Kwanzaa began on Friday, marking a celebration of African American heritage and culture. The holiday started nearly 60 years ago. Seven candles are lit each night of the weeklong celebration to ...

Brooklynites got a head start ahead of the snowstorm by heading to grocery stores before conditions worsen. Inside a Food World grocery store on East 108th Street and Avenue J in Canarsie, there was a ...

One person was killed during a crash early Thursday morning on the Northern State Parkway in Dix Hills, according to police. Police say it happened just after 6 a.m. Police have identified the driver ...

Flames took over a structure at the Silver Gull Beach Club in Queens on Wednesday. The FDNY responded to the fire just before 4:30 a.m. No one was injured, officials said. Firefighters were still ...

A fire damaged a bakery in Borough Park early Tuesday morning, prompting a large FDNY response and leaving the business without power. Firefighters were called to Korn’s Bakery on 15th Avenue, between ...

A man from The Bronx died while in custody at Rikers Island on Sunday. He is the 14th person to die in NYC Department of Corrections custody this year. DOC revealed that Kryon Randall, 33, was taken ...

The state minimum wage will be rising to $17 per hour on Long Island, in New York City and in Westchester County. That’s a 50-cent increase.

News 12 was at LaGuardia airport to monitor how people’s holiday travel is going. AAA says this year’s holiday travel is expected to set a record. They project at least 122.4 million people will ...

A new trauma recovery center opened at the Center for Community Alternatives in Downtown Brooklyn. Organizers say the center provides free trauma-informed care to survivors of physical violence, ...

Customers at Brooklyn’s Best Locksmith and Hardware in Flatlands were stocking up on supplies ahead of the upcoming snowstorm, from snowblowers and shovels to salt and scrapers. “I have my shovels, ...