A 14-year-old Bronx boy has turned himself in for the murder of an 18-year-old young man in Washington Heights early Saturday. Alvin Diaz is being charged with second-degree murder after police say he fatally stabbed Dereck Cabejas in the chest; the murder was allegedly committed in reaction to a water fight two days earlier. more ›

A 30-year-old Australian woman was arrested in Union Square yesterday when she did not heed police officers' warnings that a planned water fight event had been canceled. Cassandra Wu, in town for her 30th birthday, was arrested after spraying the crowd (including the officers) with a water bottle. "This is crazy and this would never happen in Australia," Wu's sister said. more ›