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The fire prompted a 7-alarm response from crews, and had firefighters working all night to try and get the flames out. News 4’s Tracie Strahan reports. 

A New York woman has pleaded guilty to negligent homicide in the 2018 death of an anti-gang activist during a dispute over a memorial for the activist’s slain daughter.

At a bribery trial, a former top U.S. agricultural official has cast Sen. Bob Menendez as a villain who tried to stop him from disrupting an unusual sudden monopoly that developed five years ago over the certification of meat exported to Egypt.

Instead of installing gadgets to stop fare beaters, the MTA is considering hiring a psychologist to get into their minds in hopes of “shrinking” the expensive problem.

Whether you’re attending the Israel Day on Fifth Parade or plan to move through Manhattan on Sunday, there are a number of road closures to be aware of as tens of thousands descend on Fifth Avenue. The parade, organized by the Jewish Community Relations Council of New York, is expected to draw more than 40,000 participants, including Israeli ...

Pro-Palestinian protesters returned to Columbia University’s campus on Friday evening to retake the school’s South Lawn just weeks after dramatic action by the NYPD to clear the grounds. Protesters returned to the lawn for the first time in weeks with a number of tents and banners in the middle of the university’s alumni weekend. ...

The ongoing war in Gaza has heightened security concerns over this weekend’s Israel Day Parade. News 4’s Chris Jose reports. 

Produce Pete gets to the “root” of how beets can be beneficial for your health.  

Thirty-four people were taken into custody on Friday after pro-Palestinian protesters stormed the Brooklyn Museum. 

Parents and students have been up in arms outside a Queens church over the unexplained firing of a popular teacher. News 4’s Checkey Beckford spoke to some of the angry parents and students demanding answers. 

Part of the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway will be closed for repairs for the entire weekend. News 4’s Myles Miller reports.

As we flip our calendars to June this weekend, we officially welcome meteorological summer. And what a fine beginning to the season it will be! Warm temperatures and low humidity — a great combination. We often link summer with sweltering humidity, but that’s not the case this weekend and for most, that’s a welcome thing. The dew point, a dir...

Adam Kuperstein reporting on Nova Festival survivors touring the NYC exhibit 

Pei-Sze Cheng reporting on officials urging Long Islanders to prepare for hurricanes. 

Erica Byfield reporting on the Trump criminal conviction fallout. 

Andrew Siff with the details for NBC New York.