Survivors jump from fire escapes in fatal Bronx fire as bystanders help save lives ^45.8%

New York Daily News - By Sheetal Banchariya, Kerry Burke, Thomas Tracy - 4/22/2026, 6:11 PM

Anecdotal 21.5% - Appeal to Emotion 13.1% - Appeal to Authority 10.1%

As a fatal fire tore through a Bronx apartment building, panicked residents — including one who had caught fire — were forced to jump from a second-floor fire escape as they screamed for help. Workers at a bodega on the first floor of the E. 187th St. building near Belmont Ave. brought out a small step ladder for fleeing residents to... more

Queens woman killed by box truck driver had just dropped 6-year-old daughter at school ^59.7%

New York Daily News - By Emma Seiwell, Sheetal Banchariya - 4/19/2026, 9:09 PM

Appeal to Emotion 21.7% - Anecdotal 13.4% - Halo Effect 11.6%

A woman struck by a Queens box truck driver had just dropped off her 6-year-old daughter at school when she was killed in the crosswalk, her heartbroken family says. Jenny Maribel Chacho Sánchez, 32, was heading to work after the school drop off when she was killed in the crosswalk on Gates Ave. at St. Nicholas Ave. in Ridgewood about... more

Man describes being shoved onto NYC subway tracks for refusing cash to panhandler ^45.3%

New York Daily News - By Sheetal Banchariya, Thomas Tracy, Colin Mixson - 3/18/2026, 9:02 PM

Manuel Hernandez (main) was allegedly pushed onto the tracks at a Manhattan subway station by a panhandler (inset) who became enraged after the victim refused to give him money. (Sheetal Banchariya / New York Daily News; NYPD) A man hurled onto the tracks at a Manhattan subway station told the Daily News Wednesday he was attacked by a... more

Man fatally shot in Queens laundromat where he worked with his mom ^78.2%

New York Daily News - By Roni Jacobson, Sheetal Banchariya - 2/15/2026, 11:28 PM

A man fatally shot in the head outside a Queens laundromat was working with his mother overnight when an argument erupted inside the facility and spilled into the street, the Daily News has learned. Dominick Lowery, 31, was shot around 8:40 a.m. Saturday in front of Wash & Fold Super Laundry at the Conduit Plaza shopping strip near... more