Janice Yu

6 days ago | abc7ny.com | Janice Yu

NEWARK, New Jersey (WABC) -- After 104 days in a Louisiana detention facility, Mahmoud Khalil arrived back in the Tri-State area Saturday. He walked with his wife and newborn son by his side to greet his friends and speak with reporters at Newark Liberty International Airport. "Thank you so much for everything. Not only for today. It's just for everyday. Like just your words. Your words of support. Your messages have kept me going. Still, the fight is far from over," Khalil said.

6 days ago | abc7ny.com | Janice Yu

LONG ISLAND CITY, Queens (WABC) -- Police released images of the suspect wanted for pepper-spraying a mom and baby on the subway in Long Island City, Queens. He was last seen wearing a black hooded sweatshirt, multicolored pants and a black baseball cap. The young mother and her baby were attacked in the subway on Friday with what she believed to be pepper spray, all because she wouldn't let the attacker use her cell phone.

1 week ago | abc7ny.com | Janice Yu

LONG ISLAND CITY (WABC) -- A mother and her baby were sprayed in the face with what she believes to be pepper spray while riding the subway. The mother exclusively spoke to Eyewitness News about the incident around 11 a.m. on Friday. She says it happened because she refused to get the man to use her cell phone on an M train near the Court Street 23rd Street station in Long Island City. "He just came out of nowhere and did that to me," the 25-year-old mom says.

1 week ago | abc7ny.com | Janice Yu

MORRISANIA, Bronx (WABC) -- A babysitter wanted for allegedly abusing three young boys in her care is now in police custody in the Bronx. This is breaking news. See original story below:A warrant is out for the arrest of a city-funded babysitter who a family attorney says was caught on camera repeatedly abusing three young boys left in her care. The babysitter, La'Keysha Jackson, was paid for by a city program that provides child care to struggling families.

2 weeks ago | abc7ny.com | Janice Yu

ST. ALBANS, Queens (WABC) -- Concerned New Yorkers are protesting the construction of a lithium-ion storage facility in Queens, saying it poses a safety hazard to the neighborhood. Community members, advocates and leaders stood at the intersection of 180th Street and Linden Boulevard in St. Albans with a clear message: "We say no."A Brooklyn-based company called NineDot Energy is looking to build a lithium-ion battery storage facility in what used to be a gas station.