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A Brooklyn man pleaded guilty after he sold exotic animal parts, including a mounted cougar head, to an undercover officer, according to the district attorney’s office.

Police are looking for a driver with Florida plates they say ran over the hand of a 59-year-old pedestrian after repeatedly punching him following an argument last week, authorities say. It was early in the morning on April 24, around 8:10 a.m. The NYPD says the victim was walking near Leonard and Richardson streets in Greenpoint when he got into&#...

Singer and songwriter Dua Lipa is set to host and be the musical guest for this week’s SNL. NBC New York’s Adam Kuperstein chats with Dua before the big night.

One man died and another person was rushed to the hospital in critical condition after and explosion obliterated a two-story home in South River. NBC New York’s Checkey Beckford reports.

Another lawsuit has been filed by the Town of Hempstead against the MTA in regards to the controversial congestion pricing plan. NBC New York’s Pei-Sze Cheng reports. 

When you think of the arts and music Seaside Heights usually wouldn’t come to mind, but city officials are trying to change that. NBC New York’s Ted Greenberg reports.  

Student’s at Rutgers in New Brunswick had their finals interrupted and delayed due to a pro-Palestinian encampment on campus. NBC New York’s Adam Harding reports. 

Nearly four months after everything was burned away by a rumored act of arson, a Goodwill on the Jersey Shore is has finally reopened. NBC New York’s Ted Greenberg reports. 

An NYPD officer accidentally discharged his gun inside a Columbia University administration building while clearing out protesters camped inside, the department disclosed late Thursday.

One man died and another person suffered critical injuries after an explosion at a suburban New Jersey house flattened the residence, according to officials.

A fire left a Bushwick supermarket burned and then spread to other neighboring buildings, displacing dozens of people. NBC New York’s Melissa Colorado reports.

A single-engine plane made an emergency landing on a Long Island beach, surprising people gathered on the sand to watch a beautiful sunset. One of the beachgoers captured intense video showing the moment the pilot brought the plane down on Mount Sinai’s Cedar Beach — and it wasn’t the first emergency landing for the particular plane. NB...