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Perhaps no one could have predicted Ramon Rivera would allegedly go on a stabbing spree in broad daylight one month after getting out of jail, killing three people at random. But in the past, he had expressed homicidal thoughts and been hospitalized for serious mental illness, according to sources familiar with his case. Rivera’s mental healt...

An NYPD traffic agent is recovering after a driver, who was unhappy with a parking ticket, struck him in the face on Wednesday in Brooklyn, police said. The attack happened near Avenue U and East 8th Street in Sheepshead Bay around 9:30 a.m The Traffic Enforcement Agent was in uniform on-duty when he was approached by a man who began…

The NYPD is looking for the man suspected of attacking an 84-year-old man on the Upper East Side earlier in November. The victim was in front of 570 Park Avenue between East 62nd and East 63rd streets on Nov. 7 when he was assaulted by the suspect, according to police. Police said the alleged attacked approached the victim and hit…

A record number of Americans are seeking alternative residences outside of the U.S. with voters feeling a mix of emotions as President-elect Donald Trump soon takes office, according to a global investment firm. Election week, from Nov. 4 through Nov. 10, versus the previous week saw a nearly 400% increase in inquiries from U.S. nationals, accordin...

A Florida man was arrested Wednesday and charged with a plot to “reboot” the U.S. government by planting a bomb at the New York Stock Exchange this week and detonating it with a remote-controlled device, according to the FBI. Harun Abdul-Malik Yener, 30, of Coral Springs, Florida, was charged with attempt to use an explosive device to damage or des...

By most measures, Thursday looks to be a miserable day – cold, rainy and breezy. The precipitation is just what the tri-state has needed for weeks.

After debuting to much fanfare in 2019, a piece of conceptual art consisting of a banana duct-taped to a wall has sold for $6.2 million at an auction in New York City.

A crane toppled over and onto a house in New Jersey, with crews working for hours to get the massive arm off the home.

A visitor to New York City is recovering after being slashed in the face on an Upper West Side sidewalk Wednesday morning, according a law enforcement source with direct knowledge of the incident. The attack happened on West 86th Street between Columbus Ave. and Amsterdam Ave. just before 10:30 a.m., the FDNY said. Surveillance video showed a group...

Clark, New Jersey Mayor Sal Bonaccorso appeared in a Union County courtroom Wednesday where the judge said plea talks were ongoing.   Bonaccorso is charged with corruption for allegedly using taxpayer money and Clark employees to assist with his private landscaping business. He is also accused of removing oil tanks without a license.   Th...

Moving to stabilize an administration roiled by investigations, resignations and his own indictment, New York City Mayor Eric Adams on Wednesday appointed sanitation chief Jessica Tisch as police commissioner. A city government stalwart and ex-NYPD official, she’ll be just the second woman in the high-profile, high-pr...

Rain (at long last!) arrives overnight tonight and could bring a quick inch or two to much of the tri-state by sunrise Thursday. Light showers will linger through the rest of the week, but the big news will be the heavy rain Thursday morning. Most of the area will see 1-3″, but some areas at higher elevations north and west…

Ahead of a big travel weekend, some parts of the tri-state are going to see their first snowflakes of the season later this week. If you live north and west of New York City, accumulating snow is possible Thursday into Friday. A winter weather advisory has been issued for Sullivan and western Ulster counties in New York and Pike County…...

The armed robbery suspect who died after shooting an NYPD officer and another woman while committing a crime spree in Queens was a lifetime parolee with 17 prior arrests, including murder, who was last arrested six days earlier, authorities say. NYPD officials say Gary Worthy, a 57-year-old who lived in the borough, was on lifetime parole for firea...