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A robbery at an apparent gambling den in the basement of a Chinese restaurant in Brooklyn turned deadly when one of the suspect’s stabbed a good Samaritan who police say tried to stop a fight that spilled out onto the street. The incident happened Friday night around 9:30 p.m. in the Sunset Park section of Brooklyn. According to police......

It was a desperate cry for help from a 9-year-old girl in a virtual classroom who was hungry and hurting — and now a local food bank has gotten a wave of donations from strangers who just want to help

An FDNY firefighter from the Bronx died after losing control of a snowmobile while on a frozen lake in Upstate New York, and ending up underwater, police said

Don Draper can be found by the restaurant’s bar, naturally, while Michael Strahan, Jimmy Fallon, Al Roker and Audrey Hepburn are seated at tables that have to remain empty under New York’s coronavirus restrictions

The 19-year-old told FBI agents that he was “triggered by the state of the country” and recounted a time when he became enraged at seeing large crowds of Black people at a mall in Edison, New Jersey

Christine Pathak has marked every milestone in a hospital — most of them inside St. Mary’s in Queens. Everything from trick-or-treating to Thanksgiving to Christmas to birthdays were celebrated at the hospital. That all changed Friday. It was during her time hospitalized, when there were moments that standing seemed impossible for the n...

A small percentage of students attending a New Jersey school district got the OK to return for in-school instruction next week after a breakdown in negotiations sent everyone back to virtual learning indefinitely. The South Orange and Maplewood School District made robocalls to parents Friday evening informing them of a new agreement reached with t...

A 25-year-old man in a car in Queens was shot and killed early Friday during a verbal dispute with a motorist, police said

The federal government is giving more than $8 million to two New Jersey towns to elevate flood-prone homes, including a Jersey Shore resort dealing with the effects of rising sea levels

A 54-year-old woman has been arrested in connection with fake Alexis Lafreniere hockey cards circulating online

A man is accused of stealing $11,000 from a woman in Ireland by using her dead brother’s cell phone – successfully convincing her that he was her sibling only to then repeatedly request she send him money in April 2019, the Queens District Attorney’s Office announced Thursday. Frederick Gilbert, 53 and of Middle Village, Queens, has been charged wi...

A 56-year-old Brooklyn woman has been arrested for allegedly hitting a 2-year-old boy multiple times in the face on a subway in Harlem last weekend. Police said Friday that Elizabeth Galarza had been charged with assault and acting in a manner injurious to a child in the attack on the toddler on a northbound C train entering the 116th Street…...

New York City Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza announced a surprise decision to step down from his position Friday, citing the toll of the virus’ grief on his life and the need to take some time away. Immediately, Mayor Bill de Blasio appointed Bronx Superintendent Meisha Porter, a lifelong New Yorker, to be the next leader of the New York...