SEPTA’s struggles strike again, stranding some Regional Rail riders: ‘You have to be kidding me’
Leroy Biggs got up at 5 a.m. Monday and, as he does every morning, ate bacon, eggs, and two pieces of toast and washed it down with orange juice and…
DNA ties dead Long Island man to 1990s murder and rape cases
Long Island authorities say they’ve solved a murder and a rape case involving separate elderly mental hospital patients. The suspect, Steven Briecke, died in 2014. DNA testing connect Briecke to…
Niece of Bronx triple-murder-suicide gunman says he was brought down by mental illness, drugs
The niece of a Bronx man who shot his mother, daughter and daughter’s boyfriend in a horrific triple-murder-suicide says he had been her “protector” before mental health and substance abuse…
CUNY authorizes emergency funding for campus food pantries amid SNAP crisis
With federal SNAP benefits in limbo, the City University of New York is distributing $140,000 across all campuses to stock up campus food pantries and help feed hungry students. More…
NYPD releases images of swastika-painting vandal who hit yeshiva, Jewish cemetery after election
Police released surveillance video Monday of a fedora-wearing cyclist dressed who roiled the city when he spray-painted swastikas at a Brooklyn yeshiva and a Jewish cemetery just hours after the…
Man stabbed to death at North Jersey TGI Fridays
A North Jersey man was stabbed to death at a TGI Fridays restaurant late Sunday night, police said. The victim has not been publicly identified, and no suspects were named…
Disbarred Rudy Giuliani wants his law license back after Trump pardon over 2020 election
The disbarred Rudy Giuliani on Monday said he should be allowed to practice law again after receiving a presidential pardon from Donald Trump. U.S. Pardon Attorney Ed Martin included the…
After three unsuccessful auditions, a Curtis grad has won the Philadelphia Orchestra’s principal trumpeter spot. He’s 26.
The Philadelphia Orchestra’s long and rocky search for a new principal trumpeter has landed on a recent Curtis Institute of Music graduate. James Vaughen, 26, won the job after a…
NJ men vandalized Rye’s Playland Park, causing thousands in damages
One of three New Jersey men has been charged, and two more are being sought, for allegedly breaking into Playland Park in Rye, N.Y., slashing cables, stealing stuffed animals and…
Teen suspect arrested in stabbing death of 15-year-old LI boy
A 17-year-old male suspect has been arrested in the deadly stabbing of a 15-year-old boy on Long Island, authorities announced Monday. The teenage suspect, who was identified only as a…