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Commencement catastrophe? Students’ names were mispronounced as they walked across the stage during a graduation ceremony at Thomas Jefferson University.

Speed limits on New York City streets could soon be lowered — some to as low as 10 mph — after a family’s heartbreak inspired a bill to drop top speeds.

The Maine 20-year-old accused of trying to murder NYPD officers in a 2022 New Year’s Eve machete attack near Times Square was sentenced to nearly three decades in prison after pleading guilty to several terror-related charges.

A man is wanted by police after he tore a hijab off a teen girl’s head was she was walking along a sidewalk in the heart of Manhattan, according to the NYPD.

The New York Civil Liberties Union said it’s “gratified” that the court has struck down what it calls, “a harmful policy that belongs in the dustbin of history.”

In a disturbing video, a man was seen following a woman in the Bronx, then throwing a belt around her neck before sexually assaulting her, according to police.

The parents of a suspected shoplifter say they don’t want the bodega worker accused of stabbing their son to death to end up behind bars. News 4’s Checkey Beckford reports. 

A Brooklyn bar backtracked this week hours after its cancellation of a Eurovision watch party sparked a social media firestorm and claims of antisemitism. News 4’s Jessica Cunnington reports. 

Here are the ins and outs of Westminster, which is set to start Saturday with an agility competition at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York.

The women’s section of Rikers Island is getting a redesigned and more kid-friendly visitation room ahead of Mother’s Day.

The stage is set for a key witness to take the stand in the hush money trial of former President Donald Trump. His so-called fixer Michael Cohen is set to be grilled in court, but only after a flurry of witnesses on Friday. NBC New York’s Andrew Siff reports.

Gilma Avalos reporting on a tech trailblazer coming full circle. 

Pei-Sze Cheng reporting on nurses following in their moms’ footsteps.