Local News

The 14th home invasion of the year on Staten Island puts the normally quiet neighborhood of Great Kills on high alert.   The latest report of an armed break- in happened yesterday morning at 9:30am.   A man on Elverton Avenue answered his door and saw a woman in scrubs posing ... Read more!

Long Island-bound commuters who like to have a few drinks on the ride home better catch an earlier train out of Penn Station. Beginning at midnight tonight, no booze will be allowed overnight on the Long Island Rail Road.   The overnight ban is in effect beginning at midnight until ... Read more!

The Kennedy family is once again forced to deal with tragedy. Robert F. Kennedy junior's estranged wife Mary Richardson, a 52-year-old mother of four, was found dead in her Westchester home adding to the list of Kennedy family struggles. Police were called to the home yesterday where Richardson had allegedly ... Read more!

A mistake was made in testing regulations in Brooklyn and now almost 200 students have to take their SAT tests again this weekend. The high school juniors took the tests at Packer Collegiate on May 5 in Brooklyn Heights but a surprise check by SAT officials found the students were ... Read more!

A watch helped lead investigators to a John F Kennedy Airport cargo worker stealing from care packages going to servicemen and women overseas. Postal inspectors say Terrance Ralph was wearing a stolen Invicta watch when they brought him in for questioning.  Postal inspectors got suspicious after receiving reports that packages ... Read more!

It was an anonymous letter to the Port Authority Inspector General that got authorities to look into Jerry Thomas, a security worker at one of the nation’s largest airports, Newark Liberty.   It turns out Thomas was in fact Bimbo Oyewole an immigrant from Nigeria who assumed the identity of a ... Read more!

Today marks the midway point of National Etiquette Week.  Have you been on your best behavior and doing the right thing?  Patricia Fitzpatrick from the Etiquette School of New York shares some tips for a more pleasant and civil New York City. 10 Etiquette Dos for a More Pleasant and ... Read more!

It's official!  The New York Mets will host the 2013 All- Star game at Citi Field.  The announcement was made earlier this afternoon at City Hall with baseball Commissioner Bud Selig, Mets owner Fred Wilpon, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, and, of course, Mr. Met.   Mayor Bloomberg said ... Read more!

New details are emerging about a Newark Liberty Airport security supervisor who pleaded not guilty to identity theft on Tuesday.  Bimbo Oyewole may have assumed the identity of a New York man weeks before the man was murdered. Oyewole, a Nigerian immigrant living in the United States illegally, is accused ... Read more!

The Syosset school board has a new member.   18-year-old high school senior, Josh Lafazan won the seat becoming the youngest elected official in New York State.    The victory became his yesterday in spite of accusations his that his father had stolen absentee ballot records.  Still, the controversy appeared ... Read more!