Early this morning, a fight broke out in a Manhattan train station, the fight resulted in one of the men getting stabbed in the neck. The stabbing occurred on the northbound 4 train platform inside the 96th Street and Lexington Avenue subway station. Local police announced that no arrests had...
At around 8:50 a.m. this morning, a local policeman located skeletal remains near the Brooklyn Bridge. The skull and bones were found at 55 Water Street in Dumbo. More officers are continuing to investigate the nearby Brooklyn Bridge Park as well as looking along the waterfront by Jane’s Carousel. As...
Yesterday, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy announced that he will wave fares for all NJ Transit rides, across all systems. The free rides will be from August 26th to September 2nd. For those who have already purchased a monthly pass, they will get a 25% discount on September’s pass. Murphy...
Over the last month, New York’s Central Park has seen a string of robberies. Compared to 2023, NYPD explains, robberies here have increased by 200%. While this alone isn’t great for the tourist attraction, what makes it scarier is that many of the more recent crimes are being committed by...
Today, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy announced the start of a new program, the Affordable New Jersey Communities for Homeowners and Renters, known as ANCHOR. This program offers financial assistance in the form of property tax relief to New Jersey citizens who rent or own a property designated as their...
As Tropical Storm Ernesto gets closer to the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico authorities and citizens alike have begun to prepare for the worst. According to multiple reports, 18 mph winds are heading east as well as up to 10 inches of torrential rain. The rain is expected to create...
New York City Mayor Eric Adams recently announced a new measure to eliminate the city’s rat problem. Known as the “Rat Pack”, the volunteer program is dedicated to removing the rat population from the five boroughs. Bloomberg quotes Adams as saying the rat pack is an “elite squad of anti-rat...
Last Thursday, the CDC published a list of the top 10 causes of death in the United States in 2023. The list is comprised of data from the National Vital Statistics System. The total for the year was 3,090,582 deaths, down almost 200,000 from 3,279,857 resident deaths in 2022. The...
On July 24th a fire erupted in the Sacramento Valley city of Chico. Officials close to the situation have said that the fire was caused by arson. Just over two weeks later, this fire is still burning, wreaking havoc across California. The Park Fire has burned 414,000 acres across the...
It’s a terrible truth that we live in a world where school shootings have been normalized to the point that schools have started active shooter drills. While this is a way to ensure students are prepared for the worst-case scenarios, some argue that the drills are becoming too realistic. These...
With another week of bad weather ahead, NYC officials developed a unique way of warning locals. To keep vulnerable neighborhoods knowledgeable about possible weather crises, loudspeaker-equipped drones have been released into the sky. According to AP News, the devices will emit “a buzzing sound in the background…warning people who live...
Visitors to Keyport, New Jersey are being warned not to touch or ingest anything at their beach because it is possible. They are also being directed not to swim in the oceans along the shore. Coming into contact with arsenic can cause a variety of health problems such as liver...
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