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Columbia University turned its athletic facilities complex into a field hospital in just one week. John Chandler reports.

President Donald Trump defended his statements in support of using malaria drug hydroxychloroquine as a possible treatment for coronavirus at a press conference on Sunday, despite experts on the White House task force denying there is any scientific evidence to suggest it would be an effective remedy for the virus.

A grand jury will soon begin hearing evidence in connection with the Manhattan park murder of Barnard College freshman Tessa Majors, two sources familiar with the investigation told News 4 Wednesday. A 13-year-old boy has already been charged with second-degree murder in the case. Officials are looking into whether two other teens believed to be connected to the brutal killing…

The wife of Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang says she was sexually assaulted by her OB-GYN while she was pregnant with the couple’s first child.

Columbia University student, Charlie Noxon, is dead after an accident at a Utah ski resort on New Year’s Eve, according to authorities and media reports. The 20-year-old is reportedly the son of Jenji Kohan, TV writer and creator of “Orange Is the New Black,” CNN first reported. Originally from Sherman Oaks, California, Noxon was pronounced dead by air ambulance...

In the wake of Tessa Majors’ death, Barnard College and Columbia University faculty have reported receiving “abhorrent and viciously racist” robocall messages from a white supremacist organization. In a message on the school’s website, Columbia said it is working with New York City police to block the racist messages that came after the 18-year-old college freshman was stabbed and...

The teen had been on the run and police had been looking for him for some time before finally being brought into custody in the Bronx and taken to the stationhouse. NBC New York’s Myles Miller reports.

The teenager wanted for questioning in the Manhattan park murder of Barnard College freshman Tessa Majors has been found, questioned and released, authorities said in a tweet Thursday. A photo tweeted out by police with the announcement matches an image of a 14-year-old boy authorities had released earlier in the investigation in their quest to question him. Calling the apprehension…

The teenager wanted for questioning in the Manhattan park murder of Barnard College freshman Tessa Majors has been located, authorities said in a tweet Thursday.

Police have released photos of one of the teens wanted for questioning in connection with the stabbing death of a Barnard College student. Because of the child’s age, police are not releasing his name, but they have been looking to speak with him since Majors was stabbed to death. As of Friday, investigators are not calling the 14-year-old a...

Police have released photos of one of the teens wanted for questioning in connection with the stabbing death of a Barnard College student. Gaby Acevedo reports.

Police say they are talking to family and friends of a 14-year-old wanted for questioning in the murder of Tessa Majors but disputed reports that the teen took off running when he was about to go in for questioning. “He didn’t jump out of a cab while attempting to turn himself in,” NYPD Chief of Detectives Rodney Harrison told...

Police say a they are still searching for a 14-year-old wanted in connection to the brutal stabbing of Barnard College student Tessa Majors. However, the NYPD disputed reports that the teen ran away just before he was going to turn himself in.

The slaying of a Barnard College student has led to new security provisions at Manhattan’s Morningside Park, Columbia University announced Tuesday. The college said that guard booths outside the park will now be staffed 24/7 and the evening public safety shuttle will be extended. Those decisions come in the wake of the stabbing death of 18-year-old Tessa Majors, who was…

A 13-year-old boy has faced a judged in the brutal Morningside Park killing of a Barnard College student. Ida Siegal reports.

The family of Tessa Majors, the Barnard College freshman brutally stabbed to death, allegedly by a group of teenage attackers during a robbery in a Manhattan park, issued a searing rebuke Monday of the police union president’s radio comment a day earlier that she was in the park to buy pot.

The teen was supposed to be on his way with his lawyer to be questioned by police in connection to the stabing death of Tessa Majors, but the teen fled and ran from the car during the afternoon, sparking a police search in Harlem. NBC New York’s Marc Santia reports.