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| Homeowner spooks off burglars with gun during ‘scary’ NYC home invasion “It was probably one of the scariest moments of my life," homeowner Moshe Borukh told The Post. Wed, 21 Jan 2026 22:45:33 -0500 Inferno rips through NYC warehouse, ravaging at least 25 businesses’ inventories: FDNY No one was hurt, but fire officials suspect that 25 businesses were impacted, as the facility is home to 25 storage bays. Wed, 21 Jan 2026 22:26:51 -0500 Hochul’s proposed budget includes massive Medicaid spending, but Dr. Oz could sink NYS’ funding options Gov. Kathy Hochul’s budget proposal includes a massive boost to Medicaid spending that’s already dramatically outpacing other states -- but Dr. Oz could shake up her plan to tap into a nearly $10 billion trust fund already on New York’s books. Wed, 21 Jan 2026 20:36:15 -0500 Judge apologizes to former suspected killer of Jam Master J for being wounded in MDC jail assault Brooklyn Federal Judge LaShaan DeArcy Hall said she was "genuinely saddened" to hear that Karl Jordan Jr. was assaulted at MDC during a court hearing on Wednesday. Wed, 21 Jan 2026 19:53:36 -0500 Depraved NYC mom busted for keeping 14-year-old twin sons under house arrest, starving them for 9 years Lissette Soto Domenech, 64, allegedly starved the two boys and kept them virtually housebound in their Riverdale home between November 3, 2016, and October 15, 2025, the Bronx District Attorney’s Office charged. Wed, 21 Jan 2026 19:14:37 -0500 Judge rules lines of NYC’s only GOP House district are unconstitutional A Manhattan Supreme Court Judge ordered that the lines of New York City's only GOP-held congressional district should be redrawn -- handing blue state Democrats a win in their redistricting push. Wed, 21 Jan 2026 19:12:41 -0500 Vile antisemites repeatedly scrawl swastikas across playground in heavily Jewish NYC neighborhood "I am sickened by this antisemitic vandalism in Borough Park," Mayor Zohran Mamdani said, vowing the hateful vandals will be found. Wed, 21 Jan 2026 18:38:04 -0500 High-tech DNA could ID cold-case ‘Asian Doe’ Gilgo Beach victim: DA DNA technology used in the Gilgo Beach serial murder case could solve the decades-old mystery of "Asian Doe," whose body remains unidentified. Wed, 21 Jan 2026 18:37:21 -0500 Nurses and NYC hospitals head back to bargaining table but strike rages on for now "The nurses have a lot of public support but the hospitals are very powerful and have a lot of resources. It seems like a stalemate." Wed, 21 Jan 2026 18:30:19 -0500 100 cats rescued from breeder’s ‘deplorable’ urine-drenched Long Island home Grace Etzelsberger, 66, was arrested and charged with animal neglect by the Suffolk County SPCA on Tuesday after investigators found 100 Maine Coon cats living in a disgusting conditions. Wed, 21 Jan 2026 18:22:28 -0500 |