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Now Gov. Phil Murphy is calling for a statewide ban for cellphones in schools that would ban all K-12 Garden State schools.

It was a gruesome find in Queens — a 55-year-old man dead under a bed, his head in one garbage bag and his feet in another, authorities said Wednesday. It’s not clear if the individual lived at the Kew Gardens Hills apartment where he was found. Fire officials say they got a call about a body on 70th Avenue, between…

Four men accused of damaging a Brooklyn synagogue during a melee that followed the discovery of a secret tunnel at the global headquarters of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement of Hasidic Judaism are set to stand trial after turning down a plea deal offered by prosecutors. The men face felony criminal mischief charges for their alleged role in...

As drivers and passengers crossing the Hudson and East rivers are paying congestion pricing tolls since Jan. 5, Shake Shack has announced plans to give those commuters a temporary break at its tri-state locations. At select restaurants from Jan. 13 to 17, Shake Shack will be offering a $9 “NYC Congestion Pricing Combo” of a ShackBurger ...

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul pitched voters on a series of populist economic policies — floating proposals to hand out free money, slash taxes and fight hedge funds — in a speech Tuesday aimed at cleaning up the kitchen table issues that damaged Democrats in November. In her annual State of the State address in Albany, Hochul, a moderate De...

A high-ranking member of an MS-13 clique in New York pleaded guilty Tuesday to racketeering and other federal charges in a case involving seven slayings, including the 2016 killings of two high school girls that focused the nation’s attention on the violent Central American street gang. Jairo Saenz, 28, entered the plea in federal court i...

A New Jersey school bus aide charged in the death of a 6-year-old girl took the stand in her own defense on the same day the jury saw new video showing what occurred leading up to the child’s death — and as prosecutors alleged the woman was on her phone the whole time.

A New York man received his sentence in connection to the kidnapping and attempted robbery of a pregnant woman and the children under her care in 2023, the Dutchess County District Attorney’s Office said. Fifty-year-old Derrick Woodhouse, of Poughkeepsie, was sentenced last week to 20 years to life after being convicted of kidnapping in the s...

New Jersey State Police are searching for a man who they say tried to abduct a girl outside of her home.

“As anyone who has experienced a cancer diagnosis will know, it takes time to adjust to a new normal,” the royal said in an Instagram post.

Attention all music lovers! The lineup for this year’s Governors Ball was officially announced. New York City music festival has officially announced the list of headliners for its 2025 edition, which will return to Flushing Meadows-Corona Park in Queens. Among the artists who will take the stage during the music festival in Flushing Meadows-...

The discovery of a body in the back of an ambulette in the Bronx is being investigated as an apparent homicide. According to investigators, police responding to a 911 call on Castle Hill Avenue around 10:30 a.m. Monday found a 64-year-old man unconscious inside a private ambulette. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Law enforcement sources say th...

Firefighters raced to control a vegetation fire in San Bernardino on Wednesday, with officials saying they were able to stop its progress before it damaged any buildings. The blaze on Little Mountain Drive reached about 34 acres, a San Bernardino County Fire representative told NBC4 Southern California. No one had to be evacuated — the blaze was in...