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Spirit Airlines said Monday that it has filed for bankruptcy protection and will attempt to reboot as it struggles to recover from the pandemic-caused swoon in travel and a failed attempt to sell the airline to JetBlue. Spirit, the biggest U.S. budget airline, has lost more than $2.5 billion since the start of 2020 and faces looming debt payments t...

What the future of congestion pricing in New York City could look like — and how much it could cost drivers — may soon be revealed, as the governor is expected to make an announcement Thursday regarding the controversial plan.

One person has died and dozens have been sickened, many of them local, across nearly 20 states in an E. coli outbreak the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says is linked to organic bagged carrots. Altogether, 39 people were infected and 15 were hospitalized in 18 states, including New York and New Jersey, after eating organic whole and ba...

A New Jersey woman just entered the millionaire club. The state’s lottery program announced that Stacey Fiore, an MTA supervisor stationed on Staten Island, won the Powerball prize last weekend. Fiore plays the Mega Millions and Powerball lotteries weekly, according to lottery officials. She ran into her local Quick Stop last Saturday and pul...

A raging 3-alarm fire is responsible for injuring four firefighters and displacing more than a dozen New Jersey families, city officials said Saturday morning. Three residential buildings on Seymour Avenue in Newark were gutted before sunrise after the fire raced through each of the buildings in the middle of the night. City officials said the fire...

The man replacing John Sterling as Suzyn Waldman’s play-by-play partner on New York Yankees radio broadcasts has spent the last 20 years calling games.

The death of an 11-month-old girl in the Bronx was determined to have been a homicide, according to the city’s medical examiner.

A chocolate store at Grand Central Terminal was burglarized in the middle of the night, with the vandal leaving tens of thousands of dollars in damages, according to law enforcement.

Kiyan Anthony’s final three schools were Auburn, Syracuse and USC.

A man died after he fell down an embankment while being chased on foot by police in New Jersey, according to law enforcement.

The prestigious Michelin Guide — which showcases the best restaurants — has added a whopping 19 new New York City restaurants to its ever-growing list. The guide, a culinary staple which boasts over 400 must-visit restaurants, highlights establishments that Michelin’s reviewers deem as having incredible food and worthy of the publ...

A representative for Rudy Giuliani says the former New York City mayor is relinquishing his cherished watches ahead of a Friday deadline to turn over his assets to two former Georgia election workers who won a $148 million defamation judgment against him. A judge last week ordered Giuliani to hand over a trove of prized possessions, inclu...

Days after winning re-election, New Jersey Rep. Josh Gottheimer declared his intention to run for governor in next year’s gubernatorial race. The five-time Democratic congressman made his bid official at the Runway Diner on Friday morning in South Hackensack, where he declared his candidacy for the 2025 election. Gottheimer currently represen...

The Christmas movies that teater between holiday traditions and rom-coms have become a ubiquitous presence and a beloved genre. With this in mind, Connecticut has unveiled the nation’s first-ever Christmas Movie Trail. This unique trail allows Christmas movie lovers the opportunity to experience some of the locations they’ve seen in the...