Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar and Muslims believe the first verses of the Quran - Islam's holy book - were revealed to the Prophet Muhammad during this time Eid al-Fitr is the "festival of breaking the fast".

Police have charged a 32-year-old Brooklyn woman for the deaths of a mother and her two kids struck and killed while crossing a busy intersection Saturday afternoon. Investigators said Miriam Yarimi was behind the wheel of the blue Audi sedan that barreled through the Midwood intersection and struck the 34-year-old woman and her three kids,