Last night, a 57-year-old woman was killed in Staten Island when the driver of a SUV slammed into her around 9:50 p.m. Police say that Clara Almazo had been crossing Cary Avenue at Elizabeth Street with her 8-year-old grandson, on their way home from Holy Thursday church services—witnesses say and surveillance footage shows Almazo pushing the child out of the way before the car hit her. A family friend told the Daily News, "That was heroic of her, thinking about the boy until the last second. They were coming from church. They are very religious people." more ›

Early Thursday morning, a grandmother and four of her grandchildren were killed in a massive house fire in South Plainfield, NJ. The blaze killed 62-year-old Ann Jefferson, as well as grandchildren Alize, 12; Tyler, 7; Christopher, 3; and Elijah, 2. Authorities now say that there were no working smoke detectors inside the home, which was a converted 19th century farmhouse.“It was like a brick oven in there,” Fire Chief Tom Scalera said at a press conference. “It was a cauldron—more than 2,000 degrees.” more ›

A grandmother and four of her grandchildren were killed in a massive house fire in South Plainfield, NJ early this morning. The fire started sometime between 2:30 and 3 a.m. this morning inside a converted 19th century farmhouse. The identities of the victims haven't been released yet, but News 12 reported that a 12-year-old girl, a 7-year-old boy, a 3-year-old boy, a 2-year-old and their grandmother were killed. Three other children escaped, including an 8-year-old who was taken to the hospital in critical condition. more ›

The TSA, flush with change from your pocket, has finally gotten around to apologizing to the elderly women who were strip-searched at the JetBlue terminal at JFK over the Thanksgiving holiday. Well, sort of. more ›

A Brooklyn grandmother is in critical condition after she got into a fight with her grandson—and he allegedly hit her with a brick. The 62-year-old woman, whose name has not been released, was taken to Kings County Hospital with severe head trauma after the 5:45 p.m. incident with her 19-year-old grandson in Bedford-Stuyvesant. “They started throwing rocks at each other and the grandfather tried to break it up. There was a lot of fighting going on," one neighbor told the News. more ›

Seems like somebody at the TSA had some issues to work out with Grandma over Thanksgiving. After this weekend's revelations regarding an 85-year-old woman being strip searched, a second elderly woman has come forward saying that she was stripped by agents at the JetBlue terminal at JFK after the holiday—in this case so that they could examine the 88-year-old's colostomy bag. Which, if you've ever known someone who had one, is an embarrassing thing to have to whip out for strangers. Even in a private room. more ›

Oh, TSA. Today, the Daily News reports that an 85-year-old woman was strip-searched earlier this week right before a flight to Fort Lauderdale—and she's really unhappy. Lenore Zimmerman, who lives on Long Island, says, "I walk with a walker — I really look like a terrorist. I’m tiny. I weigh 110 pounds, 107 without clothes"—with her hunched back, she's 4'11"—"and I was strip-searched." See her photograph here—and naturally, Zimmerman is thinking about a lawsuit, especially since the ordeal left her bloodied up. more ›

Rest easy, grandmothers of New York: New York's Finest have bagged Larry Davis, the horny stoner grandson accused of killing his grandmother and going on a two-day sex romp while her corpse rotted in the bedroom closet under a pile of dirty clothes. What a world! The Daily News reports that Davis, 22, was busted just before midnight last night after two weeks on the lam. He's charged with murder and criminal contempt for violating an order of protection that his poor grandmother, 76-year-old Cora Davis, had futilely filed against her allegedly murderous grandson. more ›

An ex-con was arrested yesterday for allegedly admitting to killing a Bronx grandmother while in a crack-addled daze. Tyrone Ragland allegedly admitted he was high on crack when he got into a fight over money with 70-year-old Ethel Klein, and stabbed her to death three months ago. "Apparently there had been disputes in the past over that work. He alleges that she owed him $80," said NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly. more ›

You know what this snow day needs? More James Franco. The actor got in to his natural role of "grandson" over the holidays, and filmed this video with his grandmother. She recently came to New York for the premiere of his latest movie, 127 Hours, and now has a message for all the "pussies" who are too scared to watch it: more ›

A former Queens school secretary was busted for spending thousands of taxpayers' dollars on herself and her family, after her granddaughter ratted her out to Department of Education officials. According to investigators, the granddaughter tipped off officials after her grandmother had stopped paying her cell phone bill. Lesson: Do not mess with 14-year-old girls and their cell phone bills. more ›

Last week a BMX kid up to no good attacked a defenseless older woman in Brooklyn as her 4-year-old granddaughter looked on, reports the Post. On Wednesday night the 68-year-old-victim was strolling with the little girl around 9:45 p.m. when the young thug—thought to be between 15 and 20-years old—came up behind her. Knocking her in the head several times with a firearm, he grabbed her purse, which contained a cell phone and cash, then sped off down Slocum Place in Kensington on his little black bicycle. The victim was taken to the hospital and is now in stable condition; thankfully her granddaughter was unharmed. more ›

Reclining her hospital bed yesterday, the 66-year-old Harlem woman who took a stray bullet in the leg in Harlem Wednesday sent a strong message to Mayor Bloomberg about what Harlem needs: "Bloomberg's getting in there and making the place look fancy and all of that, but it's not safe and people won't want to come here," Virginia Valree told the Daily News. more ›

A 66-year-old Harlem woman became the second victim of stray gunfire this week in NYC. Virginia Valree was walking along Lenox Avenue in Harlem around 3:30 p.m. yesterday, carrying potatoes to deliver to a sick friend, when a bullet struck her left leg and knocked her into traffic on West 135th Street. "I'm horrified. All I know is I was just standing there and my leg gave in," Valree told the Daily News from her hospital bed last night. "I was on the ground. I was laying there saying, 'Somebody stop the traffic!' because I didn't want to get run over." more ›

The New York Aquarium saw some action between two members of the most dangerous species yesterday: humans. The NY Post reports that a grandma from Queens and a mom from Brooklyn "got into a knock-down, drag-out rumble in front of the shark exhibit at the Coney Island attraction, whaling on each other as dozens of horrified kids watched." It all started when Rodine James' child bumped into Rosa Melendez's grandchild, causing Melendez to scream at James' kid. When James walked away, Melendez followed her and continued screaming, finally striking James across the face, shattering her sunglasses and knocking her to the ground. One eyewitness said, "The younger woman looked like she'd been scratched up pretty badly," but she wasn't the only victim, the two kids were also knocked down during the incident. Melendez, who in her final act of outrage grabbed James' camera and threw it to the ground, was arrested while James was taken to the hospital. more ›

On Saturday morning, 86-year-old Betty Zengel, who suffers from Alzheimer's, managed to disappear from her caretaker's watch on the Upper East Side—and somehow ended up outside a Chelsea nightclub at midnight. M2 Ultralounge's owner and head of security contacted the NYPD, whose officers escorted Zengel away. But later the club's owner and security noticed Zengel wandering in the rainy streets a few blocks away—and now the club claims the NYPD abandoned Zengel. more ›

A 71-year-old Queens grandmother say's she'll file a civil-rights lawsuit against the city after an altercation inside the 107th Precinct Wednesday night left her with a broken hip. Elizabeth Gorden (pictured) had gone there with other family members to find out why cops hadn't arrested a man who allegedly slapped her granddaughter at a bus station. What happened next is heavily disputed—police say the family became unruly and were asked to leave. And when a captain intervened, they say Gorden took a swing at him, missed and fell to the floor, breaking her hip. She had to have surgery this week. more ›

The 45-year-old woman, charged with murder and accused of beating and then ignoring her 4-year-old grandson, collapsed in court yesterday, according to the Daily News. Angela Barksdale also "wept" when the prosecutors read her statement to detectives detailing his injuries and final days. 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 ›

Police arrested an 18-year-old suspect in the punch-grab-and-run mugging of a 62-year-old woman in front of the Catholic school where she is a teacher. Patricia McGowan was approached by a young man in front of the Good Shepherd School before 7 a.m. this past Monday, who then shoved her against the school's front gate and then punched her hard in the face, knocking McGowan to the ground. Surveillance tapes captured the whole attack on tape, which led to Eric Ferguson's arrest Friday morning. more ›