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Last Nazi In U.S. Dies | Daily Struggle Of Cab, Uber Drivers | Jamaica Fire Is Double Homicide

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Queens DA Richard Brown To Leave Office After Almost 3 Decades

QUEENS, NY — Queens's top prosecutor will leave office this year nearly three decades in the post. District Attorney Richard Brown will finish out his current term but will not seek re-election in... Read more


Last Nazi In US Dies Months After Deportation From Queens

JACKSON HEIGHTS, NY – the last Nazi in the U.S. has died just months after being deported from his home in Jackson Heights, Queens, according to reports. Jakiw Palij, a former Nazi concentration... Read more


Tattooed Suspect Arrested In Brutal Queens Rape, Authorities Say

QUEENS, NY — An Ozone Park man has been charged for brutally raping and sexually abusing a woman for hours in southeast Queens last month, authorities say. George Persaud, 24, was arraigned... Read more


Jamaica Fire Ruled Double Homicide, Police Say

JAMAICA, NY — A fire that killed two men in Jamaica last month has been ruled a double homicide, police said Thursday. But no one has been arrested in connection with the Dec.... Read more


Life Behind The Wheel: The Daily Struggle Of Cab, Uber Drivers

NEW YORK — Like much of the city, the street in front of Nicolae Hent’s modest Middle Village home was quiet and empty on the Thursday morning after Christmas. In an alley out back, Hent’s taxi... Read more