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Officers are increasingly sounding the alarm about the Essex County Correctional Facility in Newark. Sarah Wallace reports.

Stony Brook University, a part of the public State University of New York system, will receive $500 million from a philanthropic foundation started by a hedge fund billionaire who once taught math there, the foundation announced Thursday.

The endowment gift, said to be the largest of its kind in U.S. history, comes from hedge fund founder and former Stony Brook professor Jim Simons and his wife Marilyn, an alumna of the Long Island university. NBC New York’s Greg Cergol reports.

The virus causes many of the same symptoms as COVID, like a cough and sore throat, but despite not being as well-known, HMPV saw a big surge in cases throughout the spring. Here’s what to know. NBC New York’s John Chandler reports.

Billy Joel is “Movin’ Out” of MSG! The legendary musician announced the end of his 10-year residency in Manhattan — here’s when he’ll play his final show. NBC New York’s Andrew Siff reports.

The attorney who was arrested this week in New Jersey by police and the FBI is set to return to Boston to face charges in a series of sexual assaults and kidnappings from 2007 and 2008. Matthew Nilo appeared in Hudson County Superior Court Thursday morning for an extradition hearing after his arrest on Tuesday at his Weehawken apartment building&#8...

A teen driver died from her injuries after a dump truck crashed into a car and a gas station in Mercer County, New Jersey, Thursday afternoon.

Long Island music legend Billy Joel is ending his world record-breaking run at Madison Square Garden next year, he announced during a press conference alongside the city mayor.

Billy Joel is ending his world record-breaking run at Madison Square Garden next year, he announced during a press conference Thursday.

Latest Forecast From Storm Team 4

Latest Forecast From Storm Team 4

Latest Forecast From Storm Team 4

A suspected serial rapist linked to a series of decade-old attacks in a Boston neighborhood was arrested in Weehawken. Investigators used DNA technology to connect him to the crimes. NBC New York’s Checkey Beckford reports.