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The teenager who died while swimming off Rockaway Beach on Sunday, Aug. 9, has been named as 17-year-old Williamsburg High School student Sir Audley Sykes. Sykes drowned shortly after 7:30 p.m. Sunday near Beach 84th Street after he was caught in a rip ti

A 7.4 magnitude earthquake hit Colombia on Monday, Aug. 10, at roughly 7:34 a.m., leaving over 250 people dead, according to Reuters, and over 900 injured. The first major earthquake in years, the country has declared a state of emergency. caption id="att

Francisco Lindor has been front and center of midseason speculation amid the Mets' disastrous season in 2026. The drama surrounding his relationship with Juan

Police from the 103rd Precinct in Jamaica are still looking for two commercial burglars and their getaway driver who pulled off a heist at the Liberty Banquet Hall nearly a month ago and remain at large. According to the NYPD, on the night of Saturday, Ju

Project Petals, a Jamaica-based nonprofit supporting under-resourced communities disproportionately impacted by climate challenges, has been selected as one of 11 recipients nationwide of the 2026 Pulitzer Center U.S. Civil Society Microgrant. The grant w

The Center for Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies (CBMGS) at Queens College announced on Tuesday, Aug. 11, that it has secured $300,000 in renewed funding. The state grant was backed by state Sen. Michael Gianaris, the organization's advisory board and th

Adventuress, travel journalist and bestselling author Nikki Vargas has been chasing her wanderlust and exploring the globe for years while chronicling and sharing her amazing adventures across faraway lands with many envious readers and followers. The Lon

Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced the takedown on an international stolen merchandise ring late last month allegedly operated by a mother and daughter team out of an apartment in East Elmhurst and a home in Valley Stream, Long Island. The pa

An appellate court has granted the man found guilty of killing female jogger Karina Vetrano in a major Queens homicide case a decade ago permission to appeal after his attorneys argued that the evidence prosecutors presented had been gathered unconstituti

A Manhattan lawmaker is set to introduce legislation this week aimed specifically at reining in the kinds of illegal electric motorcycles (e-motos) that a 1eenager was riding when he got into a fatal crash with an SUV driver late last month. City Council