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Airline near miss at JFK prompts safety questions

Apr 22

JFK Airport transformation: New concessions unveiled at Terminal 8

Apr 21

Place your bets! NYC casino expands to live table games

The Resorts World New York City casino in Ozone Park, Queens has now expanded to live table games.

Apr 28

Man fatally shot outside Queens church; police searching for suspect

Apr 11

Woman gives birth as flight lands at JFK Airport

Apr 6

Woman killed in hit-and-run crash in Queens: police

Mar 12

Queens woman on mission to find missing cat at JFK Airport

Jan 14

Triplets pursue dream of ski racing at Winter Olympics

Jan 8

Port Authority officer saves life of choking toddler at JFK Airport

Jan 7

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Where Jamaican patties get the royal treatment

Dec 15, 2025

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Mother of baby abandoned at Penn Station found and arrested in Queens

Oct 22, 2025

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Teen shot in leg on Queens sidewalk

Sep 5, 2025

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Juici Patties serves authentic golden Jamaican patty in NYC

Jul 14, 2025

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NYPD officer released from hospital after being shot in Queens

Nov 20, 2024

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NYPD officer, bystander shot; suspect killed in Queens

Nov 20, 2024

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Robbery suspect shot and killed after wounding officer in Queens

Nov 20, 2024

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Gunpoint robbery suspect shot and killed after wounding officer in Queens

Nov 20, 2024

Latest Stories

Mother in custody after 15-month-old child dies in Queens

Police say the Medical Examiner will determine the child's cause of death.

Dec 30, 2025

Grandfather killed after being struck by moped driver in Queens

Police say it happened on Friday evening in Jamaica on 93rd Avenue at 168th Street while the victim was in a marked crosswalk.

Dec 7, 2025

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Jimmy Cliff, Jamaican reggae star and actor, dead at 81

Jimmy Cliff, a Grammy award-winning Jamaican reggae star and actor, is dead at 81, according to his family.

Nov 24, 2025

95-year-old killed, 6-year-old among injured in Queens house fire

The fire broke out around 7:50 a.m. on Sunday at a residential home on 202nd Street between 113th Avenue and Murdock Avenue in Jamaica.

Nov 24, 2025

2 workers shot by angry customer at Queens discount store, police say

An argument between the customer and the workers escalated into gunfire at a store in Jamaica, Queens, police said.

Nov 16, 2025