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Pilots Call JFK Tower While Landing at LaGuardia

Incident happened a week before fatal crash on LaGuardia's Runway 4

(Newser) - Pilots lining up to land at New York's LaGuardia Airport earlier this month were talking to the wrong airport. On March 15, a Republic Airways crew flying Delta Connection Flight 5752 from Washington, DC, called the control tower at JFK—about 10 miles away—while on final approach to LaGuardia,...

It's a Hospital Trip for Megan Thee Stallion

Rapper, 31, falls ill during Moulin Rouge performance on Broadway, understudy steps in

(Newser) - Megan Thee Stallion's Broadway run hit an abrupt snag on Tuesday night when she fell ill mid-performance and was taken to a hospital. The rapper, 31, had been onstage in a few early scenes of Moulin Rouge! The Musical at New York's Al Hirschfeld Theatre when the show...

2 Rikers Island Detainees Die in a Week

Deaths underscore persistent failures as 2027 closure deadline looms

(Newser) - Two men have died at Rikers Island in less than a week in the first fatalities reported since New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani took office amid a mandate to shutter the jail complex by next year. The Department of Correction says 39-year-old Barry Cozart was found in distress Wednesday...

Air Canada Flight Attendant Has a Long Road Ahead

Family fundraiser nears goal as Solange Tremblay faces multiple surgeries, says daughter

(Newser) - A veteran Air Canada flight attendant thrown from a crashed plane at New York's LaGuardia Airport faces a long and complex recovery, her daughter says. Solange Tremblay, a senior crew member on Air Canada Jazz Flight 8646, was found on the tarmac still strapped into her jump seat about...

Suspected Long Island Serial Killer May Soon Cop a Plea

Sources say Rex Heuermann is set to plead guilty to string of Gilgo Beach murders

(Newser) - Rex Heuermann, the New York architect accused in the Gilgo Beach killings on Long Island, is expected to change his plea to guilty in connection with a string of murders dating back to the early 1990s, according to multiple outlets. Sources tell FOX 5 and the New York Post that...

Truck Cleared to Cross Runway 20 Seconds Before Impact

Monitoring system couldn't see it due to lack of transponder, other vehicles nearby: NTSB

(Newser) - A critical piece of safety tech was missing from the fire truck struck by an Air Canada jet at LaGuardia Airport, federal investigators say. The National Transportation Safety Board on Tuesday said the Port Authority fire vehicle did not have a transponder, meaning it couldn't be seen by the surface...

Pilots Flagged Near Misses Before LaGuardia Crash

'Please do something,' one reportedly told aviation reporting system

(Newser) - Warnings about safety at New York's LaGuardia Airport were stacking up well before Sunday's deadly runway crash that killed two pilots and injured 41 others. Anonymous reports filed to NASA's Aviation Safety Reporting System over the past year describe controllers "pushing the line" amid intense traffic...

Flight Attendant in LaGuardia Crash a 'Complete Miracle'

Solange Tremblay was thrown 100 yards in her seat, suffered broken leg, daughter says

(Newser) - The survival of a flight attendant who was ejected 100 yards across a LaGuardia runway is being described by her daughter as nothing short of a "complete miracle." The Air Canada Jazz crew member, identified as 26-year veteran Solange Tremblay, was thrown from the CRJ-900 jet while still strapped into...

Robber of 6 Banks Barely Broke Even, NYPD Says

Three times, police report, the suspect walked out with nothing

(Newser) - New York City police have identified a suspect for whom crime apparently didn't pay much—especially when his commuting costs are subtracted. Gustavo DeJesus Torres, 33, is accused of robbing six Chase Bank branches in five days across Queens, Manhattan, Brooklyn, and the Bronx. Each time, the robber passed...

After 19 Years in Prison: 'This Case Should Have Never Happened'

Judge throws out conviction for Kenneth Windley, 61, who ended up behind bars in 2007 for robbery

(Newser) - A man who spent nearly two decades in prison for a roughly $550 robbery was exonerated and freed on Monday, after prosecutors said they now agree he didn't commit the crime. "It cost me 20 years, but they said they corrected it now. So that's all that...

Cops Identify Man Found Dead in 1970—Without His Head

New York State Police seek info on Clyde A. Coppage, 35, of Pennsylvania

(Newser) - More than five decades after a man's mutilated body turned up on a rural New York roadside, investigators finally know his name. New York State Police say DNA testing has identified the victim as 35-year-old Clyde A. Coppage, who was living in Genesee, Pennsylvania, when he disappeared in 1970,...

This Is the Nuttiest Crime You'll Hear About This Week

Police say thieves stole 60K pounds of walnuts worth $50K from Bronx trailers

(Newser) - Nut theft is apparently a thing, and New York State Police say someone recently made off with a massive haul in the Bronx. Per CBS News , investigators report that roughly 60,000 pounds of packaged, shelled walnuts—valued at about $50,000—were taken from two 52-foot trailers in the...

Cops: Body of LI Teen Who Vanished in January Is Found

Police say no sign of foul play in death of Thomas Medlin, 15, found in Brooklyn waters

(Newser) - A missing Long Island teen who was initially believed to have traveled to New York City to meet a contact from the game Roblox has been found dead in Brooklyn, police say. Fox News reports that the body of 15-year-old Thomas Medlin of St. James, New York, was retrieved from...

This Fox Just Took an Inadvertent Transatlantic Trip

Red fox stowed away on cargo ship from Southampton to New York

(Newser) - This stowaway truly was sly as a fox. A red fox somehow slipped onto a cargo ship that was traveling from Southampton, England, to New York, where the animal is now in the Bronx Zoo's care. The zoo said on Wednesday that the 11-pound male fox appears healthy after...

Cops: Gracie Mansion Bomb May Have Been ISIS-Inspired

Two Pennsylvania men accused of tossing TATP device during Saturday rally

(Newser) - A bomb scare outside New York's mayoral residence is now being treated as a terrorism case with possible links to the Islamic State, police said Monday, reports the New York Times . Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said one of two improvised explosive devices recovered near Gracie Mansion on Saturday contained...

Judge: Move to Kill NYC Congestion Plan Was Illegal

Trump administration is considering appealing

(Newser) - New York's congestion toll just cleared a big legal roadblock, and the federal judge didn't mince words. In a 149-page ruling Tuesday, US District Judge Lewis J. Liman said the Trump administration acted unlawfully when it tried to pull federal approval for New York's congestion pricing and...

Justin Timberlake Doesn't Want You to See His DWI Arrest

Singer sues to block release of police bodycam footage

(Newser) - Justin Timberlake didn't fight his DWI conviction —but he is fighting over who gets to see it play out on video. The singer has gone to court in New York to block the release of police body camera footage from his June 18, 2024, arrest in the Hamptons...

Supreme Court Keeps GOP District for Midterms

Justices temporarily halt state court order for new lines on New York seat

(Newser) - The Supreme Court has temporarily reinstated Republican Rep. Nicole Malliotakis' New York congressional district, halting a state judge's order that the lines be redrawn before the next election. In a brief order Monday, the court granted Malliotakis' emergency request to block a New York trial court ruling that found...

Great Antique Store Find: A Very Sleepy Owl

Little guy was just snoozing next to a chicken-shaped cookie jar

(Newser) - Shoppers in upstate New York earlier this month turned up a rare find while perusing a local antique store this month: tucked next to a cookie jar made in the shape of a chicken was a live owl resting peacefully on a shelf. The state Department of Environmental Conservation said...

Repeat Airline Stowaway Is Detained Again

Svetlana Dali allegedly snuck aboard a flight from Newark to Italy

(Newser) - She's apparently done it again. Repeat stowaway Svetlana Dali was detained in Italy after allegedly slipping onto a United Airlines flight from Newark to Milan without a ticket, reports NBC News . Crew members reportedly discovered she wasn't on the manifest only after the Boeing 777 was airborne Wednesday...

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