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Police were investigating Wednesday after finding a woman dead in a Queens house. NYPD officials said officers responded to the two-story home on Hancock Street near Cypress Avenue in Ridgewood after getting a 911 call around 10:30 p.m. Tuesday. When the officers arrived, they found the 48-year-old woman unconscious and unresponsive. Emergency medical workers pronounced her dead at the scene. Police said she had no visible injuries or trauma to her body.

I couldn't be prouder to represent this borough of constituents, from 190 countries, that speak 360 languages, and dialects, he said, thanking Senator John Liu for putting forward a law to make Diwali a holiday.

Police arrested a 15-year-old boy in connection with a knife and pepper-spray attack on board a bus in Queens that was caught on camera earlier this month. The suspect was arrested at around 1:15 p.m. on Sept. 22, authorities said. Police charged the teenager whose identity was withheld due to his age with assault and criminal possession of a weapon, but officers are still searching for at least one other suspect.

According to authorities, the inferno engulfed a home located at 87-86 254th St. in Bellerose around 3:20 p.m. on Sept. 8. When firefighters arrived, they put out the blaze but found two seniors dead. Police have now classified the incident as a homicide and are looking for the man who set the fire. Sources familiar with the investigation report that the suspect had visited several homes in the area and asked to use a phone charger but was ultimately turned away.

One man was killed and two people were wounded in separate shootings across Manhattan, Queens and the Bronx on a bloody Sunday night, police reported. NYPD sources said the first shooting happened in the Bronx at about 7:16 p.m. on Sept. 7 outside of an apartment building located at 611 East 161st St. in Melrose. Officers from the 42nd Precinct received a report of an assault in progress. When they arrived, they discovered a 20-year-old man with a gunshot wound to the face. EMS rushed him to Lincoln Hospital, where he was treated for a bullet wound to the cheek and listed in stable condition.

Fifteen-year-old Valentina Torres was last seen leaving her residence at 47-22 Smart Street in Queens at around 3 p.m. on Friday.

Mercedes began selling arroz con pollo around Corona Avenue and Junction Boulevard in Queens in 2023, after moving from Ecuador. Limited by her English and immigration status, she initially avoided engaging with others in the street vending industry. Without the necessary permit, she lived in fear of enforcement actions. In April, she was approached by Mohamed Orabi, who offered her a street-vending permit for $20,000, pressuring her for a deposit and additional fees, leading to a total of $16,500 payment with false promises.

Locals along the Roosevelt Avenue corridor have begged for help as the area has been plagued by rampant prostitution and illegal street vendors - fueled in part by gangs who got a foothold in the area due to the city's migrant crisis.

Drew Musa, 31, was indicted for attempted rape in first degree after allegedly assaulting a 26-year-old woman near the Queens Center mall on June 27.