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The lights are dimming on this year’s Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree. The 11-ton Norway Spruce received a light dusting of snow on its final day before crews bring it down to be milled and repurposed. Anyone looking to catch one final peak at the holiday spectacle has until 10 p.m. on Saturday. After that, the tree goes dark — offici...

A man was shot by police Friday night after allegedly pointing a gun at an NYPD sergeant during a foot chase through Brooklyn. Police said the 50-year-old man ran out of a Canarsie convenience store around 9:45 p.m., just after nearby officers on patrol heard a gunshot coming from the area of East 80th Street and Flatlands Avenue. A number…...

President-elect Donald Trump doesn’t have to go to jail, pay a fine or perform community service as a result of his New York hush money conviction. A judge ended the case Friday with a sentence of an unconditional discharge, closing the case with no punishment. But unless the conviction for falsifying business records is someday overturned, T...

Embattled Clark Mayor, Sal Bonaccorso, has resigned as mayor effective immediately Friday, after pleading guilty to using Clark employees for his private business, a landscaping and underground oil storage tank removal company. As part of his agreement, Bonaccorso, a Republican, entered a consent order immediately forfeiting his office as mayor of ...

Kohl’s said it was closing 27 underperforming stores in 15 states by April — a fraction of its 1,150 store base — as the struggling department store aims to boost profitability and improve sagging sales. One of the locations slated for closure is located in New Jersey.

Storm Team 4 Meteorologist, Matt Brickman, made a school visit to Midwood Catholic Academy in Brooklyn, NY. The 3rd, 4th and 5th graders learned about snowflake shapes, different types of clouds and more.

In the early days of 2023, while nurses were striking at Mount Sinai Hospital in Manhattan, 4-month-old baby Noah Morton died while in the hospital’s care. He was suffering from a complex heart condition in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), but his parents always questioned the sudden death.   They believed their baby had been stab...

Prosecutors called for the lengthy prison term for the 71-year-old New Jersey Democrat in papers filed in Manhattan federal court late Thursday.

A federal judge is set to hear arguments Friday on whether to hold Rudy Giuliani in contempt of court for continuing to spread lies about two Georgia election workers after they secured a $148 million defamation judgment against him. Plaintiffs’ attorneys have asked U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell in Washington, D.C., to impose...

In a singular moment in U.S. history, President-elect Donald Trump faces sentencing Friday for his New York hush money conviction after the nation’s highest court refused to intervene. Like so much else in the criminal case and the current American political landscape, the scenario set to unfold in an austere Manhattan courtroom was unimagina...

Macy’s is proceeding with dozens of planned store cuts across the United States, including in the New York City area, as its strategic focus zeroes in on sustainable, profitable growth. The following tri-state stores are among at least 66 “underproductive” locations expected to close in the first quarter of 2025. They initially we...

More than a half-dozen people, most of them firefighters, were hurt Friday when a five-alarm blaze erupted at an apartment building in the Bronx, officials say. Dozens of families — about 150 people — are displaced. Authorities responding to a call about a fire on Wallace Avenue shortly before 2 a.m. found flames on the top floor of the...

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul says she will push for new laws to make it harder for hedge funds to purchase large numbers of single-family homes in the state.