Beckie Strum
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Street renamed for slain Cuomo aide
City officials Sunday renamed a Brooklyn street in honor of the aide to Gov. Cuomo who was killed during a street festival last year — but neither the governor nor...
Parents are livid with city over school weapons exposé
Parents were outraged Sunday to learn that authorities are keeping under wraps crucial information about deadly weapons found in city public schools. “Mayor de Blasio is violating the trust parents...
Russian cemetery brawl leaves 3 dead, dozens injured
Feuding cemetery workers in Moscow will be digging their own graves after a massive brawl between two rival groups left at least three dead and 26 injured. The deadly turf...
Famous New York shark is already headed back toward city
New York’s favorite shark is returning to the Big Apple after a jaunt through East Hampton waters. Mary Lee, the 16-foot-long great white whose movements are tracked by the nonprofit...
De Blasio finally admits Sheldon Silver is a criminal
It took 18 months and a federal corruption conviction for Mayor de Blasio to finally declare former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver a crook. The mayor told WABC radio host Rita...
City replacing some LED street lights because they're too bright
New Yorkers trying to catch a few winks in the city that never sleeps have persuaded bureaucrats to turn down the lights. The city began installing energy-efficient LEDs in all...
Vegan restaurateur ordered Dominos before $2M bust
The owner of an upscale vegan eatery that catered to celebrity devotees Alec Baldwin and Woody Harrelson swiped around $2 million from the company to splurge on Rolex watches, lavish...
It's your fault security lines take forever, according to the TSA
New Yorkers can blame themselves for unbearably long lines at area airports, the Transportation Security Administration said in response to criticism from the Port Authority.
Malia Obama will attend Harvard after taking a gap year
Malia Obama will put her Ivy League education on hold until her dad is out of the Oval Office. The eldest of President Obama’s two daughters has decided to take...
Pot farms found in homes of 8 relatives executed in Ohio
Police have found marijuana growing operations at three of the four sites in an Ohio town where eight members of the same family were shot dead, authorities said Sunday. Investigators...
9/11 Memorial guards order kids to stop singing national anthem
https://www.facebook.com/connie.s.scanlon/videos/vb.1851093859/10204491192280429/?type=2&theater Two tone-deaf security guards at the 9/11 Memorial got tough with some wide-eyed middle school kids visiting the city for the first time from their small town in North...
Bronx kids stay out of trouble by building shelters for homeless
Dozens of young city bicyclists — many of them still in grade school — have banded together to fight homelessness. One group of kids is constructing a tiny house for...
The heartbreaking destruction ISIS left behind in Palmyra
The first glimpses of the historic city of Palmyra, Syria, after being recaptured from ISIS show a wasteland of antiquities destroyed by the savage jihadists and the forces determined to...
Hogan didn't buy friend's story that 'evil' wife leaked sex tape
Bubba the Love Sponge Clem insisted to his former best friend Hulk Hogan that Clem’s ex-wife was the one to blame for the sex-tape mess — but in an angst-filled...
Upstate town board votes against reciting Pledge of Allegiance
The planning board for the upstate town of New Paltz has voted against saying the Pledge of Allegiance at its meetings after one of its members called it a “total...
Abstract art causes bomb scare at JFK
An abstract artist bombed his security screening at Kennedy Airport when he tried to board his flight with a sculpture that looked like a makeshift explosive. The alarming art project...
Obamas laud Nancy Reagan for 'redefining' role of first lady
Condolences from former first ladies poured in Sunday for Nancy Reagan, one of the most powerful presidential spouses in US history. “Nancy once wrote that nothing could prepare you for...
At this college, flying a drone can be your minor
Aviation students are going from top-gun wannabes to top drone operators, clamoring to enroll in Long Island’s first unmanned-aircraft training course. This semester, Dowling College has started its first course...
Astronauts heard 'weird music' on dark side of the moon
Real sounds from the dark side of the moon are way more haunting than anything ever recorded by Pink Floyd. Astronauts on 1969’s Apollo 10 mission heard strange “music” while...
Zika virus altering tourists' travel plans
The Zika virus is altering Americans’ travel plans, with 4 in 10 people saying they are now less likely to visit South America or the Caribbean, says a new poll...