Jamaica

Cedella Marley is the “fairy godmother” of the Jamaican players at the 2023 Women’s World Cup.

Brandon Vazquez equalized late for the U.S. men’s national team against Jamaica on Saturday in the group stage opener of the 2023 Concacaf Gold Cup.

The U.S. men’s national team will start the 2023 Concacaf Gold Cup against Jamaica in Group A on Saturday. Here’s how to watch.

A 2-year-old boy died in a raging house fire in Queens overnight that saw flames leap from a top-floor window, authorities say. The NYPD identified the victim in the Jamaica house fire as Jason Eli. Fire officials responding to a call about the blaze on 106th Avenue around 11 p.m. Sunday encountered heavy flames. Video from the scene showed firefighters…

The cause of the fire is under investigation.

The man was said to have a knife while acting erratically outside the Jamaica church, and then stabbed a security guard. NBC New York’s Jessica Cunnington reports.

A man who was acting erratically while armed with a knife outside a Queens church was shot by NYPD officers after he stabbed security guard, according to police.

They tracked him to the Bronx after a nearly 30-hour manhunt. Romney Smith reports.

A 22-year-old Queens man was been arrested in connection with the brazen daylight shooting that wounded a rookie NYPD officer in the same borough earlier this week, thanks in part to surveillance video that showed him catch a Lyft not far from the scene, top department officials announced Friday. The suspected shooter was taken into custody in the Bronx Thursday…

A person of interest was apprehended in the Bronx and was taken in for questioning at a police stationhouse, according to law enforcement sources. NBC New York’s Chris Glorioso reports.

The man police are looking for should be considered armed and dangerous, NYPD Commissioner Keechant Sewell says.

A rookie NYPD officer recovering from a gunshot wound is spending a second night in the hospital after he was shot in the hip. The man suspected of shooting him is spending another night on the run — but he has a bounty on his head: A $20,000 reward for information leading to his arrest. News 4’s Myles Miller reports.

Rookie NYPD officer recovering after shot in Queens; police search for suspect and are offering $10,000 reward. Myles Miller reports.

The man police are looking for should be considered armed and dangerous, NYPD Commissioner Keechant Sewell says.

NBC New York’s Checkey Beckford and Adam Harding have the latest on the NYPD officer who was shot in Jamaica, and the NYPD’s hunt for the suspect believed to be responsible.

There is new information on what led up to the shooting in the Jamaica neighborhood, and hunt for the suspect involved. NBC New York’s Checkey Beckford and Adam Harding report.

The rookie officer was shot in the leg, but was rushed to the hospital and is expected to survive. The NYPD said there is one person in custody. NBC New York’s Erica Byfield reports.

A 44-year-old Queens man was sentenced to 22 years in prison for the shooting of his 34-year-old wife during an argument at a local hotel, leaving her naked in the lobby with facial fractures and a horror scene in the room, prosecutors said Friday. Malcom White, of Elmont, was found guilty of attempted murder and criminal possession of a weapon…

A wild brawl at a Queens high school left 5 students in handcuffs and a school under lockdown, Melissa Colorado reports.

Five students — three boys and two girls — were arrested Wednesday and likely will be charged with assault following a melee at their Queens high school, authorities say. The disturbance at the High School for Law Enforcement and Public Safety on Guy R. Brewer Boulevard in Jamaica, which has about 465 kids enrolled in its grade 9-12 and special…