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Tens of thousands of marathon runners will be back on the streets of New York City this weekend, marking the return of what’s considered to be the world’s largest 26.2-mile race.

Prosecutors and defense lawyers agree on one thing about Marine veteran Daniel Penny’s encounter last year with a distressed, angry and threatening man on a New York subway: Penny didn’t mean to kill him. But a prosecutor told jurors Friday that Penny “went way too far” in trying to neutralize someone he saw as a threat and not as......

Amid heightened security ahead of the New York City marathon this weekend, a fake or hoax suspicious device found in Central Park near the finish line led to a large police response Friday morning, sources familiar with the matter tell NBC New York. The inert device was found on a picnic table near West 68th Street and West Dr shortly…...

In the wake of three young New Yorkers dying from subway surfing in a six-week span, the city is expanding its plan aimed at ending the dangerous stunt — with more help of drones in the air, and more student-driven public service announcements.

An eclectic group of stars — including reality TV’s Ariana Madix, Broadway belter Idina Menzel, hip-hop’s T-Pain, members of the WNBA champions New York Liberty and country duo Dan + Shay — will feature in this year’s Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.

Flash floods caused by heavy downpours in eastern Spain swept away everything in their path earlier this week. At least 205 have been killed as of Friday.

A New York man who turned a rescued squirrel into a social media star called Peanut is pleading with state authorities to return his beloved pet after they seized it during a raid.

In cities like New York and Los Angeles, minimum wages aren’t enough to comfortably rent a one-bedroom apartment.

New York City Mayor Eric Adams returned to court Friday, sitting stoically as his lawyers fought to eliminate a key charge in the federal corruption indictment that threatens his political future. The Democrat’s lawyers are fighting to throw out a bribery charge, one of five counts in a case that U.S. District Judge Dale E. Ho said will go......

The Orlando Police Department is investigating after at least two people were killed and six were injured in an early morning shooting in downtown Orlando.

Federal prosecutors say lawyers for Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs are trying to “hijack” his criminal case from them by asking a judge to force early disclosure of evidence, including his accusers’ identities.

A bone-dry October preceded by an arid September has left us with a season-to-date deficit of seven inches across the two months. This is the driest start to fall since the 19th century (for history buffs, it dates back to the Benjamin Harrison administration).

A firefighter was badly injured Friday, not by the smoke or flames tearing through a Manhattan apartment building, but by a 40-foot fall. The Hamilton Heights building ignited around 2:30 p.m. and quickly shot to five alarms, triggering a massive response from the FDNY. Huge flames could be seen shooting out from apartment windows on multiple floor...