Facebook to invest $1B in content creator programs through 2022

The investment will include new bonus programs that pay eligible creators for hitting certain milestones when they use the platform’s creative and monetization tools.

15-year improvement plan laid out for congested Northeast Corridor

A coalition of transportation agencies and Amtrak on Wednesday released a 15-year plan of rail improvements for the congested Northeast Corridor.

Shots fired near Times Square

Police are investigating reports of shots fired near Times Square early Wednesday morning.

Man burned in unprovoked liquid attack on Midtown Manhattan sidewalk

Police want to find the man who poured a liquid onto another man, burning him, as the victim walked along a street in Midtown Manhattan. The attack was unprovoked.

CDC says J&J vaccine has ‘small possible risk’ of rare neurological disorder

Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine may pose a “small possible risk” of Guillain-Barré syndrome, a rare but potentially dangerous neurological reaction, U.S. health officials said Monday.

Interview with former NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton
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Bill Bratton served as the 38th and 42nd police commissioner of New York City. His first stint was from 1994 to 1996 and the second was from 2014 to 2016. He spoke to FOX 5 NY's Lori Stokes about the problem of gun violence in the city.

Gunmen kill teen in cab, flee on scooter

A 16-year-old boy was shot in the head and chest while sitting in a cab in the Mount Hope section of the Bronx, one of a string of killings in New York City over the weekend.

9-year-old boy dead after fire in Queens

When responding firefighters put out the flames, they discovered the boy, who was taken to a nearby hospital where he was pronounced dead.

NJ mother found dead in Tenn. after she, toddler were kidnapped

Authorities say that Tyler Rios, 27, of Highland Park, abducted his son, Sebastian Rios, 2, and Sebastian's mother, Yasemin Uyar, 24. Sebastian was found safe, but investigators later located Uyar's body in a wooded area.

NYPD officer injured by BB-gun pellet in Brooklyn

A New York police officer who was hit in the neck by a BB-gun pellet on a Brooklyn street Saturday was recovering from a minor injury after treatment at a hospital.

29-year-old NYPD cop beats cancer

Stacey Byrnes, a six-year veteran of the NYPD, was diagnosed with an aggressive type of blood cancer last summer. Her friends, family, and coworkers rallied around her.