Our mother always told us to look carefully before exiting a car, and this is why. A five-year-old Staten Island boy was hit by a police car yesterday afternoon while on his way to soccer practice with his mother. It seems the cruiser hit him on the street after he'd exited a car. Police aren't saying how fast the cruiser was going, but they do say that it had its lights flashing and siren sounding at the time. more ›

Yesterday afternoon at around 4:20 p.m., a police cruiser traveling south on Broadway (between 135th and 136th Streets) struck a 79-year-old man who was crossing the street from a median. The man, Javier Jackson, was taken to St. Luke's Hospital in critical condition and was pronounced dead two hours later. more ›

Some gamblers don't need their legs broken by loan sharks if they're paranoid enough. The FDNY discovered four men lying in an alley at 35-12 Farrington St. in Flushing, Queens while responding to a call about a smoke condition at the building. According to WNBC, the building houses a not-that-secret illegal gambling operation. more ›