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Two stabbings unfolded just minutes apart at two different subway stations in New York City on New Year’s Day morning, leaving two hospitalized, police reported. Before 10 a.m. on Wednesday, the ...

Joseph Lynskey was standing on the platform in the West 18th Street station in Manhattan's Chelsea neighborhood on Tuesday afternoon when another man pushed him onto the tracks.

The woman who was set on fire on a Brooklyn F train was recently identified as 57-year-old Debrina Kawam of New Jersey, and ...

The 57-year-old woman, who was set on fire on a New York City subway last week, was known for her "million-dollar smile." ...

The woman was set on fire and killed while likely asleep on a stationary train at the Stillwell Avenue subway station on Dec.

In this NY News Update, we look at New Year's Eve preparations in Times Square and celebrations around the world, and the discovery of the name of the homeless woman who was set on fire on the New ...

A man has been charged with attempted murder after he tried to push someone in front of a subway train in New York City ...

New York City Police say they’ve identified the woman who died on Dec. 22 after being set on fire while inside a New York ...

A mass shooting outside Amazura nightclub in New York City last night wounded 10 people. Here are the latest details.

Jane Austen fans are set to descended on Britain to celebrate the birth of the Pride and Prejudice writer 250 years on.

In New Orleans, Celebration Is Followed by Terror in the French Quarter The attack left 15 dead and about three dozen injured. The authorities described it as an act ...