Astoria store sells $1 million Powerball ticket

Three homeless men were arraigned in Queens Criminal Court on Tuesday and variously charged with felony robbery, attempted gang assault, and assault for allegedly stealing the belongings of a 69-year-old homeless man who was asleep on a Manhattan-bound 7 train in Woodside early Sunday morning.

The victim woke up and tried to regain his property. During the ensuing brawl, the victim fatally stabbed a 37-year-old assailant and slashed a second man. The victim has not been charged in the fatal stabbing. The investigation by the NYPD’s Queens Homicide Squad and members of the 108th Precinct in Long Island City remains ongoing.

Dec. 24, 2024 By Czarinna Andres

Six women-owned and locally based businesses are now operating at John F. Kennedy International Airport’s Terminal 8 (T8), a milestone in the $125 million commercial redevelopment of the terminal.

Dec. 24, 2024 By Colum Motherway

For decades, Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) communities in New York State have been statistically invisible, lumped into the white category on government documents—a misrepresentation that has hindered their visibility and access to resources. Now, a new law aims to change that.

Dec. 24, 2024 By Colum Motherway

Senator Joseph Addabbo brought more holiday spirit to Woodhaven on Tuesday, Dec. 17, after hosting a festive concert full of familiar classics.

Police from the 113th Precinct in Jamaica are looking for a serial groper who targeted three teenage girls and a mother walking with her young son in Southeast Queens on the morning of Monday, Dec. 16.

The suspect struck within a brief 20-minute span, beginning with his first victim, a 16-year-old girl walking near 115th Avenue and 170th Street, just a block south of Archie Spigner Park. At approximately 8:20 a.m., the assailant approached her from behind, grabbed her rear end, and fled the scene, police said.

Dec. 24, 2024 By Colum Motherway

Queens Public Library (QPL) has extended the submission deadline for the Banned Books Library Card Design Contest to Friday, Jan. 10, 2025.

Dec. 24, 2024 By Athena Dawson

Council Member Sandra Ung has secured $162,000 in funding for technology upgrades at PS 162 John Golden, a local elementary school in Bayside.

Dec. 24, 2024 By Czarinna Andres

A Woodside resident has an extra reason to celebrate this holiday season after the New York Lottery announced a $50,000 third-prize-winning Powerball ticket was sold at Mars Deli Inc., located at 44-06 48th Ave., for the Dec. 23 drawing.

Dec. 24, 2024 By Barbara Russo-Lennon

NYC is enjoying a white Christmas Eve as the city’s sanitation crews work to keep streets clear and ice-free for all New Yorkers on Tuesday.

Dec. 24, 2024 By Ethan Marshall

The real estate developer TF Cornerstone announced its first retail lease signings for its new Malt Drive development at 2-20 and 2-21 Malt Dr. in the Hunter’s Point South section of Long Island City on Tuesday, Dec. 17.