Derick Waller
While in the Southeast and the Midwest, he covered some of the biggest stories of the past decade, including two presidential campaigns in three different swing states.
Derick was born and raised in Richmond, VA, but he's no stranger to New York City. His father lives in Queens, where Derick spent a significant amount of time growing up.
Derick's a graduate of Virginia Commonwealth University with degrees in journalism and political science. In his spare time, he loves exploring food and culture right here in New York City and around the world.
He's thrilled to call NYC home.
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The most recent happened on September 7 when a 14-year-old girl said the suspect, 59-year-old Marwan Hanna, tried to grab her in a parking lot on Montauk Highway.
Members of the NYPD, FDNY and New York City Office of Emergency Management who make up FEMA's Urban Search and Rescue New York Task Force 1 deployed to North Carolina Tuesday morning, on the morning when many would have been at September 11th memorial services.
What's really alarming is what time this happened -- close to 8 a.m. -- near south 10th and Berry Street in Williamsburg.
Temperatures in the 90s and real-feels in the triple digits forced a number of schools to dismiss early Thursday, even though many were back in the classroom for the first time.
Thousands of Newark students returned for their first day back to school on Tuesday, under city control for the first time in decades.
