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A 14-year-old girl riding a city bus in Queens Saturday on her way home from a sweet 16 party was shot in the head and killed by a stray bullet from gunfire on the street, police said.

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A 33-year-old Manhattan man who allegedly made anti-gay remarks to a 32-year-old man he's accused of fatally shooting in Greenwich Village overnight has been charged with murder as a hate crime, police said]]> Mon, 10 Sep 2012 11:40:24 -0400 http://media.nbcnewyork.com/images/213*120/gavel.jpg
Chief Investigative Reporter Jonathan Dienst brings you the latest information and exclusive stories about crime, corruption and counterterrorism.

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The rainy, cool weather continues Sunday, and meteorologists say the rain will continue throughout the week as temperatures reach into the mid 80s.]]> Sun, 19 May 2013 10:33:47 -0400 http://media.nbcnewyork.com/images/213*120/bike+accident.JPG
A bicyclist was fatally struck by a livery cab driver early Sunday morning in Brooklyn, police said.

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Police have arrested a suspect in connection with the February attack on a 22-year-old woman who was forced into a Brooklyn alley and raped.]]> Sat, 18 May 2013 11:43:48 -0400 http://media.nbcnewyork.com/images/213*120/031011+crime+scene+generic.jpg
Police have arrested the second of a pair of Bronx suspects who allegedly stole a chain and pendant off an elderly man who was on his way to place flowers near his dead mother's memorial photo for Mother's Day.]]> Sun, 19 May 2013 16:39:44 -0400 http://media.nbcnewyork.com/images/213*120/metro+north+train+crash.jpg
Train service from New York to New Haven will be limited for days as officials investigate Friday's rush hour train crash in Connecticut which sent 72 people to the hospital.

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The New York assemblyman accused of asking young female staffers to massage him, touch his cancerous tumors and join him in hotel rooms said Saturday he will resign Monday rather than when the legislative sessio...

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Each day, more than half a million pieces of mail come from overseas through a facility at Kennedy Airport, and Customs agents must unravel the ever-changing secrets of the smugglers.]]> Fri, 17 May 2013 23:18:05 -0400 http://media.nbcnewyork.com/images/213*120/commuter+trains+collide.jpg
Many commuters were left stranded at Grand Central and Penn Station after two Metro-North trains collided in Connecticut causing service to be suspended. Andrew Siff reports.]]> Fri, 17 May 2013 22:27:37 -0400 http://media.nbcnewyork.com/images/213*120/ambulance_generic_2.jpg
Two boys and three adults were seriously injured in separate car crashes in the Bronx Friday afternoon.]]> Fri, 17 May 2013 22:58:46 -0400 http://media.nbcnewyork.com/images/213*120/KAI-PHOTO-AFTER-ARREST.gif
Authorities say the internet celebrity known as "Kai the Hatchet-Wielding Hitchhiker" was turned in to Philadelphia police by a coffee barista who recognized him as being a man wanted for murder in...]]> Fri, 17 May 2013 13:41:33 -0400 http://media.nbcnewyork.com/images/213*120/mike+goodson+jets.jpg
Jets running back Mike Goodson was arrested in New Jersey after state police responding to a 911 call found a loaded gun and marijuana in the SUV he was riding in early Friday, authorities said.

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Authorities say the shooting deaths of a woman and her boyfriend in a New Jersey park are considered to be a murder suicide.

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Emergency roadwork on the George Washington Bridge is causing delays of up to an hour.]]> Fri, 17 May 2013 09:33:26 -0400 http://media.nbcnewyork.com/images/213*120/police-sirens.jpg
A 13-year-old girl was hit by a car Friday morning in the Bronx.]]> Sat, 18 May 2013 14:46:20 -0400 http://media.nbcnewyork.com/images/213*120/metro-north-crash-3.jpg
Two Metro North commuter trains collided in Connecticut during the Friday evening rush hour near the Bridgeport-Fairfield town line. Four people were injured, and two had to be taken off the train...]]> Fri, 17 May 2013 07:38:29 -0400 http://media.nbcnewyork.com/images/213*120/Ivone+Oliviera.jpg
A Long Island teacher's aide who worked with students with disabilities is accused of sending one of her students sexual texts and photos and engaging in an inappropriate physical relationship with him.

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Lawmakers want to make New York City day care centers more accountable for health-code violations following an investigation that found centers in the five boroughs have racked up nearly 26,000 violations since...

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A New Jersey couple whose yard was overrun with cicadas 17 years ago and appeared on NBC 4 New York with the creepy critters says this time around, they don't expect to be bothered by the bugs.

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A three-alarm fire in New Jersey Thursday night injured one firefighter and left 10 people displaced, authorities said.]]> Thu, 16 May 2013 23:34:23 -0400 http://media.nbcnewyork.com/images/213*120/hitchhiker1.jpg
Authorities have arrested the internet celebrity known as "Kai the Hatchet-Wielding Hitchhiker" in connection with the murder of a New Jersey lawyer. Caleb Lawrence McGillvary, who received the nickname because...]]> Fri, 17 May 2013 06:58:58 -0400 http://media.nbcnewyork.com/images/213*120/papa+johns+cocaine+4.jpg
A Papa John's delivery worker has been arrested for allegedly selling more than $40,000 in cocaine hidden in pizza boxes to undercover police officers he met near his home and outside the Brooklyn...

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Anthony Weiner was spotted shooting a campaign-style video on the stoop of his childhood home in Brooklyn Thursday as he weighs whether to run for mayor.

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