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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…...

Disgraced and jailed former movie mogul Harvey Weinstein underwent emergency heart surgery Monday morning at Bellevue Hospital in New York City, according to a legal representative.

Ed Kranepool, the longest-tenured player in New York Mets history and a member of the Miracle Mets when they won the 1969 World Series, has died. He was 79. The team said in a statement Monday that Kranepool died Sunday after experiencing cardiac arrest in Boca Raton, Florida. A native of New York, the first baseman/outfielder spent 18 seasons with...

The man allegedly behind an attack on the manager of a Manhattan pizza place that left the victim beaten and mauled by a dog was indicted on attempted murder and multiple other charges, the district attorney said.

The former head of food services for New York City public schools was sentenced to two years in prison on Monday for a bribery scandal that resulted in children being served chicken tenders contaminated with metal and bone. Eric Goldstein, the former school food chief, was sentenced in Brooklyn federal court along with three men who ran a vendor th...

If you’re heading out on the NYC Ferry this Monday, be prepared — schedules are changing and ticket prices are increasing. The work week kicks off with regular ticket prices going up from $4 dollars to $4.50 — with a bundle of 10 tickets now going for $29. When it comes to the fall schedule, take note: the South Brooklyn…...

Trains for what is being called the nation’s first true high-speed rail line between Las Vegas and the Los Angeles area will be built at a new factory in upstate New York, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced Monday. Siemens Mobility will construct the American Pioneer 220 trains at a 300,000-square-foot (28,000-square-meter) facili...

Several schools in South Jersey will be closed and others will have an increased police presence after a shooting threat was posted on social media Sunday night.

The White Stripes sued former President Donald Trump on Monday in a case that alleges he used their hit song “Seven Nation Army” without permission in a video posted to social media.

There are hours left until the highly anticipated presidential debate between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump, the first meeting between Democratic and Republican hopefuls since Harris took the ticket. It is set to be held at Philadelphia’s National Constitution Center in the battleground state of Pennsylvania. With people across the country s...

Kamala Harris and Donald Trump will meet for the first time face-to-face Tuesday night for perhaps their only debate, a high-pressure opportunity to showcase their starkly different visions for the country after a tumultuous campaign summer. And there are, of course, some rules. ABC released the rules of the debate last week. Both Harris and Trump ...

A crash investigation is snarling traffic at the Lincoln Tunnel at the height of the morning commute.