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A 61-year-old grandmother was shot and killed by a stray bullet after rushing out to check on her loved one as gunfire rang out on a Harlem street late Tuesday night, according to police.

A candidate for a seat in the Nassau County legislature has gone missing, leading to his family and police asking for the public’s help in finding him. Petros Krommidas, 29, was last seen in Baldwin on Wednesday, April 23 around 9 p.m., according to police. His family said in a social media post that Krommidas had parked his car by…...

A Brooklyn woman said she feared for her life as she was chased, kicked, spit at and pelted with objects by a mob of Orthodox Jewish men who mistook her as a participant in a protest against Israel’s far-right security minister. The assault, recorded by a bystander, unfolded Thursday near the global headquarters of the Chabad-Lubavitch mo...

A New York City staple is making a brief comeback. New Yorkers can once again enjoy the mouth-watering bite of a delicious slice of pizza, for just $1. That’s because the covered dollar slice is back for a limited time. Seamless is offering a deal that revives what once was a mainstay of the five boroughs. For a time, a…

A bear put on quite a show for a family in Simsbury, Connecticut.

A 44-year-old Brooklyn man has been arrested on a rape charge, police said Monday, weeks after he was allegedly seen on video performing sex acts on a corpse on a subway in Lower Manhattan. Felix Rojas was charged with a single count of first-degree rape in the April 9 incident on the R train. Investigators say he was apprehended Sunday,…...

Police say their investigation into the death of a young man found earlier this month floating next to a Long Island dock has been ruled a homicide. Back on April 8, police in Nassau County responded to to a dock off Railroad Place around 11 a.m. for the report of a body floating in the water. The victim, according to…

Saturday’s game between the Toronto Blue Jays and New York Yankees was postponed because of heavy rain and the forecast of sustained inclement weather.

The Massapequa School Board president has said it could cost more than $1 million to rebrand the school if the name and mascot are changed.

Prosectors believe Mangione presents danger after he “expressed intent to target an entire industry, and rally political and social opposition.”

An off-duty police officer with the NYPD was shot early Sunday morning in Queens, law enforcement sources said.

The New York Republican pleaded guilty last summer to federal wire fraud and aggravated identity theft.

Nearly two dozen dogs that were abandoned in New Jersey, many of which were found near Branchburg Park, are being nursed back to health. NBC New York’s Charles Watson reports.