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As low-income neighborhoods in New York City bear the brunt of the coronavirus impact, these NYPD officers are stepping up to assist and assure residents that support is available

He brought immense delight to the exhausted first responders

National parks and sanctuaries across Africa have closed to the public and to researchers after recommendations from leading experts who had already recommended social distancing measures be taken to protect the apes from the virus.

Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti stated that the stores were endangering public health by continually declining to shut down

Starting Monday, 911 will screen and divert any calls regarding property-only crashes, expanding on a six-month pilot program conducted on Staten Island last year.

The burglar first committed the crime on March 21 by smashing the front door of Don Coqui Restaurant on 31st Street in Astoria, Queens, according to the police

Peru will begin restricting public movement by gender on Friday in an additional effort to contain the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus.

The US will only issue passports in situations of "life-or-death emergencies" to help control the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus

One person was killed and two more injured Thursday in a wild crash in Jamaica, Queens, when a driver slammed into two cars.

Most of the cases are in Europe, but others also are popping up in the United States, Asia and Africa, UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric said.

Yavier Julio, 35, was charged with promoting a sexual performance by a child and possession of sexual performances by a child, police said.

According to police on Thursday, a con artist masquerading as an MTA cleaner held up a worker with a knife inside a subway station booth in the Bronx

More than 300 cops have tested positive for the coronavirus — with many more are awaiting test results for the pandemic COVID-19 as the illness continues to spread through the NYPD.

The woman was withdrawing cash from an ATM inside Amalgamated Bank on 14th Street at around 1:46 p.m. on Monday when the stranger walked up behind her.

According to the police, at approximately 9:52 a.m. on Thursday, a man came up to the girl while she was with her mother at the CVS located on Saint Nicholas Ave. and 125th Street

According to police, 41-year-old Raynard Stapleton was taken into custody and charged with murder and illegal weapon possession in connection with the death of Brandon Vails on March 5

A man took a dive from a second story Queens hotel window during a possible drug deal gone bad, wild footage released this week by cops shows.

Police reported on Saturday that they detained a teenager for a hate crime on the Upper East Side inspired by the coronavirus

The 47-year-old victim and his son were at the intersection of 70th Avenue and Queens Boulevard at approximately 6:50 a.m. on Thursday when a man dressed in camouflage clothing approached them, according to police

Patrick and Ernestine Preville, both aged 29, were taken into custody at their Canarsie residence on Thursday and charged with grand larceny for the theft that occurred on February 23rd, according to police

“These are young men that are doing this to this young girl. This is unacceptable,” he proclaimed. “It’s not something we can ignore.”

Authorities reported that a person was hit and killed by a subway train in Manhattan on Friday

A Domino's pizza delivery driver was hit by a car following a failed robbery attempt in Brooklyn, according to police

A man was fatally hit by a train in Manhattan's Astor Place subway station Monday -- the second time in as many days someone was struck there, authorities said.

According to police on Thursday, a woman struck by an e-scooter in Harlem earlier this week succumbed to her injuries and passed away