Richard Giacovas
Richard Giacovas is a reporter with WNYW FOX 5.
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Small businesses reach out on the internet to stay connected to customers during crisis
The coronavirus pandemic is bringing out the creativity for small business owners trying to stay afloat.
National Guard distributes food in New Rochelle
Shoulder to shoulder, National Guard troops have been packing goods through the night at Feeding Westchester.
NJ school bus driver in fatal crash on I-80 gets prison
A school bus driver is going to prison for making an illegal U-turn that resulted in a crash that killed a student and a teacher on his bus.
Scientists at a New York lab are working on coronavirus treatments
FOX 5 NY got a look inside the lab at Regeneron Pharmaceuticals in Tarrytown, N.Y.
Drug-free device helps dogs with separation anxiety
Technology that is used to treat people for mood disorders has led to a device that helps dogs with separation anxiety.
Boy on girl's gymnastics team sues Education Department
For the second consecutive year, Cruz Vernon was banned from competing as a full-point-scoring-member with his high school gymnastics team because board members say he “creates an unfair advantage.”
New York teen discovers a planet 1,300 light-years away
Sifting through a mound of data from a telescope orbiting Earth, a teenaged intern at NASA discovered a planet some 1,300 light-years away.
Flu cases spike across the U.S.
Flu deaths have spiked in recent weeks, with the total number reaching 1,800 nationwide, including nearly two dozen children.
Baking cookies to send sick and disabled children to Walt Disney World
A man in Rockland County has been baking up a storm this Christmas for a good cause. Though the sale of dozens of cookies, he is able to fund trips to Walt Disney World for terminally ill or disabled kids and their families.
Woman donates dozens of knitted scarves to the homeless for Christmas
Dana Zukofsky spent the last few months knitting 80 scarves to donate to the homeless population spending the holiday season at The Bowery Mission.