Megan McGibney
The Archive
Feisty granny tries to fend off attackers during stabbing
October 1, 2016 | 3:54pmThree people were stabbed inside a Harlem housing complex Saturday morning, including a gritty 71-year-old grandmother who tried to fend off the attackers, police sources said. “We just had a...
City schools pull pizza after 'dark spots' pop up on pies
September 16, 2016 | 10:53pmPizza has been sliced from city school menus after kids complained that dark spots on their pies looked moldy. The Department of Education reported that testing showed the suspect slices...
SUV crashes into Citibank
September 15, 2016 | 11:12amAn out-of-control SUV plowed into a Citibank in Brooklyn on Thursday morning – and miraculously no one was seriously injured, officials said. The gray Lexus RX 350 crashed through the...
'This American Life' creator's home infested with bed bugs, rats: lawsuit
September 8, 2016 | 7:09pmHis American life includes living with bed bugs and rodents in a rundown Chelsea apartment, a new lawsuit says. Ira Glass, the creator of the famed National Public Radio weekly...
Grisly crime-scene video showing slain landlord is played in court
September 8, 2016 | 6:51pmGruesome crime-scene video was played in Brooklyn court Thursday showing notorious landlord Menachem Stark’s charred, snow-covered body inside a Great Neck dumpster — and even his accused murderer had a...
Party boater goes into cardiac arrest after falling overboard
September 3, 2016 | 9:46amA party-boat passenger was in grave condition Saturday after he fell overboard near Governors Island, according to police. The victim, 30, fell at about 1:30 p.m. over the railing of...
Sandy-ravaged Breezy Point braces for Hermine
September 2, 2016 | 10:22pmBreezy Point residents are bracing for one of the biggest tropical storms to hit New York City since Hurricane Sandy. “I’m very concerned,” said Kathleen Fitzsimmons, a retired teacher whose...
Queens imam and his assistant executed in broad daylight
August 13, 2016 | 3:18pmA beloved imam and his assistant were gunned down execution-style in broad daylight Saturday as they walked home in their traditional robes after prayers at a Queens mosque — and...
Six charged in Black Lives Matter march attended by Susan Sarandon
July 24, 2016 | 7:15amSix protesters were slapped with criminal summonses for blocking traffic during a Black Lives Matter march in Brooklyn that was attended by actress Susan Sarandon, police said Sunday. The Academy...
Sharpton protests for feds to probe Eric Garner's death
July 17, 2016 | 1:47amThe Rev. Al Sharpton joined some 200 protesters in Brooklyn on Saturday in calling on federal prosecutors to jump-start an ongoing civil-rights probe into the police-chokehold death of Eric Garner....
Tourist castaway takes nightmare voyage when makeshift dock breaks loose
June 9, 2016 | 5:34pmA London tourist turned into a modern-day Gilligan when he became marooned on a makeshift dock that snapped free from a New Jersey marina and was carried more than two...
This bird looks and acts a lot like Donald Trump
May 31, 2016 | 2:00amThe call came in to 311 from Queens, reporting that “Donald Trump was in their back yard.” But this was no campaign stop. Meet Donald the pheasant — a bird...
Pilot dies after plane crashes into Hudson River
May 27, 2016 | 8:13pmA vintage WWII fighter plane crashed into the Hudson River Friday night and the pilot was unaccounted for.
Rikers Island guards busted in massive smuggling ring
May 19, 2016 | 4:49pmSeventeen people were busted Thursday for orchestrating an elaborate smuggling ring at Rikers Island that included two correction officers, a cook and six inmates, officials said. The jail workers were...
Cops shoot deranged knife-wielding man
May 8, 2016 | 10:04pmA police officer shot a deranged man in Brooklyn on Sunday as he charged at cops with a bizarre, three-sided dagger modeled from an action movie, sources said. Authorities were...
NYPD detectives help hundreds during prom dress giveaway
May 7, 2016 | 10:15pmQueens cops played fashion police on Saturday, coming to the rescue of more than 200 girls investigating prom dresses. Prospective prom goers and their moms flocked to the 113th Precinct...
Bicyclist dies after being struck by car
April 15, 2016 | 11:13amA 34-year-old bicyclist was fatally struck by a car in Brooklyn on Friday morning, according to police. Lauren Davis was traveling southbound on Classon Avenue in Clinton Hill at about...
Woman slammed by taxi near NYU
April 7, 2016 | 1:25pmA yellow cab plowed into a woman on a sidewalk near NYU Thursday after the driver got sick and lost control of his vehicle. The unidentified pedestrian was left in...
Falling glass from Midtown hotel injures woman
March 31, 2016 | 5:35pmA woman suffered minor injuries when she was struck by glass that fell from a Midtown hotel on Thursday afternoon, officials and witnesses said.
Porsche bursts into flames at NYC auto show
March 31, 2016 | 2:47pmThe Big Apple's annual auto show was "lit" on Thursday — thanks to a smokin' hot Porsche 911 Turbo that burst into flames in the middle of the Javits Center....