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Beloved New York Mets viral superfan Seymour Weiner died Tuesday, the team and his family confirmed.

Members of a high school lacrosse program in upstate New York are accused of staging an armed abduction of younger players in a stunt that “went way beyond hazing,” prosecutors said this week.

April marks the peak of wildfire season across the tri-state, so it’s not surprising that the month closes with an elevated wildfire danger. Weather conditions are breezy, the air is extremely dry, and leftover dry brush from the winter remains across much of the landscape. Nearly all wildfires are the result of human behavior. Lightning is essenti...

Nearly two dozen people are displaced due to a fire that broke out in a multi-family home in Norwalk on Tuesday. The fire department said they responded to a home on Lexington Avenue around 2:40 p.m. People on the second and third floors were unaware of the fire and were quickly evacuated, according to crews. Firefighters said the bulk of...

Four men are charged with stealing checks from the mail and cashing in more than $50 million after changing the names and dollar amounts written on those checks, federal prosecutors said.  The four men allegedly deposited the altered checks at banks using the altered names and dollar amounts on the once legitimate checks. Other stolen checks w...

Passengers traveling through Newark Airport on Thursday may face significant delays due to FAA staffing shortages.

A century-old movie theater in Cranford had to be evacuated after the ceiling collapsed while people were inside the building at the time. Fortunately, no one was in the theater where it occurred, and no injuries were reported.

NBC 4 New York’s Ted Greenberg reports on a new tram tour for Atlantic City’s boardwalk. 

NBC 4’s Erica Byfield reports on the latest testimonies for the Harvey Weinstein rape trial from Lower Manhattan.

NBC 4 New York’s Melissa Russo reports on the New York City mayoral race and the ‘EndAntiSemitism’ line Mayor Eric Adams may run under. 

With the threat of an engineer strike looming, NJ Transit releases their contingency plan for commuters. NBC 4’s Pat Battle reports from Maplewood, NJ. 

The gas line was ruptured by an excavation crew just after 11 a.m., creating a smell and a noise that could be heard for several blocks. Nearby buildings were evacuated as a result, but those were lifted later in the day. NBC New York’s Gus Rosendale and Lynda Baquero report.

In a strange discovery on Long Island, dozens of cats were found in the woods near a highway. At first, police thought the cats were abandoned, but then the owner came forward to set the record straight. NBC New York’s Pei-Sze Cheng reports.