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October 1, 2023

New York police still searching for 9-year-old who disappeared during camping trip: 'Every parent's nightmare'

Multiple agencies are assisting in the search for a 9-year-old Charlotte Sena, who went missing from a state park during a camping trip with her family.

October 1, 2023

Veteran slays 'witch' sister with bayonet because of her true-crime fandom

Despite acknowledging his schizoaffective diagnoses, Anthony Dibella told a New York court that he was "convinced... [he] saved [his] mother's life" when he murdered Wanda Paoli.

September 30, 2023

New York woman, 28, sentenced to 8½ years in prison in fatal shoving of 87-year-old singing coach

Lauren Pazienza, 28, was sentenced Friday to eight-and-a-half years in prison for the unprovoked shoving death of 87-year-old Broadway voice coach Barbara Maier Gustern in 2022.

September 30, 2023

Ex-bodega clerk Jose Alba sues NYC DA Alvin Bragg for racial discrimination after murder charges dropped

Former bodega worker Jose Alba is suing New York City District Attorney Alvin Brag after he dropped murder charges against Alba in what video showed was a self-defense killing.

September 30, 2023

New York serial killer Joel Rifkin may still hold answers to cold cases, doc says: ‘He’s playing a game’

It is believed that Joel Rifkin, a landscaper, killed 17 women in New York during the 1990s. He is serving more than 200 years in prison after he was convicted in 1994.

September 30, 2023

Couple scorched when camper explodes after common mistake turns dangerous

About 700 people go to the emergency room each year with an injury related to a propane tank explosion, which usually occurs when the tank is left open or near heat.

September 29, 2023

Long Island man cleared of murder charges after 18 years in prison

Paul Scrimo, 66, of New York, was acquitted Thursday in connection with the 2000 murder of Ruth Williams. Scrimo spent 18 years behind bars for the erroneous conviction.

September 29, 2023

Brooklyn commuters horrified as city bus begins to fill with floodwater

Brooklyn, New York resident Onika Williams shares footage from her harrowing bus ride as heavy rain and flooding hit the NYC area.

September 29, 2023

'Sadistic' doctor at prominent hospital sexually abused dozens of patients, got away with it: lawsuit

A new lawsuit accuses disgraced urologist Dr. Darius Paduch, New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center of covering up years of sexual abuse.

September 29, 2023

NYC firefighters seen cutting apart truck that got wedged in tunnel, causing traffic nightmare

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority says it took hours to remove an 18-wheel tractor-trailer truck that became stuck in the Hugh L. Carey Tunnel.