Flames started on the top floor of the home on 10-53 Dickens Street in Far Rockaway. Heavy smoke filled the air in the neighborhood.

U.S.-mediated talks about a partial cease-fire are set to begin in Saudi Arabia ... of energy production,” absent an imminent threat, a new memo says, and will curtail efforts to cut pollution ...

Mayor Michelle Wu is taking heat from local leaders for doubling down on liberal sanctuary city laws, and insisting “we stand with immigrants.” ...