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An off-duty New York City police officer was charged Thursday with murder in the shooting death of a longtime friend on Long Island. The state attorney general’s office charged officer Errick Allen after investigating the May 12 shooting under its authority to review killings of unarmed civilians by law enforcement officers. Allen was arraigned Thursday and ordered jailed pending a…

A mother in Freeport claims a Nassau County sheriff’s deputy punched her at her door, but police are vehemently denying that claim. NBC New York’s Greg Cergol reports.

A New York man serving a life sentence in prison for killing a Long Island police officer during a traffic stop and then fatally shooting a motorist as he fled the scene in 2012 died earlier this month in a maximum-security state prison, officials said Monday. Darrell Fuller was pronounced dead on Dec. 9 at the Elmira Correctional Facility, according…

The officers gave kids from families who are in shelters or struggling to make ends meet $100 to shop for some things they would like for Christmas. NBC New York’s Rana Novini reports.

Following a rise in anti-Semitic incidents, including swastika graffiti which showed up outside a Holocaust center and a vulgar attack in Costco, Long Island officials came together Monday to create a task force to battle bigotry. Nassau County Executive Laura Curran and Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone on Monday announced a bi-county task force to fight hate after hateful images…

After a rise in anti-Semitic images and graffiti showing up outside the Nassau County Holocaust Center, state officials are creating a task force to consult with law enforcement, educators and religious leaders to continue existing efforts battling bigotry, and create new ones. NBC New York’s Greg Cergol reports.

A brief ground stop was ordered Friday at LaGuardia Airport, which experienced a “ripple effect” because of a spike in staff sick calls at other hubs as tensions boiled over the longest federal government shutdown in U.S. history. Erica Byfield reports.

An elementary art teacher on Long Island is accused of sexually abusing a child in an afterschool program, and school district officials fear there may be more victims.

A New York City man who knocked on a Pace University student’s dorm room, then pushed his way in and sexually terrorized her as she desperately tried to talk her way out of it has been sentenced to state prison, authorities said.

A 25-year-old man has pleaded guilty in the brutal attack of a woman who was beaten unconscious and then raped on her own Long Island front lawn last year.

Eight teenagers have been arrested in connection with a fatal attack on a Long Island high school student during an after-school fight.

A teenager has been arrested in the stabbing death of a student during a brawl at a pizza shop in Long Island, police said

A teen boy has died and another was still in serious condition Tuesday after they were stabbed and injured during an after-school brawl over a girl at a pizza shop on Long Island, police said.

The teen was stabbed outside a pizzeria in Oceanside, where dozens of teens had gathered after school and a brawl broke out. The fight allegedly was over a girl the victim had walked home after a party. NBC 4 New York’s Greg Cergol reports.

A 74-year-old woman, a 37-year-old man and a 15-year-old boy have been arrested in connection with a deadly shooting at a New Jersey laundromat, prosecutors said Tuesday.

A 36-year old man is facing numerous charges following a dispute on the grounds of a school on Long Island that allegedly ended with him firing three shots into the ground after becoming upset at landscapers, authorities say.

Police in the New York City suburbs say they’ve arrested a fake cop who tried to pull over real detectives. Nassau County police said Valiery Portlock sounded a horn and flashed emergency lights Friday morning as he an attempt to pull over a van in Hicksville, Long Island. The unmarked van turned out to be occupied by detectives from the...

A woman received a special deliver at a Long Island Costco parking lot Monday morning.

Two women were killed in separate crashes in the water off Long Island on Sunday, officials said.

Water- safety questions have emerged after several boats were involved in crashes over the weekend on Long Island, resulting in deaths. Wale Aliyu reports.