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Speaker Johnson visits Columbia following days of Pro-Palestinian protests at universities across the country. NBC New York’s Gaby Acevedo reports.

Eva Noblezada meets with Ashley Bellman at The Back Room. The Tony nominee shares details of what it is like playing Daisy in “The Great Gatsby,” and being a part of Broadway.

New rules set out by the White House helps customers receive their refund when a flight is delayed and even clarifying airport “junk” fees. NBC New York’s Lynda Baquero reports. 

Police are looking for the suspects seen on video, all dressed in black, breaking through the front window of a high end store in Montclair to swipe designer handbags worth thousands. NBC New York’s Adam Harding reports.

A Long Island woman is being accused of not only killing a woman in a deadly drunk driving crash, but also stealing the responding public safety officers vehicle in an attempted escape. NBC New York’s Erica Byfield reports.  

The Nets have a new head coach for the fourth time in the last four years, and this time there’s a multitude of reasons to be optimistic. Jordi Fernandez was formally introduced Wednesday, and he was charming and charismatic as he met the media for the first time as an NBA head coach. NBC New York’s Bruce Beck...

The president of Columbia University is facing mounting pressure to step down, amid more pro-Palestianian protests and a visit to campus by Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson. Demonstrators face a new deadline to clear out their encampment, as tension remains in and around the Ivy League school. NBC New York’s Ida Siegal reports.

NJ Congressman Gottheimer confronted MTA officials in Manhattan on congestion pricing. NBC New York’s Andrew Siff reports. 

The Manhattan DA is putting YouTube on notice after failing to take down videos that teach people how to assemble ghost guns. NBC New York’s Marc Santia reports. 

NJ Rep. Payne has died at 65 after suffering what his staff called a “cardiac episode” earlier in April stemming from complications tied to diabetes. Payne had served in Congress since 2013 in the state’s 10th congressional district, covering parts of Essex, Hudson and Union counties.

Nikki M. James talks with Sara Gore about the hit musical “Suffs,” embodying Ida B. Wells, and more.

Famke Janssen talks with Sara Gore about the new action film, “Boy Kills World” and “Amsterdam Empire.”