The hot topic this weekend was the heat wave that brought sweltering temperatures to the Tri-State area. While many flocked to pools and cooling centers, hundreds of customers in Queens were left without power to run their air conditioners.
A 50-year-old woman and a 7-year-old girl were killed when fire broke out Sunday morning in a home in Richmond Hill. Two teenagers were injured.
Police on eastern Long Island were monitoring a shark spotted in shallow waters near the village of Quogue.
Police made an arrest Saturday after a woman was stabbed in the neck with a hypodermic needle inside a Citibank in Manhattan.
A moonstruck nation celebrated the 50th anniversary of humanity's first footsteps on another world Saturday, gathering to commemorate Apollo 11's "giant leap" by Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin.
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