The 77-year-old school bus driver from the deadly May 17 highway crash in New Jersey had a lengthy history of license suspensions and moving violations, a spokeswoman for the Motor Vehicle Commission told News 4.Investigators are still probing the cause of the crash, which killed a 10-year-old student and a teacher after the full-size school bus collided with a dump truck on Route 80 near exit 25 in Mount Olive Township. Video from a Department of Transportation camera shows the school bus...

Authorities are looking for a man in connection with a raid that turned up large amounts of drugs and guns at a Bronx home Tuesday. Homeland Security and NYPD began searching the building at 2205 Palmer Ave. as part of a long-term investigation into a suspected drug operation there, which started with a tip that the man who lived in the home had been getting an unusual amount of deliveries. Pregnant Woman Repeatedly Stabbed in Stomach, Loses Baby During the search, authorities found...

Chicago-area relatives of a 31-year-old mother fatally shot inside her Texas apartment say Yesenia Gutierrez died trying to protect her 3-year-old son from armed burglars.Emotionally overcome, Lorena Gutierrez told NBC 5 Tuesday her family in Blue Island is still in shock over the murder of her older sister Yesenia. Suspected Stalker, Break-in Bather Arrested in Arizona “She was kind, helpful," she said. "She put her kids before anything."Police say at around midday Friday two boys, aged...

Lions, tigers, and bears: inside the country’s largest mail room tucked away at John F. Kennedy Airport in Queens is a zoo of sorts.Every day, nearly one million packages come through the JFK mail branch, and U.S. Fish and Wildlife is on the front lines, protecting wildlife and humans.  The dedicated group of 210 federal special agents and 120 wildlife inspectors knows what's on the front line.   Bear Gets Stuck in Woman's Car, Absolutely Wrecks It During a recent visit by...

A full paragraph apology has been posted to Twitter and LinkedIn accounts linked to the Manhattan lawyer whose racist rant in a midtown cafe became viral international fodder last week, though it couldn't immediately be verified if he was the one who posted the messages.The statement, which began simply, "To the people I insulted, I apologize," landed on @ASchlossbergLaw's Twitter feed at 12:01 p.m. Tuesday. The same statement was also posted to his LinkedIn page at that time.  Mariachi...

Hopes of hitting the surf on a stretch of Rockaway Beach are about to hit a roadblock this summer. A half-mile section of Rockaway Beach, running between Beach 91st Street and 102nd, will be off limits to swimmers for the entire summer, the city Parks Department says.  Statement Pops Up on Accounts Linked to Ranting NYC Lawyer Parks officials said the move is necessary because of a lack of sand, and a protective dune built there after Hurricane Sandy needs to be shored up after it...