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Rikers Guards Watched as Man Bled From Razor Wound

A captain and two correction officers were suspended last week for failing to intervene for at least 10 minutes after a man slit his throat with a razor, bleeding out in his cell. Send any friend a story As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month. Anyone can read what you […]

Penn Station Plan Makes a High-Stakes Bet on the Future of Office Work

Despite near record-high office vacancies, Gov. Kathy Hochul has backed a real estate project at the New York transit hub that would be one of the largest in American history. The rapid shift to remote work during the pandemic has battered the commercial real estate industry, a cornerstone of the New York City economy.Credit… Supported […]

Mystery illness killing dozens of dogs in Michigan identified

The mystery illness killing dogs in Michigan has finally been identified as parvovirus. Over 30 dogs in Michigan died when an outbreak occurred at a shelter. Panic ensued after veterinarians could not initially identify what was causing the deaths. The state Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (MDARD) was able to identify the mystery disease […]

Two dead and two wounded after mass shooting at Kentucky homeless shelter

A man has been arrested and charged in a shooting rampage at a homeless shelter that left two people dead and two people wounded. Police responded to an active shooter situation at the Harbor Home Christian Center in Henderson, Kentucky, around 7.40pm on Thursday. When police arrived on the scene, they found four victims with […]

Ambulance explodes, killing 91-year-old patient and injuring paramedic

One person died and another was critically injured when an ambulance suddenly caught fire in a possible explosion in Hawaii. An ambulance from Kaneohe was taking a 91-year-old man in Kailua to Adventist Castle Health hospital on Wednesday night when it suddenly burst into flames. ‘We had an ambulance tonight, for reasons we don’t understand, […]

Man meeting dating app woman held hostage at gunpoint

A man was held hostage and robbed at gunpoint by a woman he was meeting for the first time, whom he connected with on a dating app, police said. The 30-year-old victim, who has not been identified, drove to an apartment complex in Parkland, Washington, to meet a woman he connected with on the dating […]

Hero dog saves owner after bear bites her

A woman has credited her Jack Russell Terrier with saving her life from a massive black bear that attacked her while she was walking her dogs. Susan Lee was walking along a trail on her property Saturday with her two dogs, the terrier and a labradoodle, when she heard a startling noise. The 61-year-old soon […]

Paladino Loses to G.O.P. Chairman in Western New York Primary

Jesse McKinley, Michael Gold and Lauren D’Avolio Nick Langworthy, the New York State Republican Party chairman, defeated Carl Paladino in a primary in New York’s 23rd Congressional District on Tuesday, delivering a win for the party establishment against perhaps its most polarizing figure. Mr. Langworthy, who has overseen the state party since 2019, was declared the […]

Republican Wins Special House Election in Rural New York

Nicholas Fandos Joe Sempolinski, a local Republican Party leader and former congressional aide, won a special election on Tuesday for a vacant House seat in western New York, according to The Associated Press, keeping the sprawling rural district under Republican control. The race was surprisingly close, but Mr. Sempolinski was ultimately able to capitalize on […]

Sean Patrick Maloney Repels Challenge to Win Bitterly Fought Primary

Katie Glueck Representative Sean Patrick Maloney of New York, the chair of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, won his primary contest on Tuesday, according to The Associated Press, defeating Alessandra Biaggi, a state senator who challenged him from the left. The race for the newly redrawn 17th District of New York was a high-drama, divisive […]