Queens High School Student Arrested in Shooting That Injured Sudan Diplomat’s …
A Queens high school student has been arrested in connection with a shooting that wounded a Sudanese diplomat’s wife last week, police said. The diplomat’s wife, 31-year-old Mawahib Elbahi, was hit by a stray bullet as she walked with her two children in Queens Tuesday. The bullet struck her between the neck and shoulder. She […]
Trayvon shooter Zimmerman walks out of jail on $150K bond
Trayvon shooter Zimmerman walks out of jail on $150K bond George Zimmerman, the neighborhood-watch volunteer who shot and killed unarmed teen Trayvon Martin, has been sprung from jail. Zimmerman, wearing a beige jacket and jeans and carrying a large brown bag, walked out of the John E. Polk Correctional Facility at midnight on $150,000 bond. […]
Metta World Peace: 5 Name Changes He Should Consider After James Harden Elbow …
Artest, who attended St. John’s University and grew up in the Queensbridge Houses in Long Island City, Queens, changed his name to Metta World Peace in September 2011. “Metta is going to be the first name and it means like friendship, love and kindness,” Artest said at the time to ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith. “World […]
Four-Actor ROMEO AND JULIET Set for Long Island City, 5/19-6/10
Empirical Rogue (Tim Eliot, Artistic Director), a company comprised of MFA alums of the A.R.T./MXAT Institute at Harvard, will team with chashama to produce a four-actor Romeo and Juliet in a never-before-performed-in abandoned space in Long Island City (26-15 Jackson Ave.) May 19 through June 10, 2012. Tim Eliot will direct the production. Politics, passion, […]
Flood watch lifted for NYC metro area
Email Tweet Originally published: April 23, 2012 1:32 AM Updated: April 23, 2012 5:12 AM By The Associated Press Quick ReadFlood watch canceled for NYC, Long Island and the Lower Hudson Valley (AP) — A flood watch for the New York City metro area has been canceled. National Weather Service meteorologist Joey Picca says […]
New path for DJ legend
Danny Tenaglia says he’s “resigning” from the music business to figure out how to stay relevant in a new electronic music universe. “Now it seems people just want to see whose name goes above whose because this one is selling more tickets. I’m not enjoying the journey anymore,” says the New York DJ who was […]
Flood watch issued for NYC metro area
Associated Press NEW YORK — A flood watch has been issued for the New York City metro area as a storm system brings several inches of rainfall and gusty winds to the region. National Weather Service meteorologist Joe Pollina says the heaviest rains are expected over night into Monday morning as the system moves into […]
Give us a brake!
EXCLUSIVE Two Queens shops shuttered after out-of-control cars plowed into their storefronts not once but twice — and within just nine days of each other — have filed a $1 million lawsuit, blaming a 59th Street Bridge exit ramp. Espinal Caribbean Restaurant II had been open four years in Long Island City when the first […]