A man died after he was shot in the head Saturday morning outside a Queens laundromat, cops said. Dominick Lowery, 31, of nearby St. Albans, was shot in front of Wash & Fold Super Laundry at the Conduit Plaza shopping strip around 8:37 a.m. near Springfield Blvd. and 144th Ave. in Laurelton. EMS rushed him…
Mayor Mamdani is implementing additional measures across the city to shelter vulnerable New Yorkers amid the brutally cold temperatures this weekend. The mercury in New York City dove to nearly zero degrees Saturday night. A wind advisory warning of winds of 20 mph to 25 mph, with gusts up to 50 mph, producing dangerously cold…
Their eyes were watching. Some knew something was wrong. Others were slow to realize. Soon everyone came to grief. Forty years ago Space Shuttle Challenger climbed into the clear amid blue skies over Cape Canaveral. The nation’s youth watched on TVs across the nation and from school playgrounds across Central Florida. Christa McAuliffe was to…
Say goodbye to those pretty black olive trees on Las Olas. The fate of Fort Lauderdale’s famous tree-lined median on its equally famous boulevard was sealed Tuesday night when the commission decided the median must go to make way for wider sidewalks and outdoor cafes. Today, four blocks of olive trees line the shops section…
Hot Seats, an illegal casino in Leesburg with apparent ties to the racketeering case against former Osceola County Sheriff Marcos Lopez, was raided Thursday night along with two other gambling operations in Lake County. The operation — dubbed “Calvin Coolidge,” after the former U.S. president, for reasons that remain obscure — targeted Hot Seats; The…
As he named a new schools chancellor Wednesday, Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani reversed course on a key but controversial campaign promise: to end mayoral control of the New York City public schools. “I will be asking the Legislature for a continuation of mayoral control,” Mamdani said during a news conference in northern Central Park to formally…
A 73-year-old woman was viciously beaten by a stranger in a Harlem subway station elevator after the victim complained that the attacker’s young daughter was touching her, police said Saturday. Cops have released an image of the menacing mother in the hopes that someone recognizes her. The victim told police she was taking the elevator…
It’s too late for a white Christmas, but New Yorkers could be in for a snowy post-holiday weekend. City Department of Sanitation workers are on double duty Friday, as a winter storm threatens to blanket the five boroughs with as much as 9 inches of snow. According to an advisory from the department, snow could…
Since taking office, Gov. Ron DeSantis has taken two different approaches when a member of Congress or the Florida Legislature resigns or dies. Sometimes he acts speedily to call a special election to fill the vacancy and get a replacement in office quickly, especially if it’s a district in which voters are likely to elect a…
Every year, the entire staff of National Geographic — writers, explorers, photographers — get together to decide the best places to visit in the year to come. It’s like the world’s most qualified travel company is giving you advice for free. Getting there, now that will cost you – although for 2026’s picks, some destinations…