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JFK-Bound Flight Diverted After Threatening Letter Found On Board

A passenger jet from Cairo to New York was diverted to the United Kingdom Saturday, after a threatening message was found onboard.

2013/06/15

Queens Fatal Stabbing: Danthony McDonald

Aspiring U.S. Marine Stabbed To Death In Queens

Danthony McDonald was going to be a U.S. Marine, putting his life on the line for his country.

2013/06/15

Pianos Pack The Big Apple For Annual ‘Sing For Hope’ Festival

Eighty-eight of the instruments, one for each of the piano’s keys, have been placed throughout the city by artists working with Sing For Hope, an organization created by a pair of Julliard graduates, as a resource for artists to engage local communities.

2013/06/01

A Wet And Miserable Start To Memorial Day Weekend

Memorial Day Weekend it may be, but it might as well be mid-March for New Yorkers stepping outside Saturday.

2013/05/25

Photo Of Crime Scene Tape (John Li/Getty Images)

Police: Gunman Used Anti-Gay Slurs Before Killing Man In Greenwich Village

A gunman used anti-gay slurs before he shot and killed a man in fashionable Greenwich Village early Saturday, police Commissioner Ray Kelly said.

2013/05/18

Demonstrators rallied for an end to anti-gay violence, after a series of bias attacks (Credit 1010 WINS Reporter Gary Baumgarten)

New Yorkers Rally In Midtown To Oppose Series Of Alleged Bias Attacks Against Gay Couples

Demonstrators gathered to denounce violence against the gay community, in light of a recent spate of alleged bias attacks against gay couples in the city.

2013/05/16

Police Search For Father Who Allegedly Beat Infant In Plainfield, N.J.

Police in Plainfield, N.J., on Saturday were looking for a father who beat and gravely injured 3-month-old infant on Friday night.

2013/05/11

Brooklyn Bridge (credit: Don Emmert/AFP/Getty Images)

Traffic Hits Standstill As Cops Talk Man Off Of Brooklyn Bridge Tower

Police, donning helmets and orange vests, scaled the bridge’s cables to get to the man who was perched on top of the 276-foot tower, the New York Post reported.

2013/05/04

‘Star Wars’ Fans Flock To Times Square For ‘May The Fourth Be With You’

“Star Wars” fans gathered in the Ripley’s Believe It or Not! Times Square Odditorium Saturday, to celebrate what has been deemed the “holiest’ day on the “Star Wars” calendar.

2013/05/04

A home in the Oakwood Beach section of Staten Island damaged by superstorm Sandy - Feb. 5, 2013 (credit: Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Gov Cuomo Offers New Yorkers Affected By Sandy Chance To Relocate As Weather Concerns Persist

Governor Andrew Cuomo has offered some New York residents who were affected by Sandy money to relocate.

2013/04/27

Tiger Woods reacts during the second round of the Masters (Photo credit should read JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images)

Tiger Woods Avoids DQ, Gets 2-Stroke Penalty At Masters

Woods, who finished Day 2 at 3-under-par, will move down to 1-under on the big board, five strokes out of the lead.

2013/04/13

Queens Building Collapse On Jamaica Ave. (credit: FDNY via Twitter)

No Injuries After Building Collapse In Woodhaven, Queens

The two-story commercial building, located at Jamaica Ave. near 79th St., was vacant at the time.

2013/04/12

Alex Rodriguez (credit: Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images)

Reports: A-Rod Bought Biogenesis Documents; Intended To Destroy Or Leak Them

According to reports, A-Rod bought documents from an ex-Biogenesis employee. His intention was to reportedly either destroy them or leak them in an effort to draw attention to other players.

2013/04/12