A judge whose ethics were called into question after he jailed a woman he accused of being disrespectful in court will avoid being suspended from the bench. New Jersey’s Supreme Court issued a public censure Thursday of Newark Municipal Court Judge Marvin Adames. A state panel on judicial conduct had recommended last year that Adames be suspe...

A jury returned a mixed verdict Thursday for the first of four defendants to stand trial in the death of a 9-year-old girl hit by a stray bullet as she slept in her bed in her home. The Cumberland County jury found Leroy Frazier III, 21, not guilty of murder in the July 2018 death of Jennifer Trejo, but did…

A misdemeanor simple battery warrant has been issued for Cleveland Browns wide receiver and former LSU star Odell Beckham Jr., police in New Orleans said Thursday. OBJ, as he is widely known, was part of the New York Giants before he was acquired by the Browns last March. The warrant comes as video posted on social media appears to show…...

New York Attorney General Letitia James and District of Columbia Attorney General Karl Racine are co-leading a lawsuit filed Thursday to stop the Trump Administration from eliminating food assistance for nearly 700,000 Americans, James’ office said.   The lawsuit, which was joined by 13 attorney generals — including those for New Jersey ...

Five family members and another person stole more than $1.4 million from a widow who was under the family’s care, according to an indictment handed up Thursday. Authorities said the victim’s 90-year-old sister and the sister’s son assumed power of attorney for the victim after her husband died in November 2012. That came about due...

New York Mets manager Carlos Beltran and the team have “agreed to mutually part ways” after only two months on the job and following a report that showed his involvement in a sign-stealing scheme. In a statement, the team said: “We met with Carlos last night and again this morning and agreed to mutually part ways. This was not an…...

Authorities are investigating a reported rape and kidnapping in Brooklyn. Multiple law enforcement sources with knowledge of the case tell News 4 a 28-year-old woman says she was walking near Liberty and Alabama avenues around 5 a.m. on Tuesday when a stranger in his 60s walked up to her and jabbed her with a sharp object containing an unknown subs...

Raw footage posted to the Citizen app showed raging flames leaping from the roof of the multiple-story building.

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Riders on the 7 line have a new voice as they pull into each station stop: Queens’ own celebrity, Awkwafina. NBC New York’s Stefan Holt reports.