Bookhaven in Fairmount closes after a nearly 40-year ‘labor of love’
Listen to article • 0:00 minBookhaven, a beloved used bookstore in Fairmount known for its sprawling selection and fluffy shop cats, has closed. The news came this week, in the…
New York’s newly identified Underground Railroad passage is under threat
By TERRY TANG and JOSEPH FREDERICK NEW YORK (AP) — A newly identified Underground Railroad passageway once used by enslaved people fleeing to freedom is putting the spotlight on a…
Jill Biden Secret Service agent accidentally shot himself in the leg
A United States Secret Service special agent on former first lady Jill Biden’s security detail mistakenly shot himself in the leg at Philadelphia International Airport on Friday, according to reports.…
Dietary supplement makers push the FDA to allow peptides and other new ingredients
By MATTHEW PERRONE, AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Makers of dietary supplements are pushing the Food and Drug Administration to expand the types of ingredients they can put in…
NYPD cop busted after pulling gun on fellow officer at 1PP headquarters: sources
A 10-year NYPD veteran was arrested after he allegedly pulled his weapon on another cop inside police headquarters, police sources said Friday. Police Officer Quilbvio Espinal, 35, was taken into…
Teen mugging victim grabs knife from attacker, stabs him five times on Bronx subway
A teen slashed in the face and robbed of his cellphone on a Bronx subway train grabbed a knife from his attacker and stabbed his mugger five times with it…
NYPD, FBI thwart plot to assassinate NYC Palestinian activist Nerdeen Kiswani
The NYPD and federal authorities have arrested a man who planned to firebomb the home of Nerdeen Kiswani, the head of one of the city’s most active pro-Palestinian protest groups,…
A whale stranded at a Baltic Sea resort has swum off a sandbank. But it isn’t safe yet
BERLIN (AP) — A whale that was stranded for days in shallow water at a Baltic Sea resort in Germany has swum free from a sandbank overnight after a last-ditch…
Blaze erupts in Bronx FDNY firehouse, trapping firefighters on 2nd floor
A fire erupted inside a Bronx firehouse early Friday, trapping a handful of firefighters on the second floor, FDNY officials said. Members of another fire company in the same firehouse…
Rep. Goldman demands ICE turn over full account of migrant arrests fueled by false justification
Following the revelation that Immigration and Customs Enforcement misrepresented its authority to arrest people in immigration court, Congressman Dan Goldman Friday demanded ICE and the Department of Homeland Security provide…