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An area in Squad member Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s district is being described as looking more like a Third World country as opposed to a thriving American neighborhood, as desperate migrants block up sidewalks selling food and shilling clothing items while prostitutes openly solicit sex from passersby — reportedly including teens. The neighborhoods of Corona, Jackson Heights and Elmhurst — a once-vibrant community in northwestern Queens — has now essentially deteriorated into a large flea market with trash overflowing on street corners, leading to unsavory and unhygienic conditions, as video obtained by Fox News Digital shows. Meanwhile, the neighborhood’s main strip along...

On the afternoon of Oct. 4, 2011, a backhoe dug into an excavation pit in Elmhurst, Queens, and struck iron. Construction workers assumed they had hit a pipe. But when the claws of the backhoe emerged from the ground, it was dragging a body clothed in a white gown and knee-high socks. Scott Warnasch, then a New York City Office of Chief Medical Examiner forensic archaeologist, initially viewed the finding as a recent homicide. “It was recorded as a crime scene,” Warnasch, 52, told The Post. “A buried body on an abandoned lot sounds pretty straightforward.” It turned out to...

The effort to normalize homosexual behavior on America’s college campuses continues apace. The Chronicle of Higher Education reports that Elmhurst College in Illinois “has become the first institution to include a question about sexual orientation and gender identity on its undergraduate admissions application.” The reason? “To connect students with campus programs and services.” An applicant’s answer to the question will also help the college determine eligibility for institutional scholarships given to applicants from “underrepresented groups.” A student who declares that he consider himself “to be a member of the LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered) community” will be eligible for the...

Woman had filed for divorce and sought an order of protectionAn Elmhurst surgeon apparently shot his wife and killed himself Friday, a month after she filed for divorce and sought an order of protection against him, according to police and court records. Dr. Hani Hennein, 52, was found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound at the family home in the 700 block of South Hillside Avenue just after 7 a.m., police said. His estranged wife, Julia Hennein, 52, was found shot in the face. She underwent surgery at Loyola University Hospital in Maywood. A family member said she was expected...

An acclaimed pediatric heart surgeon shot and critically wounded his estranged wife in their Elmhurst home early Friday, then shot himself to death, authorities said. The 7 a.m. shootings that killed 52-year-old Dr. Hani Hennein and wounded his wife, Julia Hennein, came barely a month after she had filed for divorce and sought an order of protection against her husband of 30 years, court records show. The couple’s two youngest children were in the house when the shootings occurred but neither was injured, Elmhurst police said. Julia Hennein, also 52, was being treated for her wound at Loyola University Medical...

Enjoy those $6.59 cigarette packs for the next 19 days. Starting March 1, they'll cost $7.59. By a 10-7 vote, Cook County Board members voted Thursday to double the county tax on a pack of cigarettes from $1 to $2. A pack of Marlboro Lights that cost $6.59 at a downtown Walgreens Thursday will be $7.59 next month. The same pack costs $4.45 at a White Hen in the DuPage County city of Elmhurst, and it costs $3.76 at a Hammond, Ind... Commissioners voting against the tax hike said shoppers will increasingly hop borders, hurting Cook County businesses. With the...