MANHATTAN, N.Y. (WPIX) – A man is accused of lighting a container on fire and throwing it at people in two separate incidents in New York City. Nile Taylor, 49, was arrested on Saturday after police said he tossed a flammable substance at a 23-year-old man riding the subway around 2:47 p.m. Sources told Nexstar’s WPIX that […]
An unhinged man lit a cup of flammable liquid and threw it at a stranger, setting his shirt aflame and burning him on a downtown subway train in Manhattan on Saturday, cops said. The 49-year-old firebug threw the flaming liquid on the 23-year-old stranger as the downtown 1 train pulled into the Houston St. station […]
MBTA officials expect a new fare collection system to launch this summer allowing subway and bus riders to pay by tapping a contactless credit card or mobile wallet on a smartphone, like Apple Pay, instead of the traditional CharlieCards and paper tickets. The start of contactless payment — a feature in place in other major […]
LOWER EAST SIDE, Manhattan (PIX11) – A woman was slashed at a subway station on the Lower East Side Sunday morning, according to the NYPD. The 35-year-old woman was slashed around 6:40 a.m. at the Delancey Street-Essex Street J and Z station, according to police. Pedestrian fatally struck by NYPD vehicle on Van Wyck Expressway: […]
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Commuters in Buenos Aires on Friday were hit by an abrupt 360% increase in subway fares, one of the most dramatic price hikes in libertarian President Javier Milei ‘s harsh budget austerity campaign in Argentina. After weeks of hearings, a judge on Thursday lifted an order that had temporarily blocked […]
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentine commuters in Buenos Aires on Friday were hit by an abrupt 360% increase in subway fares, one of the most dramatic price hikes in libertarian President Javier Milei ‘s harsh budget austerity campaign. After weeks of hearings, an Argentine judge on Thursday lifted an order that had temporarily blocked […]
BROOKLYN – The NYPD is searching for the group of people who put up “Free Palestine” posters and stickers on the subway this past Tuesday. Police said at least eight people boarded the moving “F” train at the 7th Avenue Station in Brooklyn and took down MTA subway advertisements on approximately four train cars. (Courtesy […]
LONG ISLAND CITY, Queens (PIX11) — A man followed a woman onto a train in a Queens subway station and slashed her with a box cutter when she lifted her leg to defend herself, police said. The suspect attacked the 22-year-old victim on a Manhattan-bound E train in the Queens Plaza subway station at around […]
A 22-year-old woman was slashed by a stranger on a Queens subway train, police said Thursday, the latest in a string of unprovoked attacks to rattle the city. The attacker approached the victim on a Manhattan-bound E train as it neared the Queens Plaza station and slashed her left leg with a sharp object about […]
NEW YORK (PIX11) — A gun was fired inside the 135th Street subway station located in Harlem on Saturday evening, according to police. Police from the 32nd precinct responded to a 911 call for an unidentified individual who fired a gun at 5:31 p.m. The suspect fired one round on the mezzanine level, police said. […]
Maryland Transit Administration is offering free trips for commuters on Monday to celebrate Earth Day. For Free Transit Day, people can travel by bus, light rail, metro subway, MARC train and commuter bus without paying a fare. Mobility will also be free.Travelers can use the Transit app to plan their trip ahead of time. “Earth […]
A former high school wrestler said he sprang into action during his lunch break after a man allegedly verbally and physically abused a Subway employee in Indianapolis. Gabriel Pitzulo told ABC affiliate WRTV that he entered the E. Hanna Ave location for lunch on March 22, and saw a man throwing things at the employee […]