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An apparent waterspout off the South Shore of Long Island that may have become a tornado on land led to damage and destruction at a nearby beach club, as powerful storms slammed the area Thursday evening. The tornadic waterspout was spotted off Atlantic Beach in Nassau County, just across the Reynolds Channel from Far Rockaway, Queens. It came about the same time a tornado warning had been issued…
A woman was out for a jog in her Long Island neighborhood when she says two pit bull dogs ran up and attacked her. When her husband came to help, he too, became a victim. “One dog had me by the hand, the other by the elbow,” Larry Ballereau said Thursday, 10 days after the Dix Hills attacks. “It was scary.” Ballereau and his wife both endured bruises and cuts. But despite that, the two pit bulls…
A woman has been charged with providing support to a terror group after allegedly plotting an ISIS-inspired attack on the New York State Capitol building in Albany, federal officials said Thursday. Jessica Bowie, 35, of Albany, allegedly told a confidential source that she supported ISIS and asked for help learning to make explosives, according to a criminal complaint filed in the U.S. District…
The victim of a brutal beating in Newark over a parking dispute spoke Wednesday night to our sister station, Telemundo 47, about his attack. Forty three-year-old Henry Fonseca was assaulted around 1:30 a.m. on Aug. 10 on Parker Street, where he resides. Two unidentified men argued with Fonseca over a parking situation on the street, prompting the assault, according to police. The two men allegedly…
Authorities are investigating a wild crash in Manhattan that left at least two people hurt. Surveillance video of the Thursday morning Inwood accident is jarring. A home security camera focusing on the intersection of West 204th Street and Sherman Avenue showed a black Mercedes-Benz SUV suddenly come flying backward into a block of parked cars, crashing over two of them before landing on its side…
A 17-year-old boy was shot and killed in Brooklyn late Wednesday, and police say they’re looking for two masked suspects in the case. They’re also investigating a separate case involving a stabbing at a nearby Dollar Tree. In the first case, officers responding to a 911 call after 8 p.m. in East New York found the boy, identified as Ahmir Jordan of Brooklyn, with a gunshot wound to the head inside…
The federal government will look to deport a man accused of illegally operating a boat that capsized in New York Harbor this month, killing a woman and her infant daughter . Manuel Ernesto Hernandez-Umana, a native of El Salvador, illegally entered the U.S. through Texas in 2007 after having falsely told a Customs and Border Protection officer that he was a U.S. citizen, the Department of Homeland…
A family is suing a Manhattan funeral home after a shocking mix-up involving their deceased father — and it’s far from the first complaint to be lodged against the business. The family and friends of Jose Daniel Diaz Felipe was prepared to say goodbye to the man they knew as Danielito at his wake in late May after his death at the age of 84. But when they showed up at the R.G. Ortiz Funeral Home…
Cyclospora, the “explosive” diarrhea parasite that’s sickened thousands of Americans this summer and sparked nationwide recalls, may be on a downward trend, according to new data. The parasitic infection, also known as cycosporiasis, normally ramps up during the warmer months in the United States. But this year, cases have surged to record-high levels. More than 15,700 confirmed cases have been…
A low pressure system is sliding through the tri-state area, bringing pockets of heavy rain that could cause flash flooding — and even the chance for tornadoes. A tornado warning was issued for Queens and Nassau County on Long Island during the evening, but was allowed to expire at that time. While it was not yet confirmed whether a tornado actually touched down, what appeared to be a waterspout…
