On Mother's Day, police were called to an apartment in the Baisley Park Houses in Jamaica, Queens, where residents reported a domestic disturbance. But en route, the responding officers were sidetracked by a savage street fight that left 52-year-old Nikita White scarred for life. White was crossing Merrick Boulevard around 10 p.m. when 38-year-old Lovette Hill allegedly attacked her without provocation. "She just started charging at me," White tells CBS 2. "She lunged at me in the middle of the intersection with both fists." more ›

Good one: A correction in the Washington Post reads, "A Nov. 26 article in the District edition of Local Living incorrectly said a Public Enemy song declared 9/11 a joke. The song refers to 911, the emergency phone number." more ›

From 1970 until 1996, when it was merged into the FDNY, most of the city’s Emergency Medical Services needs were performed by New York City Emergency Medical Service (NYC EMS). It was part of the New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation for all of its existence starting as a “scoop and run” operation and eventually incorporating paramedics who were able to render aid in the field. This ten minute video from the early 1990s follows some paramedics on their runs along with explaining their duties and equipment. Some of the procedures are still used by the FDNY EMS today. more ›