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A 19-year-old high school student died and another half-dozen young people were hurt, one of them seriously, when the car they were all packed into veered off a road, flipped over and hit a tree Sunday night, authorities say. According to East Hampton police, 18-year-old Luis Barrionuevo-Fuertes was driving the group in a 2009 Toyota Camry on Old S...

Early voting is underway ahead of next week’s primary day in New York City, and that often revives questions about how to cast your vote using the ranked choice system. Ranked choice voting is fairly new in the city. A ballot measure allowing it in certain elections was approved in 2019. The first election in NYC where voters could rank&#8230...

The competitive eating star announced he is returning to the Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest this Fourth of July after missing out on last year’s event.

Juneteenth, which is short for “June Nineteenth”, celebrates the end of slavery in the United States. The holiday, which is also known as “Freedom Day” or “Emancipation Day,” honors the day in 1865 when federal troops arrived in Galveston, Texas to make sure all enslaved people were freed — a whopping two-a...

Authorities are investigating after two court officers were slashed or stabbed at the Manhattan criminal courthouse Monday, according to two law enforcement sources familiar with the incident. A suspect was taken into custody after the attack on the officers at 100 Centre Street, the source said. The attack happened near the entrance to the buildin...

A 26-year-old Long Island man was arrested for allegedly going berserk during a church service, walking up to the altar and toppling religious statues. Authorities say the suspect went into Corpus Christie Church on Garfield Avenue, where a Mass was being held around 5 p.m. Sunday. He allegedly went to the front of the church and started yelling, &...

A pedestrian has died after being struck by an MTA bus early Monday morning in Kips Bay, police said. The 41-year-old victim was crossing on East 28th Street around 5:30 a.m. when the bus traveling northbound 3rd Avenue hit the man, according to the NYPD. The victim was taken to Bellevue Hospital, where he was pronounced deceased. The bus driver&#8...

President Donald Trump issued a new social media proclamation Sunday night directing federal officials to prioritize deportations from New York and other Democrat-run cities, a move that comes after large protests erupted across the country in response to his administration’s immigration enforcement policies. Trump in a Truth Social post called on ...

A 4-year-old girl died and two other young children, along with a 31-year-old man, were hurt when a suspected drunken driver hit them as they left a park Saturday night in Rockland County, authorities say. According to the investigation, the four victims were hit as they walked on a sidewalk exiting the park on Nyack Turnpike. A 5-year-old suffered...

Two ICE detainees are still on the run after their escape from a detention facility in Newark, New Jersey.

Golf great Tiger Woods is in Connecticut at the Travelers Championship in Cromwell on Tuesday, but not as a player. Woods is a member of the PGA Tour CEO search committee and he is joining leaders of the organization for a media availability on Tuesday morning. The PGA Tour announced on Tuesday morning that Brian Rolapp has been named Chief......

The family of a 27-year-old Navy veteran is searching for answers after their loved one was found dead inside his car in the Bronx in what police said may have been a case of road rage. The NYPD says around 2 a.m. Saturday, Keino Campbell was found in his car in Eastchester, shot three times in the chest. His gray…

NBC 4’s Adam Harding reports from Newark where the search is still underway for 2 missing Delaney Hall escapees.