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The ex-boyfriend of a woman found stabbed to death inside her Manhattan apartment was arrested and charged in her murder, according to police.

Clifton police said they responded to Cunningham’s home around 1:15 p.m. Thursday afternoon after a family member reported not hearing from him.

It seems that the Mets have more comics cheering from the stands — but why? For starters, the “suffering Mets fans” and their team’s struggles are ripe for comedy, whereas the Yankees’ sustained success doesn’t breed such misery.

In 11 U.S. states and Washington DC, it takes a salary of $500,000 a year or more to be part of the top 5% of earners.

More than a miles worth of murals are currently displayed in Queens between 69th Street and Junction Blvd. NBC New York’s Jessica Cunnington reports. 

For the past four days, police and canines have been searching a wooded area on Long Island. News 4’s Greg Cergol reports. 

A drawbridge that’s been stuck open for weeks in New Jersey is causing a lot of concerns for small Jersey shore towns as the summer season approaches. NBC New York Ted Greenberg reports. 

Negotiations continued at Columbia University as hundreds of protesters set up camp in and around the campus. News 4’s Gaby Acevedo reports. 

Guitarist Stevie Van and his brother Billy were honored in a street renaming ceremony in Middletown Township, NJ. NBC New York’s Adam Harding reports. 

A cold case mystery is closer to being solved thanks to a new identification five decades after the victim’s killing. News 4’s Marc Santia reports. 

A pair of frightening encounters in Central Park has led to police launching an investigation, after two people were robbed in separate incidents within a 12-hour span.

An 84-year-old man was found dead in a body of water at a golf course in the Bronx, according to police.

As police K-9 units scoured a heavily wooded area on Long Island for the fourth day in connection to the Gilgo Beach serial killings, a law enforcement source said state police teams focused their attention on an area near where a body was found more than 30 years ago in an unsolved murder.