The teenager who died while swimming off Rockaway Beach on Sunday, Aug. 9, has been named as 17-year-old Williamsburg High School student Sir Audley Sykes.

Damion Howell, 42, of 194th Street, was convicted of murder and other crimes on Aug. 11 after the jury deliberated for approximately two hours before reaching ...

Police from the 108th Precinct in Long Island City and Transit District 20 are looking for an elderly suspect who assaulted a female on-duty MTA employee at ...

A 7.4 magnitude earthquake hit Colombia on Monday, Aug. 10, at roughly 7:34 a.m., leaving over 250 people dead, according to Reuters, and over 900 injured.

Permits have been filed for the construction of an 8-story mixed-use building with 69 housing units at 25-05 35th St. in Long Island City.

Northwell Health has been named one of 14 health systems in the U.S. to receive the “Excellence in System-Wide Spread” recognition from the Institute for ...

Police from the 103rd Precinct in Jamaica are still looking for two commercial burglars and their getaway driver who pulled off a heist at the Liberty Banquet ...

Project Petals, a Jamaica-based nonprofit supporting under-resourced communities disproportionately impacted by climate challenges, has been selected as one ...

Adventuress, travel journalist and bestselling author Nikki Vargas has been chasing her wanderlust and exploring the globe for years while chronicling and ...

A 17-year-old boy died after he and an 18-year-old male swimmer were caught in a rip tide and swept under the waves off ...

The Center for Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies (CBMGS) at Queens College announced on Tuesday, Aug. 11, that it has secured $300,000 in renewed funding.

A motorcycle rider from upstate New York was killed in Maspeth on the morning of Saturday, Aug. 8, after he lost control of ...