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The number of homes that sold for $10 million or more in the second quarter jumped 44% in Palm Beach and 16% in New York, according to Knight Frank.

Firefighters in southern New Jersey were making good progress Tuesday trying to contain a forest fire burning in Berkeley Township that has thus far not threatened any structures. As of mid-afternoon, the blaze on the northern edge of the New Jersey Pinelands had consumed about 189 acres (76 hectares) or less than one square mile, according to Jere...

New York City Mayor Eric Adams declined to say Tuesday if he remained confident in the city’s police commissioner, days after federal agents seized the cellphones of the head of the police department and at least four other high-ranking mayoral deputies. In his first news conference since the whirlwind of seizures, Adams — whose own devi...

Adding to an already nightmarish Tuesday morning commute, NJ Transit rail service into New York Penn Station is facing delays after an earlier suspension as the result of a power issue. Rail service into Penn Station New York was earlier suspended due to “overhead wire issues in the Hudson River Tunnels.” Around 10:30 a.m., Amtrak, whic...

A dirt bike robbery where shots were fired in Dennis Township led to a temporary shelter-in-place order and schools being cancelled for the day in the area as a manhunt was underway.

Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo faced blistering criticism in an often combative congressional subcommittee hearing Tuesday over his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic during the time when the virus was spreading through nursing homes. Republicans who questioned the Democrat zeroed in on a controversial directive his administration issued in March...

Sen. George Helmy, a Democrat and former chief of staff to New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy, was sworn in on Monday and will serve in office for about two months until the November election. Democratic Rep. Andy Kim and Republican hotelier Curtis Bashaw are vying for the seat in November and the winner will immediately replace Helmy.

A 57-year-old woman was shot in the face — in front of her husband and his son — during an apparent botched robbery in her Chinatown building, authorities say. Authorities responding to a call on Market Street around 11 p.m. found the woman, identified as Ying Zhu Liu, dead at the scene. According to the investigation, Liu’s husba...

It’s always a busy week, we get it. We know certain types of stories tend to dominate the headlines and your newsfeeds. In the New York Schmear, we highlight the bigger feature-y news stories of the week you may have missed. Did you hear the one about NYC selling apartments on the Upper West Side for under $175,000? Or the…

The Broadway theate community is remembering legendary actor James Earl Jones, who died Monday at the age of 93.

A crash investigation snarled traffic at the Lincoln Tunnel at the height of the morning commute. The Port Authority said in a 6:40 a.m. post on X that delays in the south tube into the city were up to 90 minutes because of an earlier investigation. It wasn’t immediately clear what happened, but a flurry of police activity shut down…...

The tri-state marks the 23rd anniversary of the attacks of September 11, 2001. NBC New York presents a special report with coverage of ceremonies in Lower Manhattan and across the area.

Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo was in the hot seat on Tuesday, as he testified before a congressional subcommittee about how he handled the spread of COVID-19 in nursing homes during the peak of the pandemic. NBC New York’s Chris Glorioso reports.

While Mayor Eric Adams isolated at Gracie Mansion with COVID, he fielded questions about NYPD Commissioner Edward Caban and other members of his administration under federal investigation. The mayor insists no one in his administration has been accused of any wrongdoing, but also stopped short of giving a full-throated endorsement of Caban. NBC New...