Vandals reportedly beheaded a statue of Christopher Columbus in Yonkers, New York, amid a controversy surrounding a larger Columbus monument in New York City. The two-foot plaster statue in Yonkers' Columbus Memorial Park was knocked off its pedestal, splitting it in two, according to a TV station in Westchester County.
Two Bullmastiffs are euthanized after mauling an 11-year-old New York girl while she was walking to the bus stop An 11-year-old girl was on her way to school when she was viciously attacked by two Bullmastiff-type dogs that appeared to be neglected on Thursday. Authorities said Jaelyn Rodriguez, of Yonkers, New York, was walking to the bus stop on Yonkers Avenue around 7.15am when the dogs started mauling her.
A former office assistant for a New York business has pleaded guilty to stealing nearly $1 million from her employer. The Journal News reports that 60-year-old Joann Perrino, of Yonkers, made transfers and wrote checks from her company's account to finance personal purchases.
... the baby was born before they got there six minutes later. It happened around 2 p.m. on the Sprain Brook Parkway in Yonkers, just north of New York City. Fire Lt. Peter Connelly tells The Journal News the woman gave birth in the reclined front seat ...
