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A witness at Sen. Bob Menendez’s bribery trial says the cost of certifying that meat sent to Egypt follows Islamic dietary requirements skyrocketed after a single U.S. company was given a monopoly in a cozy deal prosecutors say Menendez arranged. James Bret Tate is a U.S. diplomat who was based in Cairo for several years. He explained to a Ma...

Three firefighters were hurt, two of whom suffered serious injuries, while battling flames at a house fire in the Bronx Friday afternoon, according to the FDNY. The blaze broke out around 3 p.m. at a home on White Plains Road in the Clason Point neighborhood, the fire department said at a press conference. A man who lived at the home…

Police in Darien have opened an investigation into a reported burglary at a jewelry store on Post Road. On Wednesday morning around 4:30 a.m., police say four suspects wearing masks and gloves broke into David Harvey Jewelers on Route 1. Released surveillance video shows the glass of the front door being broken and people entering the store: Darien...

A track coach from William J. Johnston Middle School in Colchester has stepped down after being accused of calling a Black female student from Middletown a racial slur. Colchester Public Schools told NBC Connecticut in a statement that students were singing an explicit song named “Faneto” by Chief Keef to which the coach ...

New York’s first-in-the-nation plan to levy a hefty toll on drivers entering much of traffic-choked Manhattan was the focus of a legal battle that played out in federal court Friday. A Manhattan judge heard arguments in a series of lawsuits from unionized public school teachers, local Republican officials and other New Yorkers seeking to put the br...

Two men robbed a sleeping subway passenger of his phone and other items on an F train by cutting his pants pocket earlier this month in Kew Gardens, police said. Police said one of the men cut a pocket on the sleeping man’s pants and stole his phone, wallet and vape. It happened on May 7 around 3:30 a.m. on…

A Long Island man was arrested this week in connection with a burglary spree that allegedly saw him target seven luxury homes on the North Shore in 2021. Prosecutors say he made off with valuables in three of the cases. Vincent Dougherty was taken into custody Tuesday, prosecutors said Friday. The 64-year-old was later arraigned on charges includin...

Testimony in the hush money trial of Donald Trump is set to conclude in the coming days. The New York jury in the landmark case will determine whether it ends in a mistrial, an acquittal or the first-ever felony conviction of a former American president. Jurors have heard testimony about sex and bookkeeping, tabloid journalism and presidential camp...

The two-time Stanley Cup champion in charge of Team USA’s bid for its first gold medal since the “Miracle On Ice” in 1980.

Kentucky Derby winner Mystik Dan is taking on 7 other horses in the 149th Preakness Saturday at Baltimore’s Pimlico Race Course.

Officials credited a smoke inhalation drug for likely saving the life of a New York City firefighter who fell unconscious and stopped breathing while battling a house blaze Friday. The firefighter was one of three injured during the response in the Bronx. All are expected to recover, Mayor Eric Adams and Fire Commissioner Laura Kavanagh said at an ...

Police said that the suspect, Clifton Williams, had punched another man on Third Avenue just minutes before he sucker-punched Steve Buscemi on a sidewalk in Kips Bay. He was arrested Friday after a supervisor at a Chelsea homeless shelter called police following a dispute in which Williams said he had items stolen from him. NBC New York’s Che...

Families of overdose victims on Long Island pushed the state to do more to address the opioid crisis. NBC New York’s Greg Cergol reports.