The Latest Breaking News from Queens

Mega Millions lotto jackpot winner who bagged whopping $476MILLION is retired handyman, 71

71-year-old Johnnie Taylor from Queens has been named as the lucky winner who took home the record-setting prize after winning big on the New York Lottery's Mega Millions

Daily Mirror · Jun 5, 2023

Kate Bosworth and Justin Long reveal the reason they opted for an ‘impromptu’ wedding

The pair reportedly had a spur-of-the-moment ceremony at The Rockaway Hotel in Queens

Evening Standard · Jun 2, 2023

Game on: London’s very best arcade bars, from N64 to Queens to Soho’s famous Las Vegas basement

From an agreeably seedy Soho basement to some seriously state-of-the-art venues, these are London’s best bars where there’s more to do than drink

Evening Standard · May 30, 2023

Teens sought in rock-throwing antisemitic attacks in Queens

NEW YORK — A group of teens threw rocks and spewed antisemitic slurs in a pair of Queens attacks, police said Sunday.

Tribune News Service · Apr 9, 2023

NYPD rookie cop shot while pursuing suspect in Queens bus fight

NEW YORK — An argument over a seat on a city bus sparked a foot chase by police down a Jamaica, Queens, street and ended with a rookie officer in the hospital with a gunshot wound to the leg Wednesday afternoon, according to NYPD officials.

Tribune News Service · Apr 6, 2023

Rookie NYPD cop shot, wounded in Queens

NEW YORK — A rookie NYPD officer was shot and wounded on a side street in Jamaica, Queens, on Wednesday afternoon, according to sources.

Tribune News Service · Apr 5, 2023

Mac Engel: Jacob DeGrom’s debut with the Texas Rangers evokes images of Nolan, Chan Ho and Darvish

ARLINGTON, Texas — The laughing that started in Brooklyn when the Nets gave us Kyrie Irving extended to Queens on MLB’s Opening Day when the New York Mets watched their former ace make his Texas Rangers debut.

Tribune News Service · Mar 31, 2023

‘Awkwafina is Nora from Queens’ Season Three on Comedy Central April 26

Jennifer Esposito, Ken Jeong, Janeane Garofalo guest star

Multichannel News · Mar 30, 2023

Brickbat: No. 42

The New York City Department of Transportation botched a sign for the Jackie Robinson Parkway in Queens. The sign spells the baseball player's name "Jakie Robinson." "This spelling mistake is absurd," City Councilman Robert Holden said. "You don't have a few eyes looking at these signs? DOT is a mess.

Reason · Mar 10, 2023

Editorial: Angry New York congressmen are firing blanks against fraudster George Santos’ profiteering

Thanks to the presence of George Santos (or Anthony Devolder or any other alias the con man may be using) being a freshman member of Congress from New York this year has been sullied. So we sympathize with the legitimate New York frosh and their frustration with the faker in…

Tribune News Service · Mar 10, 2023