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A 36-year-old woman died, police said Tuesday, becoming the third victim killed in an unprovoked stabbing spree in Manhattan allegedly carried out a day earlier by a man with a history of mental health issues who felled people just going about their morning routines. Ramon Rivera, a 51-year-old who officials say records show has an extensive crimin...

Moscow’s decision to lower the threshold for a nuclear attack came as the Kremlin responded furiously to the U.S. allowing Ukraine to strike inside Russia with American weapons.

New York Yankees pitcher Luis Gil took home the American League Rookie of the Year award after a promising first full season in the Bronx.

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.

New York City and 10 other New York counties are now under a drought warning a dry conditions continue, the state and city announced Monday. A drought warning is the second of three levels to deal with the dry conditions. The third and most severe level would be a drought emergency. The counties under the drought warning include: Bronx, Delaware,&#...

After weeks of missed rain chances, extreme fire danger, and an exploding drought, desperately needed rain is on the way. And this time, we expect more than just a trace in the tri-state area. It has been an exceptionally dry fall. Season-to-date, Central Park is running nearly 9 inches below normal. And this is a trend seen across the region;&#823...

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said a small earthquake happened in Stamford on Monday morning. The 1.3 magnitude quake happened just before noon around 11:55 a.m. The USGS said the earthquake was reported about five kilometers away from North Stamford, in close proximity to the Merritt Parkway. This comes after multiple residents reported tremor...

A scaffolding collapse in Manhattan injured three people, one of them critically, on Monday. The Department of Buildings said it’s on the scene of a sidewalk shed collapse which may have come after a box truck hit a structure on 29th Street near Eighth Avenue in Chelsea around 8 a.m. Chopper 4 later captured firefighters surrounding the colla...

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...

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 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.

A Brooklyn monsignor whose church had been subpoenaed amid the Eric Adams corruption investigation has been relieved of many of his duties after allegedly mishandling $2 million in church funds and using a church credit card for personal expenses, the Diocese said in a statement Monday. Monsignor Jamie Gigantiello, of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, was ...

A suspect is in custody accused of fatally stabbing two people in Manhattan on Monday morning, according to the New York Police Department.