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New York City police arrested and charged a man suspected to have set a woman on fire in the subway early Sunday and then watched from a bench as she became engulfed in flames and died.

Approximately 1 million taxpayers will automatically receive special payments of up to $1,400 from the IRS in the coming weeks. The money will be directly deposited into eligible people’s bank accounts or sent in the mail by a paper check. The IRS said it’s distributing about $2.4 billion to taxpayers who failed to claim a Recovery Reba...

A day after Amtrak suspended part of its Northeast Corridor service due to downed overhead wires, the railroad is still experiencing delays. Amtrak said it was addressing “signal power issues” on Monday for the tracks in and out of New York Penn Station. As a result, trains are dealing with single tracking and are delayed coming and goi...

With Christmas right around the corner, you might want to check the list of what stores are open (and closed) twice. From retail to grocery chains, many companies across the U.S. close early on Christmas Eve and shut their doors entirely on Christmas Day — while others opt to cut back hours. But there are also a handful of businesses that...

His initial appearance in New York State Supreme Court was preempted by federal prosecutors bringing their own charges over the shooting.

Police officials said a man considered a person of interest in Sunday’s deadly train fire was in custody hours after allegedly starting the blaze that killed a sleeping woman. The woman was discovered around 7:30 a.m. on an F train in Coney Island at the Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue subway station. Police believe the woman had been sleeping ...

An afternoon shooting in Brooklyn sent two people to the hospital and shut down a subway stop as police investigated the daytime violence. Police said two men were shot shortly before 3:30 p.m. in Gravesend at the Avenue U stop off East 15th Street. A 21-year-old man was shot in the leg and an 18-year-old was grazed in the stomach,…

Federal investigators are now looking into allegations of sexual harassment and substantial overtime payments involving Jeffrey Maddrey and Quathisha Epps, a source familiar with the probe said.

People across the tri-state woke up to snow on the ground, the first time this season that many received accumulating snow, including New York City. The snow moved out of the region Saturday morning leaving behind a beautiful scene on the first day of winter. Central Park received 1.8 inches of snow, the first measurable snow of the season there&#8...

The first day of winter brought with it New York City’s first accumulating snowfall of the season. People across the tri-state woke up to measurable snow on the ground, some finding as much as 4 or 5 inches in parts of New York and New Jersey. The snowfall let up by mid-morning as the system moved east and out of…

Just in time for Christmas Eve, the Mega Millions jackpot is approaching $1 billion after there were no grand prize winners on Friday. The winning Mega Millions numbers from Friday, December 20 were 2, 20, 51, 56, 67 and Mega Ball 19. Just because a player did not match all six numbers, they shouldn’t throw away their tickets because more&#82...

The holiday window displays have become part of New York City tradition. NBC New York’s Jennifer Vázquez takes us on a tour of the 2024 windows. 

The NYPD is sending additional resources to holiday markets across New York City following a suspected attack at a Christmas market in Germany that left at least two people dead and injured dozens of others, according to a senior NYPD official. The police department already had increased security at holiday markets as a precaution and will now ramp...