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A Southeast Queens gun trafficking crew was taken down, and nearly 200 firearms, including 11 assault weapons, were recovered, New York Attorney General Letitia James announced Friday.

The 579-count indictment charges Deundre Wright, 32, of Jamaica, and Abner Sparkes, 31, and Ethan Charles, 22, both from Cambria Heights, with trafficking and selling numerous assault weapons, semi-automatic pistols, revolvers, high-capacity magazines and hundreds of rounds of ammunition.

Oct. 25, 2024 By Bill Parry

Police from the 115th Precinct in Jackson Heights are still looking for a woman who punched out a man inside a Corona discount store in broad daylight earlier this month.

Oct. 25, 2024 By Athena Dawson

E-scooter company Lime announced the launch of a new initiative on Friday to improve shared e-scooter parking in Queens.

Oct. 25, 2024 By Iryna Shkurhan

The first annual Italian Heritage Festival to come to Whitestone brought together hundreds of locals of all ages on Sunday, Oct. 20, for pizza, vintage cars and cultural spirit. 

Oct. 25, 2024 By Shane O’Brien

A new comedy play following a rag-tag troupe of clowns is set to run at Woodside’s Secret Theatre next month.

Oct. 24, 2024 By Tangerine Clarke

Yesterday’s Children Community Salute, which shares love, honor, obedience, gratitude, and unity, was conceived by Glenda Cadogan, a writer, communications specialist, and director of Mauby Media Services. On Oct. 13, the 14th Annual event was celebrated with a vibrant presentation.

A federal grand jury in Brooklyn indicted three Maryland men for their alleged roles in the kidnapping, robbery and fatal shooting of a marijuana dealer in Bayside in July.

Two of the defendants, Jerome Waters, 23, known on the street as “the Engineer,” and Calvin Israel, 23, were arrested in Baltimore on Wednesday and will be arraigned in the Eastern District of New York at a later date. William Barnett, 27, remains at large.

Oct. 24, 2024 By Czarinna Andres

Rudy’s Bakery and Café, a cherished fixture in Ridgewood since 1934, will celebrate its 90th anniversary on Saturday, Oct. 26, with a special community event.

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey proudly announced on Oct. 22 that Forbes Travel Guide selected LaGuardia Airport as the best airport in the United States a decade after then-Vice President Joe Biden likened the transportation hub to one that would be found in a third-world nation in a speech lamenting the state of infrastructure in America.

Forbes released its first Verified Air Travel Awards based on a survey of 5,000 hospitality and travel experts and the guide’s most well-traveled fliers. The recognition is the latest in a long list of accolades given to LaGuardia throughout the course of the airport’s historic $8 billion transformation.

Oct. 24, 2024 By Athena Dawson

Spectrum has donated $10,000 to the Chinese American Planning Council (CPC) to support its Spectrum Learning Lab in Flushing. The telecommunications organization announced on Tuesday, Oct. 15, that the funding will be used to update equipment and boost educational programs for the Flushing community.