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‘The Huupe’, a new smart basketball hoop has been installed at Tompkins Square Park. The founders Paul Anton and Lyth Saeed accompanied Sue Donoghue, the NYC Parks Commissioner, to cut the ribbon yesterday afternoon. They invited some local children to come to learn about this new technology and be the...
On Monday night a woman in Gloucester City was hit by a stray bullet while in her bed. Authorities say that Francisco Griffin, her 51-year-old neighbor fired the shot after getting into an argument with a woman outside his house at around 11 p.m. Griffin has been charged with second-degree...
This Sunday evening a man snuck up behind a woman waiting for her flight and stabbed her in the face. The victim, Melissa Mauldin, was taken to the hospital where she was treated for a fractured nose and received 14 stitches on her right cheek. Mauldin was in town for...
On Sunday multiple orcas crashed into a sailboat off the northwestern coast of Spain. The amount of orcas has not been specified, but they did significant damage to the vessel’s rudder. According to Spain’s maritime rescue service the man and woman on the boat called for a mayday at roughly...
Yesterday at 76 Wyoming Ct. in Syosset, Long Island five people were found dead in what is suspected to be a murder-suicide. Nassau County Police have identified the alleged shooter as former EMT Joseph DeLucia Jr. According to some neighbors, DeLucia Jr. was having a difficult time dealing with the...
The recent global upsurge in monkeypox cases has raised concerns and brought attention to how unstable newly developing infectious illnesses can be. Monkeypox was first discovered in 1958 and was mostly limited to areas of Central and West Africa. But recent outbreaks have shown that it can move outside of...
An unsettling rise in extreme weather occurrences has characterized 2024, underscoring the growing urgency of the global climate catastrophe. These events, which range from catastrophic floods in Europe and Asia to unheard-of heatwaves and wildfires in North America, highlight the urgent need for comprehensive climate action. Warm temperatures across North...
Yesterday it was officially announced that Jennifer Lopez would be filing for divorce from Ben Affleck. This is now the second time the couple have broken up, the first time coming twenty years ago in early 2004 right before they were supposed to officially tie the knot. The couple’s second...
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...
