A 9/11 hero is coming out of retirement to take a new job at the nation’s largest fire department, the FDNY announced over the weekend. Joseph Pfeifer was named first

Five people were shot, one fatally, at the Krewe of Bacchus Parade in New Orleans on Sunday night, police said. All five victims — three males and two females —

The American Dream Mall DreamWorks Water Park is closed Monday after four people were injured over the weekend. A large decorative helicopter fell from the ceiling into a swimming pool

A sick 4-foot-long alligator was caught on Sunday in Brooklyn and officials are looking for the person responsible. A member of the Prospect Park maintenance staff spotted the gator in

This Monday, February 20, marks Presidents Day. The federal holiday falls on the third Monday of February, commemorating America’s 45 commanders in chief (Grover Cleveland served two nonconsecutive terms, so

A 75-year-old man discovered dead in his Coney Island, Brooklyn, apartment was fatally beaten. Donald Wallace was discovered dead inside the city-run Carey Gardens apartment complex at 2832 West 23rd

Senator Cory Booker will attend a prayer vigil in Paterson, New Jersey to speak about relief efforts for the earthquake in Turkey and Syria. The vigil at a local Turkish

One person was killed and three more were wounded Wednesday in a shooting at a shopping mall in El Paso, Texas, adding to the dozens of people already killed this