A jilted ex-lover with a bouquet of flowers walked into a Queens pharmacy Thursday and killed the mother of his two children with a gunshot to the head, police and witnesses said.
Hours after the shocking Long Island City murder, police found Alexander Figueroa, 38, dead by his own hand inside an apartment blocks away, sources said.
Attention South Carolina inmates: Those days of updating your status on Facebook could be over.
A South Carolina state representative is introducing legislation that would extend a prisoner's stay behind bars an extra 30 days and/or have them facing a $500 fine if they are caught using the world's most popular social networking site.
Russian scientists last week said that the Apophis asteroid may collide with the earth in 2036 but a report came out this week which said the chance of it striking the earth is highly unlikely.
And, if the object gets close enough, it would be a good research opportunity, a space scientist told the International Business Times.
A jailed Illinois man's attempt to escape prison went awry when he got stuck in the ceiling, just four days after he was incarcerated.
Ryan Cleary, 20, climbed into the suspended ceiling of the Kendall County Jail on Monday morning, the Chicago Sun-Times reported. He was later discovered by authorities hiding 25 feet on top of the ventilation duct work, which had… Continue
A newborn baby is found in a bathroom at an events center in Greenville, S.C. after the circus. The baby boy was found in a toilet and is in critical condition.… Continue
Rapper Lil Wayne recently settled a $1.2 million tax bill that was filed against the rapper in June in Dade County, Florida Circuit Court. The rapper forked over $1.13 million dollars to Uncle Sam in December of 2010, to pay off tax liens for the years 2004, 2005 and 2007. This is the second time Wayne has run into issues with IRS in regards to his income. He was also hit with… Continue
YPSILANTI TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — Authorities have jailed a 17-year-old Ypsilanti High School student they say repeatedly stabbed a classmate with whom he’d had sex after she told him she may be pregnant.
The attack happened Tuesday on the school grounds in Washtenaw County’s Ypsilanti Township, west of Ypsilanti. The 17-year-old girl was in intensive care Thursday after surgery at St. Joseph Mercy Hospital.
County assistant prosecutor Arianne Slay says Cortae… Continue
LMAO! HERE'S WHY YOU CAN'T FIGHT IN SKINNY JEANS! LOOK @ THESE MOFO'S THEY CAN'T EVEN MOVE! STOP WEARING YOUR SISTER'S JEANS! YOU'RE CONFUSED!… Continue
An FDNY electrician who filed a race discrimination complaint against the department in December says a noose was left in front of his work locker last week.
Gregory Seabrook, an FDNY communications electrician for nearly 20 years, found the noose Thursday at the FDNY facility at 87 Union St. in Brooklyn, his lawyers said yesterday.
CHICK GOES OFF IN THE HAIR STORE! DID THEY GIVE HER THE WRONG WEAVE? WHATEVER THEY DID SHE GOT NO BUSINESS HOLDING HER BABY & ACTING LIKE THAT! SOOOO GHETTO!… Continue
Shia LaBeouf was jumped while leaving a Los Angeles bar this weekend.
The "Transformers" star's rep confirmed to the Daily News that LaBeouf was "attacked as he was leaving" the sports bar Mad Bull's Tavern early Saturday morning.
A patron called LaBeouf a "f---ing fa---t" and punched him in the face, according to RadarOnline.com.
A gym teacher in Ohio who allegedly had sex with several high school football players now faces multiple counts of sexual battery.
Stacy Schuler, who has been on paid administrative leave since mid-January when the claims first surfaced, was indicted Friday on 16 counts of sexual battery and three misdemeanor counts of offenses involving underage persons, the Dayton… Continue
Police dealt a stunning blow to two warring Bronx gangs, arresting 19 alleged drug dealers suspected in a dozen shootings and other mayhem in Soundview.
The Wednesday takedown was the culmination of Operation Teflon, a year-long probe by the Bronx Narcotics Bureau targeting two gangs on Wheeler Ave., cops told the Daily News.
Verizon's iPhone debut was a ringing success - the biggest U.S. wireless carrier sold out its initial inventory of gadgets in less than a day.
Verizon halted preorders from its current customers at 8:10 p.m. Thursday, about 17 hours after they began. Other buyers can order online next Wednesday, and the devices will be available in stores starting on Thursday,… Continue