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Two people died and two police officers were hurt when a fire broke out a housing complex in New Jersey overnight, authorities say. According to police in North Bergen, the fire broke out on the 10th floor of a 16-story senior housing high-rise on Grand Avenue around 1:30 a.m. Thursday. Fire was shooting through the apartment windows when authoriti...

Fresh off the dissolution of his criminal corruption case, New York City Mayor Eric Adams says he’s pulling out of the Democratic primary and running instead as an independent, citing his court case as a distraction. The embattled Democrat announced Thursday that he will run for mayor as an independent, leaving Andrew Cuomo, who resigned as g...

A Queens man is accused of performing cosmetic procedures — such as Botox, fillers and even liposuction — inside his apartment and without a license. His alleged fly-by-night procedures landed at least one person in the hospital.

The Metropolitan Transit Authority has unveiled the first major change to the famed New York City subway map since 1979. The historic map commuters are used to seeing on subway cars and in stations across the five boroughs will be phased out in the coming weeks and replaced with the new version. The new maps incorporate feedback from riders and&#82...

On Wednesday, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed a bill into law that would potentially fine those who make or share deceptive media for the furtherance of additional criminal activity up to $30,000.

A 37-year-old man from Wildwood, New Jersey, has been arrested in connection with a sexual assault investigation involving a child, Cape May County Prosecutor’s Office announced.

A New Jersey man has been sentenced to six months in jail for breaking into a Rutgers University Islamic center on the Muslim holiday of Eid-al-Fitr and vandalizing it. Jacob Beacher, of North Plainfield, will also have to serve a year of supervised release once he gets out under the terms of the sentence he received Tuesday. He pleaded g...

First, transit officials in New York City said goodbye to the Metrocard.  Now the MTA is waving farewell to another transit icon: the famed subway map.  “This is a lynchpin moment,” said MTA Chairman and CEO Janno Lieber, who watched the unveiling of the system’s first major map overhaul since 1979. Today, the transportation authority’s m...

U.S. stocks are drifting higher Wednesday as Wall Street waits to hear what the Federal Reserve will say in the afternoon about where interest rates may be heading. The S&P 500 was up 0.3% in early trading. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 129 points, or 0.3%, as of 9:35 a.m. Eastern time, and the Nasdaq composite was 0.5% high...

Two firefighters were hurt when they fell through the floor of a burning two-family home in New Jersey late Tuesday, and while the residents got out unscathed, they now have no place to live, officials say. Authorities responding to a call about a house fire on East Blancke Street in Linden around 9:30 p.m. found the home fully engulfed with…...

After weeks of White House hype and public anxiety, President Donald Trump is poised to announce Wednesday a barrage of self-described “reciprocal” tariffs on friend and foe alike. His announcement is expected around 4 p.m. ET. in the Rose Garden. A senior White House official tells NBC News the guest list will include “steel workers, aut...

Judge Dale Ho dismissed the corruption indictment against Eric Adams with prejudice, meaning charges cannot be revived.

How many Blockbuster video stores were still open when Alex Ovechkin scored his first NHL goal in 2005? Here’s what the world looked like back then.