A Long Island grandmother has been charged with driving under the influence of drugs—and she faces a felony charge because she was driving with her two-year-old grandson in the car. more ›

Neither wind, nor rain, nor sleet nor hail, nothing will stop the US Mail. Except maybe Saturdays. And a crippling $9.2 billion budget deficit. While some have been warning of the closure of one of America's greatest institutions, most of us have been sending crappy e-cards to Grandma and refusing to set foot in those "crowded" post offices (but we'll wait 2 hours for Shake Shack?). Now, the Times reports that the United States Postal Service will be unable to make a $5.5 billion payment due later this month and may completely shut down this winter unless Congress does something fast. HAHA get it? Congress? Fast? more ›

Prosecutors yesterday charged 26-year-old Christopher Jackson with murdering his 62-year-old grandmother Rosemary Little on Monday. The charges came after Jackson told police increasingly "bizarre and conflicting statements" as to why "he stuffed a T-shirt inside his grandmother's mouth and secured it with rubber bands to suffocate her before getting high and wolfing down six waffles." more ›

Dead grannies in closets was not a crime trend we'd ever predict, and yet we've now got our second one this year. Last night, police discovered the body of 62-year-old grandmother Rosemary Little inside of a basement closet in her Jamaica, Queens home and the Daily News is reporting that the police are questioning her 26-year-old grandson in the case. more ›

Concerned relatives of 76-year-old Cora Davis had not heard from her in two days, so they went to check on her at her East Harlem apartment at the Wagner Houses on East 124th Street. When they opened the woman's bedroom door, they found her grandson, 21-year-old Larry Davis, having sex in her bed with an unidentified 20-year-old woman. Cora Davis was nowhere to be found, and an argument ensued, with one family member demanding to know, "Where's Grandma?" more ›

Theresa Alonso, a 64-year-old grandmother in Staten Island, was fatally struck by an 18-wheeler yesterday while crossing Port Richmond Avenue. Returning to the Buckingham House retirement center for a BBQ she had helped plan, Alonso was still in the middle of Port Richmond Avenue when the light turned green (hip surgery forced her to walk slowly). The driver said he didn't see her over the hood of his truck. more ›

A ballroom dancing grandma who was hit by a bus three years ago was awarded $10 million in Brooklyn yesterday. Josephine Pantano, 80, said in court that she was hit by a city bus that she claimed ran a red light at the intersection of Bath and 25th avenues in Bath Beach, and was left in a hospital bed for six weeks with a fractured neck, broken leg bones and a shattered ankle, and had to undergo months of painful rehabilitation. Now she has a limp, is forced to walk with a cane, and might never dance again. more ›

A fancy Upper East Side girls’ school is mad a two grandmas, who it says are standing in the way of its expansion to a neighboring building. Both older women live in cheap rent-controlled apartments in 28 E. 92nd Street, and have for forty years. Nightingale-Bamford wants them out, and the women’s lawyer says it’s using mean girl tactics. "They are harassing two elderly women and trying to drive them out of their homes," said David Rozenholc. "I really believe they're heartless. They knew these elderly people lived there when they bought the building. I think it's terrible." more ›

Though David Letterman apologized for the tabloid media frenzy (related to a $2 million extortion attempt) that's now greeting his staffers on Monday night, he might need to apologize to his staffers' families too—the Post went to the New Hampshire assisted living facility to ask the 90-year-old grandmother of a Late Show staffer/alleged Letterman lover some questions! Stephanie Birkitt's grandmother Irene Boyle said that Letterman "and Stephanie have always had a good relationship. They joked and kidded around... They were just good friends... She worked for Dave for 11 years. She said she never had sex with him." more ›

Back in 2006, 56-year-old Margaret Johnson, who uses a motorized scooter because of a dislocated hip and herniated disk, was choked on Lenox Avenue in Harlem by Devon Johnson (no relation), a man arrested 9 times for robbery. But because she was on her way to the shooting range for a little target practice, she had her .357 magnum all lit to pop, and shot Johnson in the arm. Cops followed a trail of blood to his apartment and arrested him, but he beat the charge by claiming that Johnson shot him because he kicked her Shih Tzu after it attacked him. (For reference, here is a photo of the vicious Shih Tzu breed.) more ›

An officer with a history of false arrest is being accused of more of the same by a 40-year-old grandmother in Sunset Park. Monica Gonzalez tells the Daily News she was walking four blocks from her apartment to the E.R. during an asthma attack at 2:30 in the morning last November when she was arrested by Officer Sean Spencer, who claimed she was holding a condom and approaching vehicles with another woman. (Gonzalez's lawyer never found evidence of the supposed condom.) The charges were finally dropped in May and now Gonzalez, who works as a receptionist, has filed a formal complaint with the city’s Law Department. more ›

The gas main explosion that rocked a home on 48th Ave. and 41st. St. Wedneday––killing one woman and injuring six others––occurred despite what ConEd and FDNY say was them following proper procedures preceding the incident. Kunta Oza, who died at the age of 69, was burned over 90% of her body. In addition to the six others injured in the explosion, 200 people were evacuated from the block until it was deemed safe to return.... more ›