks, surviving on chocolates, reported the New York Post. The daughter, Promise, was found next to her mother, Lisa Cotton, 38, and eight-year-old brother,…
A young mother in New York City has died following a botched cosmetic surgery performed by an unlicensed practitioner, according to an update posted by her family on a GoFundMe page. Maria Penaloza Cabrera passed away on April 11, weeks after undergoing a butt lift implant removal procedure at her home in Queens on March…
Thousands of Americans gathered in cities and towns nationwide on April 19 to protest US President Donald Trump’s policies. The demonstrations, which coincide with the anniversary of the American Revolutionary War’s opening battles in 1775, carried a mix of civic resistance and historical symbolism. The events ranged from large marches in major cities to quieter…
A private plane carrying six people crashed into a muddy agricultural field in upstate New York on Saturday, killing everyone on board, authorities confirmed. The aircraft, a twin-engine Mitsubishi MU-2B, was headed to Columbia County Airport when it went down around 12:15 p.m. in the town of Copake, roughly 10 miles south of Hudson. Former…
A Bell 206 tourist helicopter crashed into New York City’s Hudson River, resulting in the deaths of all six people on board, including three children. The victims are believed to be a family from Spain. The incident, which occurred during what was meant to be a vacation aerial tour, was captured on camera. New York…
The New York State Education Department on Friday issued a defiant response to the Trump administration’s threats to pull federal funding from public schools over certain diversity, equity and inclusion programs, a remarkable departure from the conciliatory approach of other institutions in recent weeks. Daniel Morton-Bentley, the deputy commissioner for legal affairs at the state…
A New York county clerk on Thursday blocked Texas from filing a legal action against a New York doctor for prescribing and sending abortion pills to a Texas woman. The unprecedented move catapults the interstate abortion wars to a new level, setting the stage for a high-stakes legal battle between states that ban abortion and…
President Trump’s overture to President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia to end the war in Ukraine has rattled leaders across Europe. Few have been more transformed than Prime Minister Keir Starmer of Britain, who was elected last summer on a standard-issue promise to revive his country’s economy and public services. Now, Mr. Starmer finds himself…