10:40PM EST Monday: [UPDATES & PHOTO LINK BELOW] Hundreds of volunteers are searching the streets of Boro Park, Monday night, for a 9-year-old child who never returned home from day

The sweltering, humid weather that makes stepping out your front door like stepping into a hot, slick sponge continued Tuesday. Temperatures could reach a high of 95, but the heat

People planning to visit the Sept. 11 memorial when it opens to the public following the 10th anniversary have snapped up all the tickets for the entire first week after

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Brooklyn, NY – Kosher Fresh Diet a complementary Kosher meal plan stemming from the creators of The Fresh Diet, America’s premier at-home meal delivery company, is happy to announce today

Keith Carmickle and his friends had already caught three balls during Major League Baseball’s Home Run Derby Monday night and wanted more. He nearly got a lot more: a headfirst

Four unidentified young men wearing masks threw incendiary bottles into the synagogue building on Signalny Proyezd Street at 12:40 a.m. on Tuesday and fled, a law enforcement source told Interfax.

A passenger at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport was caught trying to board a plane with two stun guns stashed in his luggage — just two days after

In “a shot across President Obama’s bow,” Democratic former Mayor Ed Koch urged voters in Queens and Brooklyn to make “history” by voting for the Republican candidate to replace randy

9:00PM EST: [VIDEO & PHOTOS IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] The FDNY is currently battling a large fire in a Manhattan synagogue. The fire is in the Congregation Kehilath Jeshurun Synagogue, on

A Metro-North train suffered a minor derailment shortly after leaving Grand Central station during the evening rush hour. The first two cars on the 6 p.m. train on the Hudson

The NY Daily News reports: Before shooting Osama bin Laden, the CIA tried to give him a shot. In an elaborate and ingenious plot to confirm the terror leader’s whereabouts,

As Republican and Conservative candidate Bob Turner begins his campaign for the Congress seat vacated by Anthony Weiner, Senator Charles Schumer has backed the Democratic candidate, Queens Assemblyman David Weprin.

A heat advisory is in effect for the 5 boroughs until Tuesday 9 p.m. With temps in the 90s and humidity making it feel much hotter, here are some tips

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A scandal that already has taken down Britain’s best-selling Sunday tabloid and launched an inquiry into journalistic practices in the country widened Monday with startling allegations against two more News

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A fast-moving fire forced the evacuation of a Rikers Island jail Sunday night, officials said. The blaze broke out about 8:10 p.m. in a heating unit of the George Motchan

As workers near completion of the September 11th Memorial in Lower Manhattan, tickets are now available online for those who want to visit. Up to nine passes for a specific

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