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An ordinance that has passed in one New Jersey town on 2024 Election Day could have people in Haddon Heights raising a glass.

A New York man was sentenced Wednesday to life in prison for a scheme that involved killing and dismembering a woman after fraudulently taking out a life insurance policy in her name to collect the benefits, federal prosecutors said.

Rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine struck a deal to end his current jail stint, agreeing to serve a month behind bars for violating the terms of his release after a felony conviction, prosecutors said Wednesday.

It was a dramatic morning for Spirit Airlines flyers and employees. A raccoon surprised everyone Monday morning by dropping from a ceiling tile.

It’s November, right? Six days into the month and it’s still warm enough to feel like summer, or at least early fall. The tri-state weather has been on an incredible dry streak and brushing up against record temps. That continued into Wednesday. By lunchtime, new record high temperatures had been recorded at Central Park, LaGuardia Airp...

Authorities have launched an internal investigation in the case of a New York State trooper who said he was shot by a suspect on Long Island’s Southern State Parkway at the end of October, authorities said Monday. Sources familiar with the investigation say they are looking into whether trooper Thomas Mascia shot himself in the leg, as oppose...

Democratic candidates Kamala Harris and Tim Walz won the popular vote in New York City on Tuesday, but by a smaller margin over their Republican counterparts, Donald Trump and JD Vance, then in recent elections. Kamala Harris won 67.70% of the vote in New York City while Donald Trump won 30.45% of the vote. Here are the numbers of votes…...

As Donald Trump is announced as the 47th president-elect of the United States and the Senate is projected to have a Republican majority, all eyes turn to the House of Representatives, where some races have not been called as of 5 p.m. Two of the House races that have eyes on them are the 4th and 19th districts of New…

Rep. Mike Lawler is the projected winner of New York’s 17th congressional district, NBC News projects, an area where the balance of political power has switched back and forth in recent elections. Lawler had been in a tough campaign against Mondaire Jones, a former Democratic congressman who was one of the first two openly gay Black men to se...

Democrat Laura Gillen was projected to win a tight race on Long Island, according to NBC News, one of the hotly contested New York congressional districts that could determine the balance of power in the House of Representatives. In a rematch from 2022, the Republican incumbent Anthony D’Esposito had been trying to hold onto a congressional d...

New video shows wildfires burning out of control in New Jersey, as in just a week’s span, more than 100 wildfires have broken out in the state. Areas across the the tri-state are desperate for rain, as the drought reaches “extreme” conditions. NBC New York’s Adam Harding reports.

President Joe Biden made his first public comments Thursday afternoon after his vice president’s loss in the presidential election. It came as President-elect Trump shared his immediate plans about he he plans to do when he assumes office after his second inauguration. NBC New York’s Melissa Russo reports.

With a second Trump administration just over two months away, the president-elect’s promise of mass deportations is the focus of a rally in Manhattan, as migrant advocates want to make sure those communities that could be impacted stay informed. NBC New York’s Melissa Colorado reports.