Extra layers of security, intense on-screen action and a frightening incident inside a New York theater combined to create an unsettling experience for some moviegoers who went to see “Joker” on its opening weekend.
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A homeless man wielding a long metal bar rampaged through New York City’s Chinatown early Saturday attacking other homeless people who were sleeping, killing four and leaving a fifth with serious injuries, police said.
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A man who spent over a quarter-century behind bars while professing his innocence in a New York City killing was cleared Thursday after prosecutors said they no longer believe the key witnesses’ testimony.
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The son of former U.S. Rep. Chris Collins pleaded guilty Thursday in an insider trading case that ruined his Republican father’s political career.
Cameron Collins admitted in his plea in federal court in Manhattan that he had traded stocks based an illegal tip from his Republican father, telling the judge, “I truly regret my conduct.”
The 26-year-old son faces up to 46 months in prison at sentencing on Jan.

A state appeals court on Thursday temporarily blocked New York from enforcing a new prohibition on sales of flavored e-cigarettes after the vaping industry sued to block the ban.
The stay comes a day before the state planned to start enforcing 90-day emergency regulations banning the sale of most flavored electronic cigarettes.

Uber is giving riders the option to skip the traffic jam and hail a helicopter to the airport instead – provided they can shell out the money.
The ride-hailing company expanded its helicopter service Thursday between lower Manhattan in New York City and John F.
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Responding to the increasing number of anti-Semitic attacks carried out against Orthodox Jews in Brooklyn, a security meeting convened by the Flatbush Jewish Community Coalition Flatbush Shomrim, Flatbush Hatzoloh and City Councilman Chaim Deutsch created a forum for high ranking members of the NYPD and Brooklyn’s elected officials to hear from members of the Je

Videos have gone viral of what appears to be Hatzolah Ambulances in Passaic being towed, and a woman being arrested. Comments on social media expressing outrage are being directed towards the Passaic Police Department.

Imagine if all the children of Klal Yisroel would gather together for one tefillah…
Imagine the power of one “Amen” recited by thousands of innocent voices…
Imagine a “Yehi Shmei Rabbah” echoing from every corner of the world.

A second man has been arrested in the theft of over $250,000 in cash as it was being transferred to a plane at John F. Kennedy International Airport.
Federal prosecutors say Emmanuel Asuquo Okon, of Queens, was arrested over the weekend.
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