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Police on Long Island are investigating the circumstances of an unusual robbery after two 17-year-olds were allegedly beaten and had their heads shaved Friday evening. The two teenaged victims were at the Crocus Drive Playground in Syosset where they had planned to meet up with “three other male juveniles,” according to Nassau County of...

New York conservation officials say a passerby reported seeing the moose fall through into the lake in a forested area near the Vermont border, about 60 miles south of Lake Placid.

Allies of former Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., have approached the White House on his behalf multiple times since the fall to see if President Joe Biden might be willing to pardon him, according to four people familiar with the discussions.

A second man was arrested in the kidnapping of a teen girl on Long Island who was held captive on a boat for weeks.

A major subway improvement project is set to begin, shutting down A trains on the Rockaway line for four months to address lingering damage left behind by Superstorm Sandy and strengthen infrastructure in anticipation of future storms.

A suspect was arrested in the murder of an ambulette driver whose body was found in the back of the vehicle on a Bronx street, according to police.

A dump truck crashed into the side of a Target store in New Jersey Friday afternoon destroying part of the wall of the building and opening up a huge hole.

The New York Jets interviewed Minnesota Vikings defensive coordinator Brian Flores on Friday for their head coach vacancy. Flores is the 13th coaching candidate to meet with the Jets, who are also expected to speak to Vikings quarterbacks coach Josh McCown and Green Bay Packers defensive coordinator Jeff Hafley. The 43-year-old Flores has...

A woman who jumped into a Long Island canal in an effort to save her runaway dog ended up needing help herself to escape the frigid waters.

A large sinkhole stemming from a water main break in New Jersey partially swallowed an SUV on Friday morning leading to a rescue, according to local officials. A water main in Wayne, owned by the local water commission, broke Thursday night, which opened up a sinkhole on Demarest Drive just off West Belt Highway. Two vehicles ended up driving throu...

An MTA transit bus was seen dramatically dangling over a roadway in the Bronx Friday morning after crashing through a wall. No one was injured in the crash, which happened around 8:45 a.m. at the Henry Hudson Parkway West Service Road above Kappock Street in Spuyten Duyvil. Firefighters could be seen stabilizing the BxM1 express bus and slowly brin...

The tri-state can expect more moderate temperatures Friday and Saturday ahead of snow Sunday evening and a bone-chilling start to next week. We can expect mostly sunny skies on Friday with temperatures finally breaking the freezing mark. Highs will be near 40 degrees, which is much closer to the mid-January average than we have been seeing. Saturda...

For the second year in a row, Zillow — a real estate website — predicts that a specific city in New York will be the most competitive for buyers in the coming year in the United States. Buffalo is predicted by Zillow to have the hottest housing market in the United States.It has topped the list thanks to having the…