FIRST AVENUE

Volunteers with Animal Care Centers of NYC share tips for keeping dogs active indoors.

Derek DeFreitas, a 67-year-old nurse, is being sued by Hunter College to vacate the residence hall he’s crashed in since 1980, according to a report.

An apartment fire in Queens and a high-rise fire in Manhattan on Sunday left two people dead, including a boy, and injured at least eight people, fire officials say.

Several manholes exploded on the Upper East Side on Tuesday evening, closing part of First Avenue and prompting dozens of firefighters to check surrounding buildings for carbon monoxide.

Two 21-year-old men face felony murder and robbery conspiracy charges, among other crimes, in the shooting death of a 57-year-old attendant at a New Jersey gas station earlier this week.

A Bronx school safety agent is hospitalized with severe head trauma and other injuries after being hit by three cars, two of which left the scene after the accident Tuesday morning, according to a witness and police.

A man was shot to death at a gas station in Paterson Monday, and surveillance video exclusively obtained by NBC 4 New York shows the suspect running from the scene with what looks like an assault rifle in one hand and a red fuel canister in the other.

A Bronx school safety agent is hospitalized with severe head trauma and other injuries after being hit by three cars, two of which left the scene after the accident Tuesday morning, according to a witness and police. Wale Aliyu reports.

A man was shot to death at a gas station in Paterson Monday, and surveillance video exclusively obtained by NBC 4 New York shows the suspect running from the scene with what looks like an assault rifle in one hand and a red fuel canister in the other. Jen Maxfield reports.

A New Jersey dentist has been fined $1.1 million by the federal government for assuming the identity of a dead colleague and submitting fraudulent Medicaid bills after losing his license.