Pat Battle

Pat Battle joined WNBC in May 1996 — and has brightened every single one our days ever since. A serious reporter who always finds a way to not always take herself too seriously, Pat has covered everything from weather to “tan mom”, papal visits to Produce Pete. She brings a positive attitude with her no matter where she is, or...

While violent protests break out around them, a church group from New Jersey has been left stranded in Bolivia — and they’re blaming American Airlines for ditching them at the airport. The airline told News 4 the group arrived just 35 minutes prior to an international flight, putting their own trip in jeopardy.

They struggle now to rise to their feet to salute the country they bravely served, but their memories are strong and painful.

A school bus driver has pleaded not guilty in a crash that killed a student and teacher in New Jersey.

Hudy Muldrow faces 25 counts of second-degree assault by auto as well as 16 counts of fourth-degree assault by auto.

A New Jersey high schooler who uses a wheelchair is starring in a new production of “The Wizard of Oz” — and her service dog is too.

New Jersey is making its final push to legalize recreational marijuana as lawmakers prepare to vote early next week.

A local police union in New Jersey that planned to raffle off an assault rifle abruptly canceled that idea.

A dog somehow got loose and attacked a man outside a New Jersey store, then ran down the block and bit four kids, officials say.

The family of a New York high school student targeted in a racist Snapchat photo is asking for her school to do more in the wake of the vile post.

A 23-year-old man has been sentenced to 50 years in prison in the shooting death of a father of 10 as he stopped to pick up a taxi fare in New Jersey more than three years ago.

Video of a New Jersey school bus crash that killed a teacher and student and injured dozens of others last spring shows the driver veering across three lanes of traffic on Interstate 80.

It’s a joyous day when any kid gets their first puppy, but for Mila and Eva Raguso of Long Island, it is so much more. The girls lost their father, 39-year-old FDNY lieutenant and Air Force master sergeant Christopher Raguso, in a helicopter crash along the Syrian border in March.

A father and his four daughters who were killed in a head-on crash in Delaware were remembered Saturday at a funeral mass.

Joseph Santos’ fiance thought he left her at Dorney Park just to run to the store, but when he didn’t return she called the police — only to find out that police had shot Santos, killing him. Now his loved ones are demanding to know how and why that happened. Pat Battle reports.

Darlene Love talks to Pat Battle about her memories of Elvis Presley and upcoming tours.

Dominique R. Jones, executive director of the Boys & Girls Club of Harlem, and eighth grader Nefertiti Jenkins talks to Pat Battle about the Supporting Our Schools donation drive.

The New Jersey bus crash that killed a teacher and a 10-year-old twin student from is sparking a movement to upgrade seat belts.

The 77-year-old driver behind the wheel of the school bus that collided with a dump truck on a New Jersey highway while trying to make a sudden U-turn in the median last week shuffled slowly into a Morristown court Friday to face charges of causing the death of a 10-year-old twin and teacher.

Hundreds of friends and family members gathered Monday to bid a painful goodbye to the 10-year-old fifth-grade twin killed when her bus collided with a dump truck en route to a class field trip in New Jersey last week.