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A man pretending to be in mourning violently robbed a funeral home director at machete-point in Harlem, authorities say. According to investigators, the suspect showed up at Daniels Wilhelmina Funeral home on West 131st Street in the middle of the afternoon one February day. He had made an appointment to meet with the director, purportedly to discu...

It was a high-stakes playoff basketball game between Floral Park Memorial and West Hempstead High Schools. Joe Gaskin was one of three referees officiating the game. Nearly towards the end of the first quarter, the 64-year-old Gaskin suddenly felt out of breath. “One of the coaches asked me, ‘Hey ref, are you feeling OK?’ I said I’m hav...

The NYPD is investigating three thefts from luxury gyms in New York City over the past few months. The alleged thieves left with wallets, cell phones and credit cards, which were then used to make unauthorized purchases totaling $83,000, the NYPD said. The thefts all involved personal property being taken from gym lockers. The first theft occurred ...

High eggs prices have been a concern for consumers across America this year. Recently we got some good news. The average cost of a dozen large white eggs is now $4.90, compared with an all-time high of $8.64 on March 5, the United States Department of Agriculture said last week. That’s the lowest level registered since Dec. 20. The prices, th...

While New York transit officials point to publicly available statistics showing major crime on the subway system is trending down this year, U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy noted “a number of high-profile safety related incidents” in a letter sent to the head of the MTA.

FBI Director Kash Patel applauded Mexican authorities Tuesday for the arrest and handover of one of the FBI’s “Ten Most Wanted” suspects, an alleged gang leader from El Salvador. Francisco Javier Román Bardales is allegedly a senior leader of the Mara Salvatrucha or MS-13 gang. He was arrested Monday in the mountains of the Gulf coast state o...

Here is a state-by-state breakdown of the 68 colleges in the 2025 NCAA Tournament.

We officially usher in the start of spring Thursday morning. And it doesn’t take long for the showers to follow. We’re looking ahead to a soggy Thursday evening followed by a dip in temperatures as we move through the first days of spring. A southeast wind keeps the start of Thursday gray. Low-hanging clouds will reduce visibility during the......

Authorities are investigating after a woman was found dead near some train tracks in Paterson. Officers responding to a call of shots fired near 27th Street and 19th Avenue around 3 a.m. Wednesday found the woman with a gunshot wound. She has not been identified. It wasn’t clear where she was shot. The woman was pronounced dead at the......

Tina Fey is no stranger to news and media connected with Rockefeller Center, whether playing writer Liz Lemon on “30 Rock” or co-hosting “Weekend Update” on “Saturday Night Live,” where she also worked as the popular late night show’s head writer. It turns out, Fey is a fan of the news in real life too, and...

A Columbia University student activist who was detained by the U.S. government over his participation in pro-Palestinian demonstrations has the right to challenge the legality of his detention, but the case should be heard in New Jersey, rather than in New York or Louisiana, a judge ruled Wednesday. Mahmoud Khalil, 30, a legal U.S. resident with no...

The Celtics are being sold more than $6 billion in what would be the largest total for a sports team in the United States. But who’s the man paying?

Is it the first day of spring? For everyone over winter and ready for a, hopefully, warmer season ahead, you’re in luck. Today marks the first day of spring 2025. The vernal equinox marks the start of spring every March. The autumnal equinox marks the start of fall every September. An equinox occurs, “two times of the year when the&#823...