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Day four of the 2024 Paris Olympics is off to a leading start for the United States with a total of 20 medals thus far for the country with tons of Olympic history. The U.S. has hosted the Games eight times, the most out of any nation, including setting the stage twice in upstate New York. Lake Placid hosted the…

About a thousand singles, mostly wearing black, flooded New York City’s Washington Square Park on Wednesday to run or fast-walk during a new run club meet, quickly becoming the city’s most popular place to find new love or friendships.

An 83-year-old Long Island man wasn’t aware he had any heart problems — he even had gotten a clean bill of health from his doctors. Then on April 30, while standing at an ATM in Melville, he suddenly crashed to the floor. 

Good Samaritans were seen on video leaping into action to save a man who collapsed onto subway tracks in Brooklyn, as a tourist put himself in harm’s way in an act of bravery rescuing a complete stranger.

A set of quintuplets from New Jersey are now all graduates of the same school in their home state, Montclair State University, albeit with different majors.

It seems that the Mets have more comics cheering from the stands — but why? For starters, the “suffering Mets fans” and their team’s struggles are ripe for comedy, whereas the Yankees’ sustained success doesn’t breed such misery.

A charter school in New Brunswick, NJ is offering the option for parents to pick up there kids and groceries on Wednesdays. NBC New York’s Pat Battle reports 

A sharply dressed Brooklyn man is spending his weeknights at a bar, ironing strangers’ clothes for free. All he asks is that you listen to music with him. Just call him, the “Iron Man.” NBC New York’s Ida Siegal reports.

Scientists say climate change is unequivocally linked to the intensity, scale and frequency of natural disasters, such as heatwaves, wildfires, floods, tropical storms and hurricanes, all contributing to global humanitarian emergencies, including those in New York and New Jersey. Firefighters, police and operation teams are the first to a...

A school lunch monitor on Long Island is being praised for helping save a boy’s life when the second grader started choking on a slice of pizza at school.

29-year-old Cole Brauer, who came in second in the Global Solo Challenge, is an East Hampton native — and her teacher watched her heavily documented journey with awe.

The extraordinary donation will allow all students to attend the Bronx medical school free of charge.

One woman set out on a mission in Oct. 2018 to walk every street in Manhattan. Just over four years and 640 miles later, she accomplished her goal.