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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...

Video showed the moment a man plowed his SUV into a group of people in a Bronx parking lot, sending five people to the hospital in an incident stemming from some sort of argument.

A woman and her 4-month-old son are dead after a reported drive-by shooting on New Britain Avenue in Hartford Tuesday afternoon. The police department said a triple shooting broke out in broad daylight near the corners of Hillside Avenue and Zion Street just before 3 p.m. Authorities said a person dropped off three people at the hospital. A 20-year...

Thanks to a team of rescuers, two roofers were saved after being electrocuted on a job site last month in Atlantic County, New Jersey.

The co-owner of Everest Gymnastics and Tumbling Center in Galloway Township was arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting a teen girl, according to police.

Grammy-nominated singer Post Malone has announced plans for a headlining stadium tour in 2025. Post Malone will be touring in support of his sixth studio album, “F-1 Trillion,” his debut country album, which earned the top spot on the Billboard 200 chart. The Post Malone tour is scheduled to come through New York City on Wednesday, June...

The founder of an artificial intelligence company that supplied school districts in New York City, Los Angeles and Atlanta with a chatbot to create learning plans for students was arrested on fraud charges Tuesday, accused of spending investor money on herself as her company spiraled into bankruptcy.

The Transportation Security Administration is preparing for what it estimates will be the busiest Thanksgiving travel period of record. The TSA estimated it will screen 18.3 million people at the nation’s airports from Tuesday, Nov. 26 (two days before Thanksgiving) to Monday, Dec. 2, a 6% increase from the same time in 2023. In 2024, passeng...

The transaction is “intended to help enable Jersey Mike’s to accelerate its expansion across and beyond the U.S. market,” the companies said Tuesday.

An NYPD police officer and a woman were shot in Queens by an armed robbery suspect who was a repeat offender and believed to be responsible for other robberies. The officer is expected to return to the force once he recovers. NBC New York’s Melissa Colorado reports.

A month after getting released from jail, a homeless man with eight prior arrests and a history of mental illness went on a stabbing spree in broad daylight. The man was received an early release from jail due to “good behavior,” raising questions about the circumstances leading to his release. NBC Melissa Russo reports.