Student remembers Farmingdale bus tragedy

A month since the tragic upstate New York bus crash that claimed two lives and injured multiple students from Farmingdale High School, one student is walking again thanks to the help of various medical professionals. FOX 5 NY's Jodi Goldberg has the story.

Israeli airstrikes continue in Gaza

Israel escalated airstrikes across the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, crushing families in the rubble of residential buildings, as health officials said hundreds of Palestinians were killed in the past day and medical facilities were shut down because of bomb damage and lack of power.

Pro-Palestinian student walkouts planned

Several pro-Palestinian student walkouts are planned for Wednesday afternoon at universities across the New York City area. The student groups are organizing the walkouts at Princeton, New York University, and Columbia. FOX 5 NY's Lissette Nuñez has the details.

Forest Hills Stadium noise complaints

The Forest Hills neighborhood in Queens has been buzzing with the sounds of concerts blaring through the streets – a source of thousands of complaints so far this year. FOX 5 NY's Kendall Green has the story.

Customer trapped overnight in jewelry store

The NYPD freed a customer Wednesday morning who was locked overnight for nine hours inside the vault of a New York City jewelry store. FOX 5 NY's Briella Tomassetti has the details.

Protesters rally for Palestine, Israel in NJ

Pro-Palestine and Pro-Israel gathered outside of the Englewood Municipal Court building on Tuesday, after the Englewood City Council passed a unanimous vote for a resolution earlier this month supporting Israel and condemning the attacks by Hamas.

NJ school districts cancel Halloween celebrations

Students in the South Orange & Maplewood School District will not be allowed to wear costumes or celebrate Halloween during school hours to avoid isolating students with cultural or religious reservations or financial limitations.

Combatting loneliness through humor

A comedy club on the Upper West Side is hosting a special kind of show to help those dealing with loneliness. FOX 5 NY's Stephanie Bertini shows us everyone is required to attend the show by themselves in an effort to fight loneliness with laughter.

Protest at Columbia over criminal OB-GYN

A major protest was held at Columbia University on Tuesday, with demonstrators calling on the school to notify patients of former gynecologist Robert Hadden about his federal sex crimes conviction.

Israeli hostage speaks out after release

Eighty-five year-old Yocheved Lifshitz spoke of a “hell that we never knew before and never thought we would experience” as she described the harrowing assault on her kibbutz by Hamas militants and the terror of being taken hostage into the Gaza Strip.