New Jersey. Sen. Bob Menendez and his wife Nadine were hit with more criminal charges in an alleged corruption case involving gold bars, a luxury car and other alleged bribes, according to federal prosecutors.

A co-defendant in the corruption investigation into New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez who was accused of giving the senator’s wife a luxury convertible has agreed to plead guilty and will cooperate with prosecutors, NBC New York has learned.

Federal prosecutors allege Sen. Bob Menendez and his wife told at least two people that she inherited gold bars from her mother — the same gold bars the FBI has alleged were part of payments to the senator and his wife as part of a wide-ranging bribery scheme.

Police shot and killed a man who fired at them during a standoff at a Manhattan apartment after he barricaded himself inside, according to law enforcement sources.

At least four gold bars found in the FBI search of Sen. Robert Menendez’s home had been directly linked to a New Jersey businessman now accused of bribing the state’s senior senator, records show

The FBI’s Buffalo field office is investigating an explosion at the Niagara Falls border crossing between the U.S. and Canada.

Fire chiefs told FBI investigators in April that they faced a pressure campaign to rubber stamp the new Turkish consulate building despite safety concerns, according to an attorney representing one of the chiefs.       “My client was pressured to do something unsafe,” said attorney Jim Walden, who represents Joseph Jardin, the former FDNY Chief of Fire Prevention. Walden says Chief…

The FBI and other law enforcement are searching and digging for bodies in Orange County, New York in connection with an ongoing investigation into the Gambino crime family, sources familiar with the investigation tell NBC New York. The search is taking place at two locations — one on Hampton Road in Goshen and one on Hamptonburgh Road in Campbell Hall….

A note was found in the home of the alleged Maine mass shooter, according to multiple law enforcement officials, as a manhunt was underway to find the man who allegedly killed 18 people and critically injured more than a dozen others after opening fire at multiple locations.

Investigators want to know if the gifts – which would be valued in the tens of thousands of dollars – came from the owner or associates of IS EG Halal, an Edgewater business that won a controversial exclusive contract to perform Halal meat certification with Egypt, sources said.