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President Joe Biden said on Saturday that he ordered U.S. officials to shoot down the suspected Chinese spy balloon earlier this week and that national security leaders decided the best time for the operation was when it got over water.

A small plane that crashed last month as it approached a suburban New York airport, killing two people on board, had a damaged engine that led the aircraft to bleed oil, according to an investigation by the NTSB.

Under the Affordable Care Act, most Americans would still get their Covid shots for free once the vaccine program goes commercial.

When it comes to the best food in the world, most people would put New York City very close to the top of the list. But not according to this list, where NYC barely cracked the top 20, and was behind two other U.S. cities

The Yale School of Public Health honored a 9-year-old Black girl, Bobbi Wilson, for her efforts to curb the invasive spotted lantern fly after a neighbor reported to her police as she sprayed flies in her hometown of Caldwell, New Jersey.

Bed Bath & Beyond is set to close an additional 87 stores – with 66 in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut alone – as the struggling retailer continues to face financial woes. The latest round of closures comes after the home goods chain announced plans last year to shutter approximately 150 stores and cut 20 percent of its workforce…....

Anyone hoping to take the 7 train in and out of Manhattan during the weekends from Feb. 4 through April 23 will need to make alternate plans, as service will be shutting down between Hudson yards and Queensboro Plaza.

The FBI’s New Jersey office issued a statement saying it was aware of the investigation into the death of a 30-year-old council member found shot in her SUV and prepared to assist in the case as needed. Local and county investigators, meanwhile, continued to hunt both for a motive and a suspect in the Wednesday night killing of Eunice......

A murder charge against a New York State Police trooper accused of deliberately ramming an SUV during a pursuit, causing the vehicle to flip and leading to the death of an 11-year-old Brooklyn girl, has been dropped — and the victim’s family is outraged.

One of Central Park’s most notable residents took an unscheduled flight late Thursday, leading to an all-night standoff between zoo staff and Flaco, the Eurasian eagle-owl. Central Park Zoo officials first noticed trouble around 8:30 p.m. when the bird’s exhibit had been vandalized and its stainless steel mesh was cut. Flaco, they reali...

It’s often known as the town you pass on the way to the Hamptons or the North Fork, but now Riverhead is having its own moment after it was named to a list that also includes the likes of the Azores, Curacao and French Polynesia.

Thousands of Honda and Acura vehicles with air bags at 50% risk of rupturing are still on the roads.

A Michigan man says he was left with a $1,000 bill after his 6-year-old son ordered a virtual smorgasbord of food from several restaurants. Keith Stonehouse says the food piled up quickly at his Detroit-area home Saturday after his son, Mason, used Stonehouse’s Grubhub account to order such food as jumbo shrimp, salads and chili cheese fries. Stone...