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A suspected serial rapist tied to a series of sexual assaults and kidnappings in a Boston neighborhood more than a decade ago was arrested in New Jersey, police said, after investigators tied him to the crimes using DNA technology and a public database.

A 73-year-old man faces up to 55 years in prison after being convicted of attempted murder and drug charges in the 2021 shooting of a deli owner in Queens and the subsequent discovery of a large amount of heroin in his home, according to the local district attorney’s office. James Fraley, of St. Albans, was convicted late last week of…...

A former limousine company manager has been sentenced to at least 5 years in prison for his role in a crash that killed 20 people in rural New York. Nauman Hussain was convicted of manslaughter earlier this month. Prosecutors argued that he intentionally failed to maintain the brakes on an SUV stretch limo. The vehicle sped out of control on......

A partial ceiling collapse happened at the Stamford Train Station during peak travel Wednesday evening. The mayor’s office said officials were called to the train station at about 5:20 p.m. for a reported ceiling collapse. Responding crews determined there was a partial collapse near an escalator that is currently being replaced by the state ...

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A former Connecticut state representative was sentenced to 27 months in prison for stealing more than $1.2 million — most of which came from federal coronavirus-related aid — and using a good chunk of the cash to fuel his gambling addiction.

Officers are increasingly sounding the alarm about the Essex County Correctional Facility in Newark. Sarah Wallace reports.

Stony Brook University, a part of the public State University of New York system, will receive $500 million from a philanthropic foundation started by a hedge fund billionaire who once taught math there, the foundation announced Thursday.

The endowment gift, said to be the largest of its kind in U.S. history, comes from hedge fund founder and former Stony Brook professor Jim Simons and his wife Marilyn, an alumna of the Long Island university. NBC New York’s Greg Cergol reports.

The virus causes many of the same symptoms as COVID, like a cough and sore throat, but despite not being as well-known, HMPV saw a big surge in cases throughout the spring. Here’s what to know. NBC New York’s John Chandler reports.

Billy Joel is “Movin’ Out” of MSG! The legendary musician announced the end of his 10-year residency in Manhattan — here’s when he’ll play his final show. NBC New York’s Andrew Siff reports.

The attorney who was arrested this week in New Jersey by police and the FBI is set to return to Boston to face charges in a series of sexual assaults and kidnappings from 2007 and 2008. Matthew Nilo appeared in Hudson County Superior Court Thursday morning for an extradition hearing after his arrest on Tuesday at his Weehawken apartment building&#8...

A teen driver died from her injuries after a dump truck crashed into a car and a gas station in Mercer County, New Jersey, Thursday afternoon.