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A 52-year-old taxi driver in New York City died this week after he was attacked by a group of people who didn’t pay their fare. News 12 reports the altercation happened just before 6:30 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 13 in the Edgemere neighborhood of the Bronx, near Beach 54th Street and Arverne Boulevard. Police released footage of the […]
Fresh off releasing his first post-prison project Bodboy, Bobby Shmurda sat down with Hot 97’s Ebro In The Morning on Friday to discuss his new label GS9 Records. During his conversation with Ebro, Peter Rosenberg, and Laura Stylez, the Brooklyn rapper broke down the difference of being signed to a label and operating as an independent artist. […]
California has become the latest state to declare a state of emergency in response to the monkeypox outbreak. California Gov. Gavin Newsom issued the declaration on Monday as the state recently eclipsed 800 monkeypox cases, according to data collected by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The declaration will allow California to deploy personnel from the Emergency Medical Services […]
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has issued an executive order declaring the monkeypox outbreak a “state emergency disaster.” The Democratic lawmaker announced the move Friday night, after health officials confirmed there were nearly 1,400 reported cases of the disease statewide. According to the New York Department of Health, the vast majority of those cases were seen in New […]
Health officials say a New York man has tested positive for polio, marking the first known U.S. infection in nearly a decade. The New York State Department of Health say the unnamed patient was unvaccinated and may have contracted the disease from someone who received the oral polio vaccine. According to the New York Times, the OPV […]
A man believed to have been asleep on the beach at Coney Island was hit and killed by a man driving a New York City Parks Department vehicle on Monday. Per a report on Tuesday from CBS News, the truck in question was finishing up a cleaning of the beach area when the driver “didn’t see […]
Travis Scott had a busy holiday weekend. In addition to his previously reported appearance at Michael Rubin’s July 4th party, Scott later performed for fans at Coney Island. Monday’s performance was part of the Day Party: Independence Day event at Coney Art Walls. Also on the lineup were Meek Mill, DJ Spade, and Chase B. While Scott […]
A New York City bodega owner is facing murder charges after he allegedly stabbed a customer to death during an altercation over potato chips. The New York Post reports the incident took place around 11:07 p.m. on Friday night at Blue Moon Convenience Store on Broadway near West 139th Street in Hamilton Heights. Jose Alba, 51, […]
A Carnival Cruise ship en route to New York City on Tuesday was forced to dock ahead of schedule after a brawl reportedly broke out aboard the vessel. According to Pix 11, a small fight between two people broke out on the dance floor of a nightclub on the ship around 5:20 a.m., which ultimately grew […]
A man was arrested this weekend in Chicago and charged with making threats against prosecutors in the R. Kelly case. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York confirmed to Complex on Monday that the man, identified as Christopher Gunn, was arrested on Saturday. He’s since been charged in a complaint with […]
