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Two computer hackers have pleaded guilty to concocting an extortion scheme that entangled Uber in a yearlong cover-up of a data breach that stole sensitive information about 57 million of the ride-hailing service’s passengers and drivers. The pleas entered Wednesday in a San Jose, California, federal court by Brandon Charles Glover and Vasile Mereacre resurrected another unseemly episode in Uber’s...

A Broadway producer with ties to one of the biggest fraud scandals in theatre history faces child pornography charges after an early morning raid at his Harlem home Tuesday.

Broadway producer Ben Sprecher was arrested on federal child pornography charges in Manhattan Tuesday, law enforcement sources say.

The search for a New Jersey couple missing in Barbados had been called off but a discovery of their Jet Ski over the weekend provided authorities with more details for their investigation.

The search for a New Jersey couple missing in Barbados has been called off, authorities on the Caribbean island confirmed Tuesday.

The U.S. Department of State said Wednesday it was aware of reports of two Americans, identified by other authorities as a couple from New Jersey, missing in Barbados, but declined further comment citing “privacy considerations.”

Authorities in Barbados are searching for a New Jersey couple they say vanished after renting a Jet Ski and heading out into the ocean for a ride.

Two New Jersey families are holding out hope that a couple missing during a vacation in Barbados will be found after vanishing during a jetski ride. NBC 4 New York’s Pat Battle reports.

Authorities are looking for two men in connection with a terrifying home invasion in Queens — one in which a man awoke to see a stranger holding his 68-year-old grandmother by the neck earlier this month.

The heartbroken family of an 18-year-old New York college student killed by a driver when she tried to stop him from fleeing the scene of a fender bender on Long Island wept openly in court Monday as the former FDNY dispatcher who took her life was sentenced to five to 15 years behind bars.

It was an emotional day in court Monday as the family of an Adelphi University student killed in an apparent hit-and-run faced the driver in court during sentencing. Greg Cergol has the story.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s personal security chief faces accusations of sexual misconduct and making racist and homophobic comments, according to a report Thursday by a business news site. In a detailed article, Business Insider cited legal letters reportedly written by former employees of Zuckerberg’s household staff. The letters reportedly described pervasive discriminatory conduct and severe levels of sexual harassment and...

Tesla’s security team sent a warning to employees this week to stop leaking company information. The email, which was shared with CNBC and verified with multiple current employees who requested anonymity, warned that outsiders who “will do anything to see us fail” are “targeting” employees for information via social networks and other methods.

The 33-year-old man arrested in the hit-and-run crash that killed a New York college student in 2017 pleaded guilty to manslaughter and other crimes Thursday.

Square co-founder Tristan O’Tierney is dead at age 35, according to comments made by his family to the San Francisco Chronicle. He passed away on February 23. “Tristan was part of Square’s founding story and we are deeply saddened by his passing,” a Square spokesperson told CNBC. “Our thoughts are with his family and friends.” O’Tierney left Square in 2013.

An elderly couple died after a fire broke out at a luxury building in Manhattan, officials said.

An 85-year-old woman and an 89-year-old man died after a fire broke out at a luxury building in Manhattan, officials said. Ken Buffa reports.

Officials called off the search for a New Jersey father and son whose plane went down off the coast of Florida.

A 22-year-old software engineer was found dead at the company’s Chelsea headquarters, police said Saturday.

Police arrested a teen boy accused of shooting and killing a father who tried to protect his daughter during a carjacking in the Spring Garden section of the city Thursday night.