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Hurricane Kirk remained a Category 4 major hurricane on Friday, albeit a slightly weaker one, and waves from the system could cause life-threatening surf and rip current conditions this weekend along the U.S. East Coast, forecasters said. Kirk is located in the central Atlantic Ocean and is expected to remain away from land, the Miami-based U.S. Na...

Hockey fans, get those team jerseys ready because the NHL regular season is about to start! The 2024-2025 NHL regular season kicks off Tuesday with a tripleheader: the St. Louis Blues at Seattle Kraken at 4:30 p.m. ET; the Florida Panthers will face the Boston Bruins at 7 p.m. ET; and the Chicago Blackhawks at the Utah Hockey Club at…

Police officials in Somers Point, NJ, said an 83-year-old woman has been hospitalized after she was assaulted and robbed outside an Acme supermarket on Thursday, Oct. 3, 2024.

Hall of Famer Patrick Ewing is returning to the New York Knicks in the newly created position of basketball ambassador. The Knicks said Friday that Ewing would assist both basketball and business operations in his role. Taken by the Knicks with the No. 1 pick in the 1985 draft, Ewing went on to play 15 seasons in New York and…

Mayor Eric Adams has been indicted on federal corruption charges — and prosecutors say additional charges against him are likely in relatively short order. The Democrat has pleaded not guilty and steadfastly refuses to resign. New Yorkers want him out, a new Marist poll finds. A vast majority, 69% of those surveyed, said Adams should resign a...

Fresh off of the selection of a new senior pastor, Harlem’s historic Abyssinian Baptist Church is facing a deep divide. A dozen members of the influential Black congregation tell the I-Team they represent dozens more who believe the new pastor was chosen in a flawed process, set up to unfairly favor one candidate.

Authorities are expected to return to a Long Island home Friday to clear more animals, after more than 200 birds and many cats were found in a hoarding situation that officials described as among the worst they have ever seen. The Nassau County SPCA was called after a service worker went to the Woodbury home on Wednesday and saw dead…

The MLB playoff field is down to eight teams. Who do the Mets play next, and when are the games getting underway? Here’s what to know about the matchups, schedule, how to watch and more.

U.S. Rep. Mike Lawler said he was sorry after the New York Times obtained photos of him wearing blackface about two decades ago at a college Halloween costume party where he dressed as Michael Jackson. The images emerged Thursday as Lawler, a first-term Republican, is locked in a competitive reelection bid for his congressional seat in New York’s H...

Daniel Penny was back in court on Thursday for a hearing involving evidence that could be presented at his manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide trial in just days from now.

A lawyer for a New York City subway rider who was inadvertently shot in the head by police at a station has filed a legal claim against the city, accusing the officers of showing “carelessness and reckless” disregard for the lives of others when they opened fire on a man holding a knife in front of a train.

The McDonald’s Chicken Big Mac is almost here and the wait is almost over for fans clamoring for the sandwich in the United States.

Two adult children of an 85-year-old Long Island woman were arrested and charged in connection with her death after she was found with injuries stemming from abuse, according to police.