TikTok banana-dancing influencer cheers up New York during severe flooding: 'This made my day'
TikTok user Mekhiah went viral on Friday for their videos of them doing the Milly Rock while New York was impacted by flash flooding.
Hollywood writers union leaders end strike as board members approve contract with studios
The strike by Hollywood screenwriters is over. Leaders of the writers union declared their nearly five-month-old strike over Tuesday after board members approved a contract agreement with studios.
Hollywood writers strike saga nears conclusion: Tentative deal reached, pending approval
Union leaders and Hollywood studios reached a tentative agreement Sunday to end a historic screenwriters strike after nearly five months, though no deal is yet in the works for striking actors.
New York bus crash leaves 2 dead, 43 injured on I-84 in Wawayanda
The crash involved students and chaperons from Farmingdale High School on Long Island. The bus was en route to band camp in Greeley, Pennsylvania.
West Point time capsule ends up just being filled with gray dust, disappointing historians
An audience at the U.S. Military Academy hoped to see military relics or historical documents pulled from the box. Instead, they let out a groan after experts pried open the top and pointed a camera inside to show just a layer of sediment on the bottom.
Rudy Giuliani heads to Georgia to turn himself in: 'I'm a big boy, I can take it'
"If I'm not on time, who knows what they'll do to me," Giuliani warned before stopping to talk to cameras outside his Upper East Side apartment.
New York drone captures multiple sharks hunting near Long Island shore
The footage comes after a woman was bitten at Rockaway Beach in Queens, prompting the New York City Parks Department to close the beach to swimming and surfing.
Watch: Amusement park ride spins out of control for 10-plus minutes
Video shows the ride spin out of control as confused riders scream and passersby film the ordeal.
Construction crane catches fire, partially collapses in Hell’s Kitchen
The crane is located on the west side of Manhattan, around W 41st St. and 10th Avenue, near Hudson Yards.
Convicted con artist Anna Sorokin releases single while under house arrest
"Fake heiress" Anna Sorokin, the convicted con artist and fraudster who fooled New York's social elite, released a country song on Friday.
'No end in sight' for Gilgo Beach murders investigation
Over in Amityville, police taped off two facilities where investigators searched storage lockers linked to Heuermann.
Gilgo Beach murders: Suspect charged with killing 3 victims
Police say phone records and DNA from a discarded pizza crust led them to charge a Long Island architect with the murders of three of the 11 victims from a long-unsolved string of killings known as the Gilgo Beach murders.
Janitor attempting to turn off beeping noise destroys decades of scientific research
The janitor is accused of damaging at least $1 million in scientific research.
Sheldon Harnick, 'Fiddler on the Roof' lyricist, dies at 99
Tony- and Grammy Award-winning lyricist Sheldon Harnick was known for his wry, subtle humor and deft wordplay. Many Broadway artists paid their respects on social media.
Who paid George Santos' $500K bond? Records show who kept congressman out of jail
Santos' lawyer had insisted on keeping the names a secret, saying "great harm" could come from disclosing who kept the congressman out of jail.
Former Mafia boss, 88, convicted of ordering several murders pleads for 'compassionate release' from prison
The Luchese crime family boss Vittorio 'Little Vic' Amuso has served more than 31 years.
Woman, 22, killed in hit-and-run by suspected drunk driver she refused to ride with earlier, authorities say
Madison Faltisco, 22, was walking along a roadway in upstate New York when she was struck by the vehicle, authorities said. Her body was found hours later.
1 dead, several rescued after tour boat capsizes in underground NY cave
One person was killed and multiple people were sent to local hospitals after a boat capsized Monday during a tour of an underground cavern system built to carry water from the Erie Canal beneath the western New York city of Lockport, officials said.
New York smoke postpones Yankees game Minnesota man waited 45 years for
A Minnesota native in New York said she’s seen wildfire smoke in the Twin Cities before, but it’s eerie to see it on the East Coast.
'Jerry Maguire' star Cuba Gooding Jr. settles civil sex abuse case, averting trial
Actor Cuba Gooding Jr. has settled with a woman who claims he raped her, averting a trial that was about to begin in New York City.