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A vehicle slammed into a police cruiser on Long Island, then careened into a nearby house before igniting on fire, according to police

The man admitted to paying doctors to steer prescriptions to now-closed pharmacies, as well as concealing millions of dollars in insurance reimbursement checks by cashing them at Brooklyn check-cashing businesses or depositing the checks into Canadian bank accounts

The NBA has fined Brooklyn Nets star Kyrie Irving $50,000 for violating its health and safety protocols

Police in New York City released information Friday morning on three suspects wanted in connection with a home invasion robbery where at least two armed men tied up the victims and got away with thousands in cash and electronics.

Police are looking for a man seen walking calmly down a Bronx sidewalk, a black assault rifle with a high capacity magazine attached swinging by his arm, authorities said Friday. The sighting came a day earlier around 3:30 p.m. on Webster Avenue. The man didn’t appear to point the gun at anyone, but the presence of the rifle alone...

New Yorkers lined the sidewalks and cars jammed the streets near a Brooklyn coronavirus vaccine site after false rumors spread of extra doses available to the general public

There have been threats of armed protests throughout the U.S. throughout the weekend and leading up to Inauguration Day, and police in Trenton, Albany and Hartford aren’t taking any chances, even if the threat isn’t believed to be as severe as other locations

A New York man who was recorded trying to set fire to news media equipment and walking through the U.S. Capitol during last week’s siege, and another man who called storming the building a “little adventure” face charges

A man has been indicted on charges that he attacked several cab drivers at gunpoint last summer in New York City

A New Jersey woman is being credited with saving four lives after she donated her organ to a complete stranger. You wouldn’t guess it by looking at her but Gianna Graw just had major surgery to remove one of her kidneys for someone who needed the life-saving transplant. She says the donation was inspired by her love for her...

Prosecutors said the officer used the spray in a manner that “was not consistent” with the state’s use-of-force policy and was not justified

The police chief of a New Jersey town is recovering after he was attacked by a woman armed with a knife late Thursday morning, investigators said.

James Harden is heading to Brooklyn, joining old teammate Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving to give the Nets a potent trio featuring some of the NBA’s highest scorers.

Members of the Church of Satan are grieving the destruction of a historic “Halloween House” that authorities say was set ablaze this week by an arsonist

A man was arrested at his home in Newburgh, New York, on Saturday for his alleged involvement in the Jan. 6 storming of the U.S. Capitol, federal officials confirmed. Edward Lang is the latest New York man to join the growing list of alleged participants now arrested and facing charges for their roles in the riot at the U.S....

New Jersey made millions of people eligible to get the COVID-19 vaccine, including smokers, a move that prompted gripes about them skipping to the front of the inoculation line

The woman hopped in the vehicle and took off, driving around and striking around 14 parked cars, although it could be more as the exact number is not yet known, police said

A state appeals court on Friday overturned the conviction of a southern New Jersey man convicted of sexually abusing his daughter beginning when she was 5, and ordered a new trial

Dominic Pezzola, 43, was charged in the federal complaint with destruction of government property, obstruction of an official proceeding and illegally entering a restricted building.

A massive, five-alarm fire broke out in Brooklyn Thursday evening, roaring through four buildings on one block as more than 200 firefighters battled the flames, officials said.

New Jersey announced it would be expanding its vaccination program to include those between 16 and 64 years of age with underlying health conditions — the largest group of which includes the state’s two million smokers

President-elect Joe Biden will have a small, in comparison to previous ceremonies, but noteworthy swearing-in ceremony on Inauguration Day. The Presidential Inaugural Committee announced Thursday morning several celebrities and community leaders who will join him at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday.

New Jersey took nearly $1 billion worth of sports bets in December, an encouraging finish to a year in which coronavirus closures and restrictions sent overall gambling revenue down nearly 17%

While police were talking with the woman, she lunged at an officer with a knife, stabbing him in the neck, a senior NYPD official said

Armie Hammer is speaking out.

Terri Watkins entered the $300,000,000 Supreme Riches second-chance drawing but didn’t think she would actually win. When the state Education Lottery called to congratulate her, Watkins said she was shocked.

A member of a New York town’s zoning board resigned after she was seen in photos taken at the U.S. Capitol on the day extremists, conspiracy theorists and supporters of the president stormed it

A man faces murder charges after his wife was found stabbed to death in a bathroom at their northern New Jersey townhome

He is facing charges in federal court in Washington, D.C. regarding the violent riot at the Capitol on Jan. 6,

The federal government must speed the delivery of COVID-19 vaccine doses to New York as appointments are snapped up as quickly as they go online, Gov. Andrew Cuomo and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said Wednesday. “At the end of the day, this is a supply issue and we need the federal government to provide us with more…

Converting vacant retail space into rapid testing sites could help people feel comfortable going back to restaurants, real estate executive William Rudin said.

New Jersey Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy is set to deliver his third state of the state address remotely because of the coronavirus pandemic

The Trump Organization is under city contract to operate the two ice rinks and a carousel in Central Park as well as a golf course in the Bronx

The FBI searched a Queens home Tuesday evening after online threats were posted there in the aftermath of last week’s riots at the U.S. Capitol, a senior law enforcement official told NBC New York

A New Jersey Girl Scout troop is joining a movement started by a little girl in Tennessee, boycotting their biggest fundraiser of the year after they learned that it has ties to child labor. The annual Girl Scout Cookies sale is usually an exciting time for Troop 1226 of Jersey City, and lovers of sweet treats, but that all changed…

For America’s allies and rivals alike, the chaos unfolding during Donald Trump’s final days as president is the logical result of four years of global instability brought on by the man who promised to change the way the world viewed the United States.

The British socialite awaiting trial on charges that she recruited girls in the 1990s for Jeffrey Epstein to sexually abuse is appealing a judge’s order that she remain jailed

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Tuesday he wants to start opening restaurants, theaters and offices by launching rapid testing sites in New York City and eventually at hundreds of new sites in other city centers throughout the state

Republican U.S. Rep. John Katko said Tuesday he’ll back the impeachment of President Donald Trump, becoming one of just three GOP members of the House to state they will join Democrats in their efforts

Walmart’s sales have risen during the Covid pandemic, but its chief customer officer said many customers are nervous and financially strapped.

New York will turn Citi Field, home of the Mets, into a ‘mega’ Covid vaccination site, aiming to give as many as 7,000 shots a day, Mayor Bill de Blasio said.

In addition to slow sales and strict indoor dining restrictions, NYC restaurants have a lot on their plates — and some are now battling with food delivery apps eating into their profits, or even posting their menus without permission

Police are looking for a man they say randomly whacked another man in the back of the head with a hammer as he waited for a southbound A train at a Manhattan subway station over the weekend, authorities said Tuesday. The 46-year-old victim was standing on the platform in the 175th Street Station around 11 a.m. Sunday when he was…