playgrounds
Children burned on Massachusetts playground after slides doused with acid
Someone had poured stolen muriatic acid onto three slides at the playground in Bliss Park in Longmeadow, Massachusetts.
Refugee who went on knife rampage shouted, 'In the name of Jesus!'
Authorities have identified the man who allegedly stabbed several people, including four children, at a French playground as Abdelmasih Hanoun -- a 31-year-old Syrian refugee who reportedly yelled, “In the...
France hails good Samaritan who fought playground knife attacker after kids stabbed
So far, most of France only knows him by his first name. That is all there is on his social media accounts and police have not gone into more detail.
Harrowing video shows Syrian refugee stabbing kids on French playground, including toddler in stroller
Four kids aged between 22 months and 3 years suffered life-threatening wounds in the stabbing spree that French President Emmanuel Macron called “an act of absolute cowardice.���
Neighborhood reeling after severed cat head found on playground: 'Truly horrifying'
The grisly find was discovered by a staff member at the bottom of a slide at Homerton Grove Adventure Playground on April 24.
Teachers ignored Connecticut boy's fatal collapse assuming he was 'playing dead': suit
The bereaved mom and dad of little Romeo Pierre-Louis in West Hartford say in court documents that their son died at the Charter Oak International Academy in April 2022 because...
Pickleball players banned from Manhattan park after bitter turf war with local kids
The city has served up some bad news for pickleball lovers. The fad racquet sport has been banned at a West Village playground, where parents complained for months that adult...
Australian couple labeled 'bad parents' for holding a McDonald's-themed birthday party
One Melbourne couple decided to revive the tradition for their daughter's first birthday.
12-year-old stabbed at NYC park over basketball game
A 12-year-old boy was stabbed over a basketball game at a Bronx playground on Saturday, according to police
Girl has fingers ‘severed’ at playground
A young girl has had two of her fingertips severed after she became stuck in some playground equipment.
Parents furious as pickleball players overtake NYC playgrounds
Call the cops. This turf war is getting ugly.
Teen shot in leg near Prospect Park playground: police
A 14-year-old boy was shot in the leg near a playground in Prospect Park, Brooklyn, cops said Tuesday.
Park-goer in serious condition after hit by tree limb in NYC playground
The man, whose identity was not released, was sitting on a bench at the Reinaldo Salgado Playground at 742 Monroe St. in Bedford-Stuyvesant around 8 a.m. Saturday.
Australian community calls for removal of slide that's led to multiple broken bones
A community is calling for the removal of a “potentially fatal” slide that has caused more than 40 injuries to young children.
20-year-old man shot dead at Brooklyn playground
The victim was found with several gunshot wounds to his torso at St. Andrew’s Playground on Atlantic Avenue in Bedford-Stuyvesant, cops said.
'Shooting up all day long': New records reveal shocking drug use at NYC park
Recently released records show that the city picked up more used syringes there than at any other Bronx playground in any month of 2019.
Boy falls through open subway grate on Brooklyn playground
An 11-year-old boy fell through an open subway grate at a Brooklyn playground Wednesday evening, law enforcement sources told The Post. The boy dropped about 10 feet into the emergency...
Gunman opens fire on NYC playground in scooter drive-by
A gunman riding on the back of an electric scooter opened fire at a group of people at a Bronx playground earlier this month in a shocking, caught-on-camera drive-by shooting,...
Man stole 400-pound playground slide for kid's bunk bed, cops say
A Washington man has been busted for allegedly stealing a 400-pound slide from a local playground -- and mounting it on a kid’s bunk bed in his mobile home, authorities...
Couple who allegedly filmed Ferris wheel sex encounter face new charges
A South Carolina couple arrested for allegedly having sex on a Ferris wheel and posting porn videos of their romp has been busted again for a similar stunt, according to...