Queens

Assistant basketball coach guilty of assault for fatal punch

NEW YORK — A former Wake Forest University assistant basketball coach has been convicted of assault for fatally punching a man in New York City.
23:51 7 February 2022

Awkwafina gets 2nd season of new cable network comedy series

PASADENA, Calif. — Awkwafina may not have an Oscar nomination, but the breakout star has already secured a second-season renewal of her new Comedy Cen...
19:47 14 January 2022

Investigators say bus passed truck before wreck killing 5

Federal investigators said Monday a packed bus passed a truck on the Pennsylvania Turnpike shortly before losing control and causing a chain-reaction ...
0:13 7 January 2022

New Amazon lease for NY space renews debate over failed deal

NEW YORK — Amazon has signed a lease for a new office space in Manhattan that will house more than 1,500 employees, less than a year after pulling out...
20:57 7 December 2021

Sewer blockage pushes waste into 300 New York City homes

NEW YORK — A blocked sewer main flooded basements Saturday with brown filth and left residents in the neighborhood near New York City’s Kennedy Airpor...
5:49 1 December 2021

Bacteria-infected mosquitoes take bite out of deadly dengue

WASHINGTON — They still bite, but new research shows lab-grown mosquitoes are fighting dangerous dengue fever that they normally would spread.
21:18 21 November 2021

Australian wildfires destroy homes and force evacuations

CANBERRA, Australia — Scores of wildfires continued to rage across vast tracts of Australia's drought-stricken east coast on Wednesday, forcing hundre...
6:45 13 November 2021

As ruling nears, immigrant fights for anti-deportation act

NEW YORK — A Mexican immigrant fighting President Donald Trump's attempt to end a program shielding young immigrants from deportation says he is nervo...
15:49 11 November 2021