Michelle Obama and Oprah Winfrey headlined Brooklyn’s Barclays Center like an A-list duo Saturday, getting a rock-star like applause from a feverish audience of fans on a stage typically reserved for pop, rap and basketball stars

If Prince Harry and Meghan ever get tired of Canada, Madonna says there’s always a home waiting for them in New York City. The 61-year-old star posted a video on Instagram on Wednesday, inviting the couple, who have recently ditched the “royal highness” title and their residence at Windsor Castle for Canada, to sublet her two bedr...

Jelani Maraj, brother of rapper Nicki Minaj, was sentenced Monday morning to 25 years to life in prison for repeatedly raping an 11-year-old girl at his Long Island home, a spokesperson for the Nassau County District Attorney’s Office told NBC News. Maraj was convicted in November 2017 of predatory sexual assault against a child and endangering the...

New Jersey’s own rock legend, Jon Bon Jovi, was present Wednesday morning for the opening of his new JBJ Soul Kitchen restaurant at Rutgers University-Newark to make sure students struggling with food security don’t go hungry. This marks the first time his non-profit restaurant chain will be located on a college campus. Bon Jovi, along ...

The clip has gone viral since it was posted to TikTok recently. Take a look and you’ll have no doubt about the reason why. (Credit: Brittani Jernigan)

Ahead of the opening night of “A Soldier’s Play” on Broadway, actor Blair Underwood tells David Ushery about his role in the murder mystery.

Prosecutors have offered Dina Lohan, the mother of actress Lindsay Lohan, a plea deal that would put her in jail for six months following her arrest for alleged drunk driving and leaving the scene of a Long Island accident last week. She would also be subject to five years probation under the deal. The case adjourned without acceptance of that&#823...

It’s now official! The son of the Garden State’s own legendary rocker Bruce Springsteen is now a Jersey City firefighter. On Tuesday, Mayor Steven Fulip and Public Safety Director James Shea swore in 15 new firefighters to the Jersey City Fire Department. Twenty-five-year-old Sam Springsteen was among the new firefighters. He was accomp...

Jury selection resumed Monday at the trial of Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein, who has pleaded not guilty to charges he raped a woman in a Manhattan hotel room in 2013 and sexually assaulted another in 2006. The initial screening process, now on its fifth day, has been stymied by a host of challenges and distractions, including repeatedly denied r...

For a typical New Yorker going to work in Manhattan, walking past skyscrapers is common. For many, going into those skyscrapers to actually do their work is common as well. Actually working on the construction of that skyscraper? Well, that’s not as common. But it is typical for James Pizzuto, who is a structural ironworker. Ironworkers are respons...

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar smiled as he rattled off the names of his former high school teammates and opponents. The Hall of Fame center was intently watching video of one of his New York high school championships when he starred for Power Memorial Academy 55 years ago. He was known as Lew Alcindor back then, when he dominated the city before heading&#823...

Four months after Wegmans’ sprawling store debuted in the Brooklyn Navy Yard, the nationally beloved grocer’s first location in New York City, is now offering grocery delivery to Manhattan residents. “Expanding delivery into Manhattan has been on our radar since opening our Brooklyn store,” said Erica Tickle, director of e-Commerce for ...

Whether you’re looking to celebrate Galentine’s Day or Valentine’s Day, New York City has some great restaurants that will be the perfect backdrop for a romantic dinner date. Four New York-area restaurants were named among OpenTable’s “100 Most Romantic Restaurants in America,” and with many couples looking to fi...

It’s the sound that has changed music as we know it…Hip Hop. Joelle Garguilo visits the Revolution of Hip Hop in The Bronx to see where it all began.