The three family members were found drowned in the backyard pool of their newly purchased home in New Jersey, local officials said Tuesday. Authorities had been investigating whether Bharat Patel, 62, his 33-year-old daughter-in-law, Nisha Patel, and his 8-year-old daughter had been electrocuted in the above-ground pool in East Brunswick, …
Read More »Fireworks torment New York City as protesters demand crackdown
Someone threw an elaborate fireworks show late at night on a Brooklyn street, just as dozens of drivers fed up with illegal fireworks were honking their horns outside Gracie Mansion to disrupt Mayor Bill de Blasio’s dream, dramatic video posted on Twitter shows. The video, tweeted by Masha Protasova around …
Read More »Fireworks protesters honk the horn near the Gracie Mansion to wake up De Blasio
Dozens of drivers honked their car horns near the Gracie Mansion on Monday night to disrupt the mayor’s sleep in protest at the recent spike in illegal fireworks that shot through the city. “We need to send a message that we need to end these chaotic fireworks that [have] it’s …
Read More »Queens man wielding samurai sword dies after being tested by police
A man who had been wielding a samurai sword died Sunday night after police officers tested him at his Queens home, New York police said. Police were called to the home of George Zapantis, 30, on 150th Street in Whitestone around 9:45 p.m., on reports of a man with a …
Read More »