Thursday was a big day eagerly awaited by kids and their parents, the last day of public schools in City, which meant that ...

New York’s Central Park reached a record high of 96 degrees Monday, which was last seen in 1888. In neighboring New Jersey, ...

Fifteen-year-old Yassin Khalifa was struck by lightning this week while sheltering under a tree during a sudden thunderstorm in Central Park’s East Meadow. He was unconscious for several minutes ...

North Country New Year was a huge success. The number of volunteers who organize all this could be counted on one hand. If it’s going to continue, that core group needs to get bigger.

"No one actually thinks that they're gonna get hit by lightning," he said. The 15-year-old was picnicking in Central Park with friends Thursday afternoon when a fast-moving storm rolled in.

NEW YORK (CNN) – A 15-year-old boy survived a lightning strike during a thunderstorm in New York’s Central Park Thursday afternoon. He was reportedly standing under a tree when he was struck.