An investigation by ProPublica found that in just seven months of Donald Trump’s presidency, ICE detained parents of at least 11,000 American children, averaging over 50 kids a day losing a parent to detention—far outpacing the Biden administration’…
Following a late-night car stunt show—complete with flaming donuts, keffiyeh-clad drivers, and one notably acrobatic NYPD cruiser—Queens’ Maspeth and Middle Village residents are calling for arrests after the police released images of the pyrotechnic perpetrators. Officials, including City Council’s Phil Wong, promise more resources and surveillance; the show may be over, but apparently nobody told the black Nissan speeding off or the internet sleuths now on the case.
A water-balloon fight in Queens ended with the death of 15-year-old Jaden Pierre, who was shot in the chest after being beaten by a group of youths as bystanders filmed, according to the NYPD. His mother, Shanelle Weston, unleashed a sharp rebuke at both the unknown shooter and unhelpful onlookers; the perpetrator remains at large, while social media manages—once again—to capture everything but compassion.
The Iran war is prying open fissures among young Republicans on American campuses, from Georgetown to Arizona State, as some rally behind President Trump’s hawkish line while others question the party’s foreign zeal. This fresh schism puts the “united” in College Republicans to the test, but at least debate skills seem to be enjoying unexpected, if uneasy, renaissance in the quad.
New York police are investigating a raucous late-night car meetup on Eliot Avenue in Middle Village, Queens, where motorists drifted around a flaming ring, shattering the neighborhood’s peace and a squad car windshield, though mercifully not themselves. With the prospect of more such nocturnal thrills as summer approaches, City Councilman Phil Wong promises a crackdown, including drones—because what every worried parent wants is Big Brother’s bird’s-eye view of the block party.
After a dramatic midnight car meetup set the intersection of 69th Street and Eliot Avenue ablaze—with drivers performing stunts around a flaming ring and one hoisting a Palestinian flag—Queens councilman Phil Wong demanded arrests and greater police vigilance, including drones. The local NYPD responded in force, but only skid marks and viral videos remain; apparently, horsepower outpaced handcuffs this weekend in Maspeth.
Jaden Pierre, 15, was fatally shot during a brawl at Roy Wilkins Park in Queens, dashing hopes that falling crime numbers—shootings in the 113th Precinct are down 50%—might comfort bereaved families. Locals and officials including Letitia James are set to attend a vigil, candles and headbands attempting what NYPD statistics can't: shelter grief from the city’s unpredictable weather.
After a decade lingering as a rusted fixture in Long Island City’s Anable Basin, the ferry Prudence is being prepped by volunteers to join New York’s artificial reefs. Harris Moore and his crew scrape and clean each Saturday to ready the vessel for marine tenants, rather than yet another ignominious fate as urban flotsam. For once, the city may be trading eyesores for ecosystems—at least underwater.
A weekend of gun violence in America saw eight children killed and several others injured in Shreveport, Louisiana, after a pre-dawn rampage across four sites in the city’s Cedar Grove neighbourhood; police say a domestic dispute was likely to blame. Meanwhile, five more were shot near the University of Iowa. Calls for tighter gun laws circulate regularly, but U.S. Congress rarely seems to break its own cycle.
