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The man who died in the explosion that eviscerated a suburban home in New Jersey a day ago was a retired Newark police officer who served the department for almost three decades, authorities confirmed Friday. Kevin Gilbert, 62, according to police, died Thursday evening when a Continental Court home on a quiet cul-de-sac in South River blew up. A N...

Attention parents and teenagers of Newark: That new curfew we’ve been talking about? It starts tonight. The curfew initially was supposed to take effect three weeks ago, but the mayor’s office abruptly postponed the launch for unknown reasons. The program taking effect Friday is a sort of soft launch. The nightly curfew for kids under 1...

A crypto sale between two men at a Manhattan hotel did not go according to plan when the buyer found himself tied up and face-to-face with three thieves walking away with his bag full of cash, police say. According to the NYPD, a 40-year-old man arrived at the Sonder Battery Park Hotel, where he had arranged to purchase an unspecified…...

The NYPD was called to dismantle a pro-Palestinian protest at NYU early Friday, while top department officials later found themselves explaining how an officer’s gun went off during the takedown at Columbia University. No one was hurt when a sergeant’s gun “unintentionally discharged” during the Hamilton Hall raid. It happen...

A Long Island woman was charged after smuggling fake versions of Ozempic and other weight loss drugs into the U.S. then using TikTok to help sell the products, prosecutors said.

Who’s invited? What’s this year’s theme? How much does a ticket cost? Here’s all the information you need about the biggest night in fashion. 

New York City became the set for a thrilling performance from Formula 1 champion Lewis Hamilton.

The New York Knicks beat the Philadelphia 76ers on the road in Game 6 on Thursday to set up a second-round series versus the Indiana Pacers.

A Manhattan woman who fantasized about murdering someone — and then killed her 70-year-old neighbor — in a 2018 bloodbath has been sentenced to 20 years to life in state prison, prosecutors announced Thursday. Anya Johnston, 29, was convicted in March of murder in the second degree in the Oct. 21, 2018 death of Susan Trott, whose neck w...

A major drug raid in New Jersey targeted what federal law enforcement officials said were members of a significant Blood gangs crew involved in a widespread trafficking ring.

A Brooklyn man pleaded guilty after he sold exotic animal parts, including a mounted cougar head, to an undercover officer, according to the district attorney’s office.

Police are looking for a driver with Florida plates they say ran over the hand of a 59-year-old pedestrian after repeatedly punching him following an argument last week, authorities say. It was early in the morning on April 24, around 8:10 a.m. The NYPD says the victim was walking near Leonard and Richardson streets in Greenpoint when he got into&#...