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The top federal prosecutor in New Jersey is launching an investigation into Gov. Phil Murphy and Matthew Platkin, the state attorney general. In an announcement made during a TV interview, Alina Habba, who was recently appointed by President Donald Trump, accused Murphy of refusing to comply with the Trump administration’s immigration enforce...

New information was revealed about the deadly helicopter crash in the Hudson River that killed six people, including a former Navy SEAL pilot and his passengers, a family of five visiting from Spain. Wreckage was removed Friday and divers were back in the river, continuing their search for chopper components. NBC New York’s Sarah Wallace and ...

DOGE rescinded a $500K federal grant that would have gone towards a restoration project for Lucy the Elephant, according to Rich Helfant.

A week after a South Jersey woman was arrested on accusations of trying to hire a man she recently met on Tinder to kill her ex-boyfriend — who is a Philadelphia police officer — and his teenage daughter, the woman appeared in a Camden County courtroom Friday. Find out what happened.

A sightseeing chopper went down over the Hudson River after the rotor seemed to break apart in midair. Officials have now identified two of the six victims as investigators work the scene for a second day. NBC New York’s Romney Smith and Tracie Strahan report. 

Pedro Sanchez, the prime minister of Spain, said the crash was “an unimaginable tragedy.”

Romney Smith reporting on family of 5, pilot killed in helicopter crash.

Six people, including a family of five Spanish tourists, were killed when the helicopter broke apart near Jersey City.

Part of the sightseeing helicopter was removed from the Hudson River, but officials say the recovering of parts and evidence is far from over. Here’s what we know so far about the investigation and the victims killed in Thursday’s helicopter free fall. 

 A jury on Thursday found that rapper Soulja Boy was liable for sexually assaulting and physically and emotionally abusing a former assistant, awarding the woman $4 million in damages.

Mayor Eric Adams spoke Thursday evening to confirm that all six people on board a tour helicopter were killed after it crashed into the Hudson River.

A helicopter broke apart in midair and crashed upside-down into the Hudson River between Manhattan and the New Jersey waterfront Thursday, killing all six people aboard, authorities said.

A fatal crash Thursday became the latest incident in a long history of helicopter wrecks in the New York City area.