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Students at a New York City college campus are on alert after a fellow student was arrested for allegedly threatening he would “shoot up the school” — and was later released without bail.

The family of a fallen World War II hero from New York City can finally get a bit of closure, after the soldier’s remains were identified nearly 80 years after he died during the war.

There’s a trendy new T-shirt that’s reminding New Yorkers who runs the city. The inspiration came straight from the head of the city’s Sanitation Department. “But the rats don’t run this city. We do,” Sanitation Commissioner Jessica Tisch said a few weeks ago while laying out the city’s plan to crack down o...

From the dazzling Fifth Avenue displays to the 30 Rockefeller Center tree, New York City is full of holiday sights and sounds, but the one neighborhood truly taking Christmas cheer above and beyond is Dyker Heights, Brooklyn. This enclave in Kings County goes to the extreme when showcasing outdoor home decorations, such as true-to-size reindeer, Sa...

Salon owners say there’s nothing complicated about allowing them to reopen, especially given that 90 percent of their training is on safety, one said

The Archdiocese of New York is planning for a phased-in reopening during the coronavirus pandemic

An off-duty New York City police officer was charged Thursday with murder in the shooting death of a longtime friend on Long Island. The state attorney general’s office charged officer Errick Allen after investigating the May 12 shooting under its authority to review killings of unarmed civilians by law enforcement officers. Allen was arraign...

Five ducklings going through the worst days of their new lives were rescued Thursday from the treacherous Central Park waters in which a snapping turtle is believed to have killed their mother

Something is finally clear in the uncertain NBA.

The ongoing coronavirus pandemic has changed the way we go about our everyday lives. As the tristate continues to grapple with mitigating the spread of coronavirus, many businesses, organizations and even houses of worship were forced to temporarily close and suspend services in an attempt to halt the spread of the virus. Because of this, churches ...

A Long Island man was stabbed and killed by his son while he was participating in a live video chat from his home, police said

Days after the CDC confirmed a link between coronavirus and a new, potentially deadly syndrome in children, New York is investigating 161 cases of the illness, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Friday. He thinks that’s just the “tip of the iceberg.” The cases span a wide age demographic, affecting infants to young adults, though most cases a...

U.S. officials and scientists are hopeful a vaccine to prevent Covid-19 will be ready in the first half of 2021 — 12 to 18 months since Chinese scientists first identified the coronavirus and mapped its genetic sequence. It’s a record-breaking time frame for a process that normally takes about a decade for an effective and safe vaccine. T...