A 14-year-old boy has been charged with murder in connection with the stabbing death of Barnard College freshman Tessa Majors, the NYPD and the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office said at a rare Saturday news conference. Majors was in Morningside Park just before 7 p.m. on Dec. 10 when, according to the NYPD, she was a victim of a “robbery g...

A father died and several others were injured after a fire tore through a house in Paterson, New Jersey, officials said. The fire broke out in a two-story building at 187 N. 1st St., near East Main Street, police said.  Witnesses in the neighborhood said dark smoke and flames engulfed the home while several people were still trapped inside. Fa...

The matinee performance of “Jagged Little Pill” had an unexpected intermission on Saturday. The Broadway musical featuring Alanis Morissette songs was temporarily stopped shortly after 4 p.m. for reports of a substance sprayed in the theater’s audience. FDNY crews were dispatched to the Broadhurst Theatre in New York City’s ...

A skier appears to have suffocated to death at a Colorado resort after he fell through an opening in a chairlift seat and became caught with his coat wrapped around his head and neck, officials said. Jason Varnish of Short Hills, New Jersey, died of positional asphyxia Thursday at Vail Mountain’s Blue Sky Basin area, according to Eagle County...

Disagreements over revenue and reparations have held up proposals to legalize recreational marijuana in New York, but opportunities for compromise could come up in the weeks ahead

After weeks of mild yet wet weather to start the year, the first cold blast of 2020 has moved into the tri-state. Saturday morning was the coldest morning of the year so far, with the temperature dipping to 14 degrees, Storm Team 4’s Raphael Miranda said. The sun will break through for almost the entirety of the day, however, bringing…...

Nearly 30 people were displaced by a fire that tore through a house in Brooklyn Friday night, authorities said.  The fire broke out on the second floor of a two-story house on 85th Street, near 20th Avenue, in Bensonhurst around 11:30 p.m., the FDNY said.  One firefighter suffered a minor injury as the department worked to put out the......

A Hoboken block was closed Saturday morning as crews worked to repair a water main break that flooded the street, officials said.  Willow Avenue was temporarily closed between 13th and 14th streets due to the break, the City of Hoboken said on Twitter.  The mayor of Hoboken’s office told NBC 4 New York the 30-inch water main ruptured earl...

A worker at a Bronx deli was shot and killed as he stood behind the counter while the gunman fired multiple shots, police said.

A Connecticut man has been sentenced to 45 years in prison for killing his 15-year-old niece, who was nearly decapitated in the attack. The Connecticut Post reports Richard Segabiro, 53, was sentenced Friday for the 2018 killing of the girl at his Bridgeport home. He previously pleaded guilty to murder. Segabiro fled wartorn Congo in 2005 with his ...

Hundreds of couples gathered on the stairs at the Crossroads of the World on Valentine’s Day to reaffirm their love for one another

One man died and two other people were hurt after an apartment in an Upper East Side high-rise caught fire, officials said

The councilwoman was pulled over for talking on her phone, but then called a commanding officer who instructed the cop to not issue a ticket