NEW YORK — Police officials report several people have been shot outside the Empire State Building and that a woman and the suspected gunman is dead. New York City police officials said as many as 10 people have been wounded in the shooting. CNN reports that the gunman was shot and killed by police. The [...]
Statue of Liberty to close for a year of renovations
Aug. 11, 2011 Leave a Comment
Will close October 28
Wife of British diplomat falls to death on East 84th Street
May 28, 2011 Leave a Comment
NEW YORK — Catherine Hurd, the 46-year-old wife of a British diplomat, died early Saturday morning after she reportedly jumped from the roof of her building on East 84th Street, the Associated Press reported. Hurd’s husband, Thomas, is part of the British Mission to the United Nations, headquartered here in New York. Hurd was pronounced [...]
Yale student from Massachusetts dies in lab accident
April 13, 2011 Leave a Comment
NEW HAVEN — A Yale University student from Scituate died Wednesday morning in what appears to be a tragic laboratory accident. Michelle Dufault, a Senior physics and astronomy student, died in Yale’s Sterling Chemistry Laboratory. School officials did not release details on her death, the nature of the accident, or the time of the accident. [...]
Heidi Klum graces May cover of “Good Housekeeping”
April 6, 2011 Leave a Comment
NEW YORK — Heidi Klum graces Good Housekeeping‘s May cover, and in the interview, she opens up about marriage, parenting, career, and reveals how she stays in shape. Plus, with four kids, two TV shows, and one very happy marriage, the model mom dishes on how she does it all without stressing. On her husband, [...]
DJ Megatron shot to death on Staten Island
March 28, 2011 Leave a Comment
Known for his upbeat attitude at stations from Philly to Boston
Deadly cobra disappears from Bronx Zoo
March 28, 2011 Leave a Comment
NEW YORK — A poisonous and potentially deadly cobra has disappeared from its enclosure at the Bronx Zoo, prompting the zoo to close off its reptile house. “After learning the snake was missing yesterday afternoon, we immediately closed and secured the building as we took steps throughout the evening to recover the snake,” said Mary [...]
4 New York Times journalists missing in Libya
March 16, 2011 Leave a Comment
NEW YORK — Four New York Times journalists, including a Pulitzer Prize winner, have been reported missing in Libya, the newspaper said. Editors said they last heard from their employees on Tuesday. Executive editor Bill Keller reports on NYTimes.com that Libyan officials told the Times that they are trying to find the journalists. “We have [...]
Woman dies in Staten Island house fire
Nov. 8, 2010 Leave a Comment
NEW YORK — A woman died in a fast moving fire that tore through a house on Staten Island on Friday, according to the US Fire Administration, which records all fire deaths. The woman was asleep in the top floor attic of the house and was overcome. She was found around 6:30 a.m. in the [...]
Bedridden multiple sclerosis patient dies in bedroom fire
Sept. 21, 2010 Leave a Comment
Wife seriously injured
