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The suburban reservoirs that supply 10% of New York City’s vaunted drinking water are getting saltier due to decades of road salt being spread near the system — and they will eventually have to be abandoned if nothing is done to reverse the trend, city officials warn.

Detained Columbia University student activist Mahmoud Khalil appeared briefly Friday in immigration court at a remote Louisiana detention center as his lawyers fight in multiple venues to try to free him.

Heading into the first weekend of spring, we’ll be seeing the full spectrum of what this season has to offer. From mild and showery to freezing and dry, it’s all in the mix Saturday and Sunday. The blustery northwest winds that made for a chilly morning Friday will subside and shift to a warmer southwesterly breeze on Saturday. This...

An Orthodox Jewish passenger says a United Airlines pilot forcibly removed him from an airplane bathroom while he was experiencing constipation.

Police say they have arrested the woman accused of attacking a Queens mother with a kitchen knife in the bathroom stall at Elmhurst Hospital. NBC New York’s Melissa Colorado reports. 

A Seaford church pre-school program is set to close after 60 years due to a shrinking church population, and parents have been left scrambling to find a new place for their children. NBC News 4 New York’s Greg Cergol reports. 

What’s the hold-up with legal cannabis consumption lounges in New Jersey? Some dispensary owners are growing frustrated because they invested big bucks to build lounges, but can’t yet open because the state’s regulatory process for applications has been very slow. NBC New York’s Ted Greenberg reports. 

A group of women from all walks of life are coming together to combat domestic violence in New York City. What they do is needed now more than ever. NBC New York’s Checkey Beckford reports. 

The federal government’s deadline to pull the plug on congestion pricing was extended by 30 days. NBC New York’s Pat Battle gauged reactions from New Jersey residents and drivers. NBC New York’s Pat Battle reports. 

Hundreds of New Yorkers stood in long lines on Friday to get a crack at an expensive item: eggs. Thousands of the breakfast staple were handed out to crowds that waited in long lines in Harlem, Brooklyn and Queens. NBC New York’s Jessica Cunnington reports.