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Rose Girone, believed to be the oldest living Holocaust survivor and a strong advocate for sharing survivors’ stories, has died. She was 113.

Authorities are investigating a tragedy in Westchester County. A missing 3-year-old boy was found dead in the Mamroneck River after a brief search Thursday afternoon, police say. Cops were notified around 2:30 p.m. about a missing boy who had left home. They say the child’s 54-year-old uncle and 85-year-old grandfather called authorities afte...

Joshua Cheatom of Maple Shade Township, has been arrested following multiple incidents of peering into windows and lewdness at an apartment complex.

The medical examiner’s office said Thursday the cause of death is undetermined for actress Michelle Trachtenberg because of limited information after her family objected to an autopsy, which is allowed by law.

A “significant” void sits underneath the eastbound lanes of I-80 near Exit 34 in Wharton, Morris County, according to findings from an initial New Jersey Department of Transportation study prompted after a possible sinkhole emerged earlier this month. I-80 eastbound was shut down in the Morris County town of Wharton as NJDOT crews work ...

Fresh from her first two Grammy wins, singer/songwriter Sabrina Carpenter is announcing new U.S. tour dates for her “Short N’ Sweet” tour. New tour dates were announced Thursday for Pittsburgh, Nashville, New York, Los Angeles and Toronto. Before her new tour dates in the fall, Carpenter is headed out on a European leg in March th...

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is reopening the 1,000-bed detention center at Delaney Hall in Newark after reaching an agreement with the owner to reestablish the federal immigration processing facility, the government said Wednesday. The detention center on Doremus Avenue, about three miles from Newark Airport, is six times the size of t...

New Jersey has three confirmed cases of measles, a highly contagious respiratory virus sparking some concerning outbreaks across the country, according to the state health department. According to health officials, the three cases stem from one single laboratory-confirmed case in a Bergen County resident earlier this month. That resident had recent...

Here’s how to watch and other key things to know before Sunday’s show.

Lights, camera, fashion! Many of tonight’s nominees as well as presenters are expected to mingle on their way into the Dolby Theatre.

It’s almost time to see how the biggest nailbiter Oscar season of recent years concludes. Stars will converge at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood on Sunday for the 97th annual Academy Awards, which will undoubtedly see some first-time Oscar winners in top categories. It’s the second year the Oscars are starting earlier in the hope th...

There has long been a Vatican taboo against openly talking about a conclave when a pope is sick: It’s considered gauche to speculate about the election of a new pope while the current one is fighting for his life. And that is certainly true as Pope Francis battles double pneumonia at Rome’s Gemelli hospital. But the surprising success of “Conclave”...

More than three years after resigning in disgrace, former Gov. Andrew Cuomo is attempting a political comeback by declaring a bid for New York City mayor. NBC New York’s Melissa Russo reports.