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On Sunday, February 15, 2026, just after 7 pm, the FDNY received multiple calls reporting a fire at 41-50 78th St., an apartment building in East Elmhurst between Broadway and Woodside Avenue. Upon arrival, the incident was classified as a heavy “all-hands fire,” and 21 FDNY units were dispatched, with...
The Democratic primary race for the special election in New Jersey’s 11th District has been called. Progressive organizer Analilia Mejia has won, beating almost a dozen other candidates, including former US representative Tom Malinowski. This special election is being held to fill the US House seat previously held by Mikie...
On Tuesday, February 10, 2026, Canada had its deadliest school shooting in decades at a high school in Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia. Nine deaths have been confirmed, and dozens have been confirmed as wounded. One of the deaths is the suspected attacker, eighteen-year-old Jesse Van Rootselaar. Rootselaar had been a...
Tragedy struck in Long Island, New York once again as several homes were destroyed at the hands of an unrelenting fire that resulted in multiple injuries and one fatality. Officers responded to a call around 4:30 A.M. on February 11 in Bellmore where they learned that a victim was stuck...
After four weeks, a tentative deal has been made to end the nurses strike for Mount Sinai Medical Center in Manhattan and Montefiore Hospital in the Bronx. The agreement was made late Sunday night following into early Monday morning. This deal will affect 10,500 nurses between these hospital systems and...
Bad Bunny’s halftime show during yesterday’s Super Bowl LX was full of symbolism and surprises, but something most viewers missed was an appearance by an iconic New Yorker. Owner of the Caribbean Social Club in Brooklyn, Maria Antonia Cay, better known as Toñita, can be seen serving Bad Bunny a...
The New York City nurses strike has been going on for about four weeks now, with the initial walk-out beginning on January 12, 2026. Today, February 6, 2026, marks the 26th consecutive day that nurses from three major hospital systems within New York City have been on strike. While negotiations...
The New York archdiocese is “among the largest in the nation, serving roughly 2.5 million Catholics”, and tomorrow it will have a new archbishop. The Bishop of Joliet, Illinois, Ronald Hicks, has been named the archbishop-designate and will be officially installed on February 6, 2026. Hicks will be replacing the...
Long Island witnessed one of its largest cases of drug trafficking in an incident that occurred on February 3, 2026 in Nassau County where police stopped a pickup truck that was suspected as the site of a drug deal. Officers arrived at the parking lot of a Holiday Inn where...
On January 31, 2026, Mayor of New York City Zohran Mamdani announced five new appointments. They are a part of core agencies within the city’s government, and appeal to Mamdani’s plan to ensure New York City is safer and more affordable for its residents. Stanley Richard was appointed as the...
“If you see an ICE agent in the street, get your phone out, we want to know,” said New Jersey Governor Mikie Sherrill as she announced a new state-run public portal to track ICE activity across the state. The online portal is expected to launch within the next few days...
On Wednesday, January 29, a New Jersey man, Dan Sohail, crashed his car into the Chabad Lubavitch headquarters in New York City. The building is located in Brooklyn, and serves as a synagogue, the worldwide headquarters of Chabot.org, and a major symbol of Judaism around the globe. The incident occurred...
