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The event that football fans and hopeful professional athletes are waiting for is almost here: the 2025 NFL Draft! Elite college athletes are close to finding out what team they will call home. The annual event in essence is when the National Football League teams come together to select newly eligible players.  Here is what you need to know about&...

Police identified a mother and child whose remains were discovered on Long Island. Tonya Denise Jackson’s dismembered remains were found in a container in 1997, while the skeletal remains of her daughter, Tatiana, were found as part of a search into the Gilgo Beach murders in 2011. Police are investigating whether there may be connections to ...

A Harlem neighborhood was left devastated over the loss of a grandmother who was a pillar of the community. She was killed by a stray bullet Tuesday night after she heard a commotion and ran outside to check on her loved ones. NBC New York’s Marc Santia reports.

After three years of freedom, a man may soon be headed back to prison unless top officials intervene. A Bronx judge overturned Andre Brown’s conviction in 2022 after he had served half of a 40-year sentence for attempted murder, but then the conviction was reinstated. NBC New York’s Sarah Wallace reports.

The wildfire burning in Lacey and Ocean townships could end up being the largest in the state in the past 20 years. As of Wednesday afternoon, more than 12,000 acres had burned, and the flames were only 40% contained. NBC New York’s Charles Watson reports.

A Bronx family has a piece of justice after an 11-year-old was murdered in 2022. On Wednesday, Matthew Godwin was sentenced to 10 years to life in prison for the deadly shooting of Kyhara Tay, in which he was targeting a 13-year-old boy but shot the young girl instead.

It’s a big draft for the Jets, who own the seventh overall pick, and an even more important draft for the Giants, with the third overall pick. So what potential superstars will each team target in the 2025 NFL Draft? NBC New York’s Bruce Beck reports.

A 61-year-old grandmother was shot and killed by a stray bullet after rushing out to check on her loved one as gunfire rang out on a Harlem street late Tuesday night, according to police.

A fast-moving wildfire continues burning in New Jersey’s Pine Barrens as of Wednesday afternoon — already consuming 12,000 acres and only being 35% contained, according to officials. For Wednesday, an Air Quality Alert is in effect for Ocean County, near the site of the fire, where air quality could become unhealthy for sensitive groups...

As the Jones Road wildfire continues to burn down in Ocean County, smoke from the fire continues to spread in the atmosphere, impacting air quality for areas downwind of the fire. And as the wind direction shifts, smoke could eventually spread over the city and through the Hudson Valley The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection issued a...

Video from the New York Port Authority shows the moment an accused stowaway boarded a flight to Paris by pushing past a distracted gate agent.

A fast-moving wildfire was burning in New Jersey’s Pine Barrens, but officials on Wednesday lifted earlier evacuation orders and reopened a stretch of a major highway that had been closed due to the blaze. More than 1,300 structures were threatened and about 3,000 residents had been told to leave their homes, the New Jersey Forest F...

Tracie Strahan reports on the huge wildfire that caused major evacuations.