Filming on Nicolas Cage's new movie 'The Sorcerer's Apprentice' was halted on Monday morning when a high-speed car chase through New York's Times Square went awry - leaving two pedestrians injured.

One person has died in hospital after an underground steam pipe explosion tore through a New York street.

A 'volcano-like' underground steam explosion tore through a New York street during rush hour, causing panic and injuries.

A GIANT balloon at a Thanksgiving parade in New York snagged a street light in Times Square and caused part of it to fall into the crowd, injuring a woman and a child.

A giant balloon at a Thanksgiving parade in New York snagged a street light in Times Square and caused part of it to fall into the crowd, injuring a woman and a child, according to police and eyewitness accounts.