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Any driver who has spent time on I-95 in Connecticut knows traffic on the well-traveled highway can very quickly lead to headaches. Now, state leaders have crafted a plan to make the commute smoother, including changes to several exits that have been thorns in drivers’ sides for decades.

The Port Authority of New York will be hosting free public viewings of the 2024 MLB World Series starting Oct. 25 at the World Trade Center. The viewings will be located at the North Oculus Plaza, and fans can order food and drinks from the nearby Oculus Beer Garden and Westfield World Trade Center shops and restaurants. Additional activities,...

City crews paved over the beloved Bed-Stuy Aquarium, the makeshift pond that used to be home to dozens of goldfish, upsetting neighbors and leaving some remembering the community site. It happened late Thursday near Tompkins Avenue and Hancock Street.  “Everyone is grieving, it gave a community a sense o...

The New York Yankees are in the 2024 World Series against the Los Angeles Dodgers and fans can celebrate with fresh merchandise. Official New York Yankees 2024 World Series merchandise is on sale at Yankee Stadium‘s team store ahead of the matchup against L.A., which begins Friday night at Dodger Stadium. Fans can purchase jerseys, sweatshirt...

Pest control company Orkin released its annual ranking of the “rattiest” cities in the U.S. this week, and New York City held steady as third highest on the list that no city wants to be on — despite all of Mayor Eric Adams’ efforts to address the rat problem.

The Bed-Stuy Aquarium, the divisive sidewalk puddle full of goldfish near a leaky hydrant that has alternately been destroyed — and resurrected as a neighborhood icon — is no more, forever this time. The city paved it over. The makeshift animal home at the corner of Tompkins Avenue and Hancock Street found virality online over the summe...

The former longtime CEO of Abercrombie & Fitch pleaded not guilty Friday to federal sex trafficking and interstate prostitution charges.

At least one person was taken to the hospital after a crash involving a NJ Transit bus Friday morning in Union, New Jersey, according to NJ Transit. A NJ Transit bus was hit head on by a car going in the opposite direction that then swerved in front of it around 7:30 a.m. near the intersection of Stuyvesant Ave. and…

Residents of New York state who are registered to vote have the chance to vote early in the 2024 general election. Early voting in New York state begins nine days prior to Election Day, which is Nov. 5 this year, according to the state Board of Elections. Early voting is done in person. It starts Saturday. Early voting in New…

The New York Yankees are on a quest to defeat the Los Angeles Dodgers to win their 28th World Series, and former Yankees outfielder Johnny Damon believes his old club will have to use their lineup’s depth in order to capture another championship. Damon spoke with NBC New York’s Linda Gaudino leading into the series. Linda Gaudino: You b...

Two-time World Series champion and Yankees legend Johnny Damon chats with NBC New York’s Linda Gaudino on this year’s historic LA & NY match-up and what’s needed for the Bronx Bombers to clench the win.

Well, that’s a little depressing. Friday night will mark New York City’s last 6 p.m. sunset until next year, a harbinger of the rapidly approaching daylight saving time, with shorter days and longer nights. It’s been a slow trickle down all month to this point. At the same time, sunrise keeps happening later, too. On Sunday, ...

A pilot program testing AI-powered weapons scanners inside some New York City subway stations this summer did not detect any passengers with firearms — but falsely alerted more than 100 times, according to newly released police data.