US Open: Serena Williams loses to Ajla Tomljanovic

Serena Williams has lost what is expected to be the last match of her transcendent tennis career.

Former NYPD cop gets 10 years in prison for Jan. 6 attack

Thomas Webster, a former NYPD officer, will spend ten years behind bars for using a metal flagpole to assault one of the police officers trying to hold off a mob of Donald Trump supporters on January 6.

NY bans sale of cans of whipped cream to those under 21 years old

Store owners are being warned about a little-known law prohibiting the sale of whipped cream chargers to people under the age of 21 in New York.

5 people shot on Coney Island boardwalk, 1 dead

One man is dead and 4 other people are injured after a shooting on the Coney Island boardwalk late on Saturday night.

Rare Mickey Mantle card sold at auction for record $12.6 million

The rare Mickey Mantle card eclipsed the record just posted a few months ago for the most ever paid for sports memorabilia.

3 arrested in 'Yoga to the People' tax fraud case

The complaint said the defendants evaded taxes by failing to keep corporate books by accepting yoga students’ payments in cash, sometimes collected in tissue boxes passed around during classes, and by paying yoga teachers in cash and “off the books.”

New York boasts the world's skinniest skyscraper: Steinway Tower

One skyscraper stands out from the rest in the Manhattan skyline. It's not the tallest, but it is the skinniest — the world's skinniest, in fact.

Viral TikTok challenge blamed for spike in car thefts

The TikTok video shows how to hotwire Hyundai or Kia cars in less than 10 minutes, and is being blamed for a major increase in car thefts nationwide.

'Quiet quitting' is nothing new

We are hearing of people doing something called quiet quitting. However, it does not mean people are actually leaving their jobs. So what is quiet quitting?

Author Salman Rushdie stabbed on stage in New York

Salman Rushdie, whose novel “The Satanic Verses” drew death threats from Iran in the 1980s, has been stabbed in the neck and abdomen by a man who rushed the stage as the author was about to give a lecture in western New York.

Polio virus detected in NYC's wastewater, suggesting community spread

The polio virus has been found in New York City’s wastewater, a sign that the disease, which hadn’t been seen in the U.S. in a decade, is quietly spreading among unvaccinated people. Polio, which mostly affects children, was once one of the nation’s most feared diseases, with annual outbreaks causing thousands of cases of paralysis.

Officers jump in to help after carriage horse collapses on NYC street

The NYPD’s Mounted Unit had to help a distressed carriage horse and get it back up on its feet after it collapsed in the Hell’s Kitchen section of Manhattan.