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A New York City program is helping domestic violence victims with pets to escape, without having to fear for the safety of their beloved animals.

A fire raced through a hospital in Rio de Janeiro, forcing staff to wheel patients into the streets on stretchers or in wheelchairs and killing at least 11 people, many of them elderly. Four firefighters were hospitalized after battling the overnight blaze at Badim Hospital and about 90 patients were transferred to other hospitals, the fire department said. A rope...

The Bronx father accused of leaving his 1-year-old twins to die in a hot car last month — a devastating case his attorney has described as a tragic mistake — left court for the second time in weeks without being indicted Tuesday.

Photo blogger Herb Bardavid, 75, is giving a voice to a population he says is often made to feel invisible — the elderly.

Herb Bardavid’s mission is to make the elderly in New York City feel seen, and to hear their stories.

The family of 1-year-old twins who died after being forgotten in a hot car said one last goodbye to the toddlers at a service in Yonkers on Friday.

A judge ruled there is no criminal case at this time against the New York City father accused of leaving his 1-year-old twins in a hot car for eight hours last week, killing both of them, a spokeswoman for the Bronx district attorney’s office said Thursday.

The case against a father who left his twin infants in a hot car in the Bronx is on hold, as it is up to the DA to determine if he will face manslaughter and negligent homicide counts. NBC 4 New York’s Erica Byfield reports.

The father charged in the deaths of his 1-year-old twins after he allegedly forgot them in the car while he went to work, is not expected to face upgraded charges, the district attorney said Monday.

The mother of 1-year-old twins who were left in their father’s car while he went to work called their deaths “my absolute worst nightmare,” but spoke out Sunday in defense of her husband.

A father who left his 1-year-old twins in his car while he went to work told investigators “I blanked out, my babies are dead, I killed my babies,” according to the criminal complaint released Saturday.

The dad accused of leaving his 1-year-old twins in a hot car pleaded not guilty to manslaughter and negligent homicide. George Spencer reports.

A father was charged in the deaths of his 1-year-old twins, who he forgot in the car while he went to work, police said Saturday.

The mother of five children who were killed by their father stunned a South Carolina courtroom Tuesday by asking the jury to spare her ex-husband’s life. “He did not show my children any mercy by any means. But my kids loved him and if I’m speaking on behalf of my kids and not myself, that’s what I have to say,”...

A growing number of celebrities who are branching out to host their own podcasts. Notables including Lena Dunham, Chelsea Handler, Alyssa Milano, “Power’s” Omari Hardwick and “Queer Eye” star Karamo Brown are among those who’ve launched their own approximately hour-long, weekly shows this year.

A retired social worker almost became bankrupt in the blink of an eye after leaving a nearly half a million dollar cashiers check at a restaurant.

A woman left a very valuable cashier’s check on a restaurant table in East Harlem — but luckily for her, a very kind server tracked her down. NBC 4 New York’s Adam Kuperstein reports.

Former Vice President Joe Biden on Friday made light of his recent controversy about crossing physical boundaries with women, and he signaled in a resolute speech to union activists that’s he’s ready to run for president as a moderate Democrat in party that has been drifting left. Biden, 76, opened his speech to a conference of electrical workers joking that...

Alan Naiman was known for an unabashed thriftiness that veered into comical, but even those closest to him had no inkling of the fortune that he quietly amassed and the last act that he had long planned. The Washington state social worker died of cancer this year at age 63, leaving most of a surprising $11 million estate to children’s...

A sea of people wearing red and chanting “UTLA” swarmed City Hall as thousands of educators and their supporters marched in Downtown LA on Saturday.