A six-alarm fire that spread through a row of businesses in the Bronx has been brought under control. The FDNY says firefighters fought the blaze for nearly six hours before bringing it under control around 6 a.m. Thursday. It says 12... Read Full Story
Alleged bomb plotter James Cromitie may have wanted to kill a "whole synagogue of men," but he wasn't willing to die for his cause, according to a secret recording played in court today. "I'm not worried about nothing. What I'm...
Doctors put a 5-year-old hit-and-run victim into a medically induced coma, but remained hopeful the boy would pull through despite his injuries, family members said yesterday. Joshua Saunders suffered fractured ribs, a broken arm,...
In 1981, Brooke Shields seduced America with her sultry whisper that nothing came between her and her Calvins. That same year, suspected serial killer Jesus Aguilero arrived in New York, where cops believe he saw an opportunity to...
A hit-and-run driver careened into a 5-year-old boy playing baseball with his brother in The Bronx last night -- hurling the child into the air "like a rag...
The alleged ringleader in a plot to blow up two Riverdale synagogues "hated Jews and Jewish people," a government informant testified today. Muslim convert...
Guns, bullets and drugs tossed out the window rained down on Cross Bronx Expressway traffic as cops and the feds raided a heroin mill, authorities said yesterday. No one below was hurt, but the stretch of highway was shut down for...
Brandishing a shoulder-fire missile launcher and a duffel bag loaded with fake explosives, an FBI agent yesterday showed jurors some of the weapons four upstate men allegedly hoped to use to blow up two Riverdale synagogues and shoot...
A violent woman featured on "America's Most Wanted" during her 15 years on the lam in the point-blank shooting a man in Connecticut was nabbed after she beat up her boyfriend in The Bronx, cops said yesterday. Patricia Carrion's...
Mark this one a gutter ball. A staffer at a Bronx elementary school lied about her mother dying to cover for missing three days of work -- but got canned after probers found mom alive and bowling at a local Thursday night league,...
Senate Majority Leader Pedro Espada's food giveaways first sparked a near-holy war with a Bronx priest -- now they might have him facing the wrath of the state Board of Elections. The Bronx Democrat -- already under fire over...
Four Muslim men charged with trying to blow up Bronx synagogues and shoot down military planes will be reunited at their trial with someone who was in on the...
Maybe he really is too inept to lead a band of homegrown terrorists. The alleged ringleader in a plot to blow up two Riverdale synagogues -- who's claiming entrapment -- revealed yesterday that he can't even tie a necktie. James...
A new judge will hear the sex-assault case against football Giant Hall of Famer Lawrence Taylor. State Supreme Court Justice William Kelly was assigned to...
A disgraced former firefighter has a burning desire to rejoin the FDNY after losing his job for calling in bogus 911 calls to make his Bronx firehouse appear busier than it was. Nicholas Vrettos, 32, petitioned Manhattan Supreme...
A Connecticut teenager visiting his dad in The Bronx to go shopping for school was gunned down yesterday in a random drive-by shooting being eyed as a gruesome gang initiation, a police source said. The victim, Tashawn Bromfield,...
Mayhem erupted in The Bronx and Upper Manhattan early this morning as seven people were shot -- including one who was killed -- in five incidents in less than...
Gov. Paterson's former top aide pleaded not guilty yesterday to six domestic-violence charges stemming from a 2009 Halloween fight with his girlfriend that ultimately scuttled the governor's bid for a second term and stained state...
It's go charter or go home. The principal of a Bronx public high school marked for closure has teamed up with the teachers union in a last-ditch bid to save the school by converting it into a charter school, The Post has learned....
The family of an elderly man crushed to death when a livery can careered into a Bronx bus stop was outraged yesterday that the van driver who set off the gruesome chain of events with an illegal U-turn was slapped with only a summons....
A Bronx man who took a bullet in the leg during a chaotic police shootout in Harlem last weekend is planning a $20 million lawsuit against the city and the...
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As the rest of The Bronx has struggled, DeWitt Clinton has emerged. John F. Kennedy and Lehman are rebuilding under new coaches – for Lehman, Michael Saunds is its third coach in four years – and Columbus has moved down to the Bowl Division.... 1:17 AM
Jose Cosme looked at his roster, all the graduating seniors, and started an internal debate. Was moving up to the Bowl division a wise decision, he pondered, after winning the Cup crown last November? Then he thought back to a conversation he had...
It was risky, but Michael Saunds thought it had to be done. One of the new coach’s first orders of duty at Lehman was to oust the returning seniors who weren’t committed to the team philosophy. The Lions didn’t have huge numbers in the first place...
Looking for an evaluation of the Fordham Prep football team from its head coach? Pete Gorynski’s answer varies depending on when you ask the question. “My assessment of this team has been schizophrenic,” he said. “From minute to minute it changes....
Ryan Camilo got to play the role of understudy last season. The junior was moved up from the junior varsity in late October and even started a game in place of the now graduated Kwamayne Davis. The 5-foot-9, 220-pound quarterback completed 11-of-18...
Taylor Ford is about doing whatever it takes. No task or play is too small for the Nazareth forward as long as it aides in her squad coming out on the winning end of the scoreboard. Ford is tenacious on the boards, dives on the floor and finishes...
A year ago, they were the darlings of the CHSAA, a squad comprised largely of sophomores that took eventual Class A intersectional champion Archbishop Molloy to the brink before losing in overtime in the semifinals. Those sophomores are now...
Truman has its fair share of athletes, beasts in the trenches and all-around skilled football players this year. But the Mustangs might not be able to...
Last winter was a trying time for the veterans on the John F. Kennedy football team. It was bad enough that the Knights were coming off one of the worst seasons in program history, missing the playoffs for just the fourth time in three decades....
Mount St. Michael has reason to be throwing the word "confidence" around. At the end of last season the young Mountaineers jelled. They rallied behind the sudden death of teammate Kyle Rembert and were one of the CHSFL’s hottest team on their way...
As recently as late last season, David Diaz was against moving down from the PSAL’s City Championship division to the Bowl division. The program’s...
Anthony Glover raised the Tournament of Champions trophy high above his head for all to see. There was a look of joyous satisfaction on the former St. John’s University standout’s face after three seasons of disappointment in the event and a summer...
Rashawn Stores played in Rucker Park before, but not quite like this. The former All Hallows standout took part in the famed Harlem playground's EBC league, playing on the blacktop in front of energetic crowds. Last weekend Stores got to...
It was a memorable, if not successful night for Kyle Cuffe and his Team 914 mates. The squad lost in the Entertainers Basketball Classic at Rucker Park on Thursday night and then had to zoom uptown to Dyckman in Washington Heights for that...
When Daniel Dingle smiles, the sun reflecting off his silver braces, it’s easy to remember he’s only halfway through high school. The St. Raymond rising junior has a babyface and a quiet politeness that lend to his youth. However, his game on the...
Durand Scott’s shoulders sagged and his head drooped down. His voice was raspy and nearly inaudible. One would have thought the former Rice High star just lost an NCAA tournament game at Miami, where he just completed his freshman season. But in...
Kasim Alston has good reason for calling Imani Tate one of his favorite players. The Bishop Loughlin guard possesses many of the innate qualities a coach is looking for in a young player. She is a hustler with a solid basketball IQ. Tate can be...
The worst is over, the long road to recovery is essentially in the rear-view mirror and the day that China Crosby can play in a basketball game again is drawing nearer. The Manhattan Center grad and McDonald’s All-American had her freshman season...
Kerwin Okoro wasn’t known for his 3-point shooting acumen as a sophomore this past winter at St. Raymond. The 6-foot-4 forward did most of his work in the lane, finishing strong around the basket. This summer, though, Okoro has worked diligently on...
On the four teams playing in the Battle of the Boroughs this weekend, there are players from all the big New York City schools. Christ the King, Lincoln, Boys & Girls, Rice – you name it. But in order to find the names Moussa Kone and Kevin...
On the first Friday of every month, tour the Bartow-Pell Man...
The New Jersey-based cover band, which plays '80s new wave a...
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