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A 20-year-old Venezuelan woman has been arrested in connection with the brutal migrant mob beating of two police officers in Times Square — as cops continued searching for two more suspects. Edgarlis Vegas, from Brooklyn, was picked up by the police in Midtown Manhattan just after 8:30 a.m. Monday on a charge of assault on a police officer stemming from the Jan. 27 melee, according to the NYPD. A native of Venezuela, Vegas is suspected of kicking a police lieutenant during the shocking, caught-on-video attack. She was seen smiling wide in an image sent out by police searching for her...

A billboard in New York City’s Times Square warns of the “ticking time bomb” that is the $34 trillion national debt. Released by the nonprofit Committee to Unleash Prosperity (CTUP) group, the ad campaign includes a 50-f00t-high billboard that will run for three months in Times Square. The digital billboard features a video of people running away in fear of a giant countdown of the national debt until it finally explodes in oblivion. Take a look: Scared of the national debt? You should be. @Comm4Prosperity's NEW Time Square billboard warns of the threat posed by the "ticking time bomb" of...

A 17-year-old migrant was stabbed during a wild brawl involving dozens of people — including other migrants — in Times Square Thursday night, police sources said. The male victim, believed to be from Nicaragua, was chased by a large group before they caught up to him and knifed him in the lower back in front of 251 W. 42nd Street around 5:30 p.m., according to the sources and cops. The victim was taken by EMS to Bellevue Hospital in stable condition, police said. “I saw someone running…and there was blood coming from his back, coming from everywhere,” witness Bell Mohamed...

Authorities on Friday nabbed a 15-year-old migrant suspected of shooting a tourist and firing at cops in Times Square, law enforcement sources said. The US Marshals Fugitive Recovery Task Force took the Venezuelan teen into custody in Yonkers at around 3:30 p.m., according to the sources. It came just moments after NYPD Chief of Patrol John Chell identified Jesus Alejandro Rivas-Figueroa as the “armed and dangerous” person of interest in connection with the chaotic incident at the Crossroads of the World Thursday night.

NYPD officers are searching for an attacker who opened fired in gun-free Times Square around 7 p.m. Thursday night. ABC News reported that the suspect first shot at a security guard in JD Sports, after the guard stopped he and two others for suspicion of shoplifting. The shot missed the guard and hit a tourist from Brazil, wounding her in the leg. The suspect then fled the store, but fired two more shots at an officer who was pursuing him. This is the individual who displayed a firearm and shot at security, striking an innocent bystander. While fleeing, he also...

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg indicted seven migrants accused of attacking two New York City Police Department officers in Times Square. Bragg announced the charges Wednesday afternoon, pinpointing the actions of each attacker to explain why he was bringing charges against them. Up to 14 men are believed to have been involved in the attack, although NYPD officials have repeatedly revised the number of suspects.

Shocking video captured the moment a migrant mob pounded a pair of cops near Times Square over the weekend — but the busted cowardly suspects were still released back on the street without bail, sources say. The footage shows an NYPD officer and lieutenant initially telling the migrants to move along around 8:30 p.m. Saturday on West 42nd Street in Manhattan — before things quickly get rowdy as a scuffle breaks out between the cops and a suspect who is wrestled to the ground. That’s when the rest of the punks converge on the officers, raining kicks to the head...

As 2023 comes to an end, President Joe Biden enters his last year (hopefully forever) in office. Biden was less than stellar at his job as president of the free world. He drove the United States to hell and back while lying to Americans about almost his entire agenda. As thousands of people begin to line up in New York City’s Times Square to watch the annual ball drop, large billboards will appear, reminding them of Biden’s failed policies. Job Creators Network’s (JCN) latest billboard in Times Square will demand Biden abandon its radical Left-wing policies on the southern border,...

In three days and a few hours, we ring in 2024. In New York City, as per tradition, there will be an event in Times Square, including the famous "ball drop." But this year, things are liable to be different. The NYPD is mustering what strength it has left, and there's a report that Mayor Eric Adams is "sure" pro-Palestinian protestors will try to disrupt the event. He's not wrong about the disruption part. He is wrong about the "pro-Palestinian" part.Mayor Eric Adams said he is “sure” pro-Palestinian protesters will try to interrupt the New Year’s Eve ball drop in...

One branch in Darien, Conn., charged as much as $18 for a Big Mac combo meal, which includes medium fries and a medium soft drink. Meanwhile, that same Big Mac combo will run hungry patrons $13.69 at a McDonald’s in Times Square. Shares of McDonald’s closed up 1.7% to $260.15. Net income rose to $2.3 billion, up from $1.98 billion in the same period last year, and same-store sales in the US increased by 8.1%, again attributed to price hikes. During an earnings call with investors, CFO Ian Borden confirmed that the company’s US prices did increase in the third...

A counter-protest has erupted in New York City's Times Square after pro-Palestinian groups gathered to rally - just one day after terrorist organization Hamas attacked Israel, leaving hundreds of civilians dead. Demonstrators waving Israeli flags clashed with placard-clad protesters - who rallied together at 1pm on Sunday in Manhattan's Midtown. New York is the city with the largest Jewish population in the world. 'How can you support this! ******* murderers!' one man screamed - as a raucous group of around 300 people chanted 'free Palestine' during the demo. As the Palestinian faction in Times Square swelled, a group of Israeli...

Angry residents and workers Sunday decried the hordes of hookers brazenly peddling themselves on a Queens street, where it was business as usual the day after The Post exposed the rampant illegal trade. “The police do nothing — nothing!” fumed Anna Garcia, 42, who works at a cellphone store along the seedy stretch of Roosevelt Avenue in Corona dubbed the “Market of Sweethearts” by the prostitutes. “Drugs, prostitution, alcohol — it’s terrible,” she said of the flagrant “underground” red-light district taking over the neighborhood filled with families with children.

A 15-year-old boy was arrested Thursday for allegedly shooting three other teens during a fight in Times Square last week, the NYPD said. The baby-faced suspect, whose name wasn’t released because he is a minor, has been charged with attempted murder, assault and criminal possession of a weapon for the July 17 shooting, police said. Cops believe the young triggerman — whose photo the department released last week — squeezed off eight rounds from a 9mm handgun in the Crossroads of the World last Monday at about 11:50 p.m. The bullets struck three other kids, ages 15, 16 and 17....

The Job Creators Network (JCN) has placed its latest massive billboard in Times Square, this time blasting President Joe Biden over what economist, lawmakers, and a majority of Americans describe as a poor economic performance. The JCN billboard lands in Times Square just as Biden is expected to announce his reelection bid. “Persistently high inflation continues to more than erase wage gains. In fact, the most recent Consumer Price Index report marks the 24th consecutive month that the rate of price increases has surpassed average earnings gains,” a JCN press release said. “Translation: Americans have gotten a pay cut.”

The Job Creators Network is hammering Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) with a massive billboard in Times Square, as she continues to brag about her role in hampering Amazon’s plans to build a second headquarters in Queens, New York, — a project that would have helped bring some 25,000 new jobs to parts of her congressional district. “If Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez spent as much time worrying about creating jobs versus killing them, the U.S. economy would be in a lot better shape than it is today. Her recent victory lap over killing thousands of good paying jobs in New York City...

A young Maine man who recently became fixated with radical Islamic jihadism wounded two NYPD cops with a massive curved knife just outside the Times Square New Year’s Eve celebration, fracturing a rookie officer’s skull before being shot by police, law enforcement sources said Sunday. Cops and federal investigators are now taking a hard look at the internet history of the 19-year-old suspect, identified by sources as Trevor Bickford of Wells, Maine, to determine if terrorism motivated the bloody holiday attack, law enforcement sources said. .....

New York City authorities are posting new signs declaring the iconic Times Square a "Gun Free Zone." This comes ahead of a new state law that takes effect on Thursday, which declares several places off limits for guns. Parks, churches and theaters have also been deemed "sensitive" places. The measure passed following a June Supreme Court decision in NYSRPA v. Bruen that expanded gun rights. It also sets strict standards for issuing concealed carry concealed carry permits.New York Gov. Kathy Hochul explained Friday that legislators acted quickly on the high court's ruling because it had "destroyed the ability for a...

The man behind the wheel of the car that barreled through crowds of pedestrians in Times Square five years ago, killing a woman and injuring 22 other people, was cleared of responsibility Wednesday because of mental illness. The Manhattan jury accepted an insanity defense claiming Richard Rojas was so psychologically disturbed he didn’t know what he was doing.

NEW YORK -- A jury has found that Richard Rojas is not responsible for plowing his car through a Times Square crowd in 2017, killing an 18-year-old tourist and injuring several others, due to mental illness. Deliberations began on Tuesday. Rojas, 31, faced numerous charges in the case, including murder. Alyssa Elsman, 18, was killed and 22 others were hurt in the 2017 crash. The defense said Rojas has a history of mental illness. He pleaded not guilty. The decision means Rojas qualifies for being committed instead of being sentenced to prison. Rojas was ordered to held while he is...

A jury decided that the driver responsible for a deadly 2017 Times Square rampage that killed a teenage tourist and injured others was not responsible for his actions because of mental illness. .....