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News 4’s Marc Santia and Jonathan Dienst with the latest. 

A former high school classmate and neighbors in Hawaii shared their recollections of the man charged with killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.

Former marine Daniel Penny was found not guilty of criminally negligent homicide in the May 2023 death of Jordan Neely in New York.

News 4’s Greg Cergol reports. 

Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield said it no longer plans to enact a proposed policy change that could have put time limits on coverage of anesthesia for some extended surgical or other procedures. The insurer had proposed limiting payment for anesthesia care of surgeries or procedures that were extended beyond a designated time limit, according to the American Society…

What happens to the Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree after it is taken down? It turns out that its mission to spread joy and cheer goes far beyond the holiday season. NBC New York’s Jennifer Vázquez reports. 

“I never went a day without worrying or thinking about if they had a terrible ending to their life,” Christine Heller Seaman said about her grandparents Charles and Catherine Romer, who were reported missing in April 1980.

The new law is meant to stop puppy mills. Pei-Sze Cheng reports. 

Marc Santia with the latest. 

The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade was drenched in rain and briefly disrupted by Pro-Palestinian demonstrators. Twenty-one people were arrested.

Traveling this Thanksgiving Day? Here’s where to check the status of flights for every major airline at Newark, JFK Airport and LaGuardia airports.

Forget something on the Thanksgiving shopping list, or just procrastinating until the last minute? Here’s what shoppers can expect when the head to the stores, aside from packed parking lots. NBC New York’s Lynda Baquero reports.

Federal agents are warning shoppers about the rise in fake items ahead of the holiday shopping season. It comes after New York Gov. Kathy Hochul detailed a major shoplifting operation in Queens in which the suspects allegedly stole $2 million in items and then resold the pilfered goods. NBC New York’s Gaby Acevedo reports.

Law enforcement officials say they have broken up a shoplifting ring that stole nearly $2 million in merchandise from well-known stores and resold the items in New York City as well as in the Dominican Republic. The group stole perfumes, cosmetics, clothes and other beauty items from stores ranging from Sephora, Ulta Beauty, Macy’s, Victoria’s Secret and American Eagle.

Have you ever wondered how the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade began? Join NBC New York’s Jennifer Vázquez on a historical dive of the beloved event and how immigrant communities helped create this tradition.

A new bill that was signed into law may help many New Yorkers sleep tight.

A gold-plated rose from a Manhattan church memorial honoring the victims of 9/11 remains missing.

New York repealed on Friday a seldom-used law over a century old that made it a crime to cheat on your spouse — a misdemeanor that once could have landed adulterers in jail for three months.

Some Long Island leaders are pushing back on a state plan to share school resources, which would include staff and programs. The plan is called “regionalization,” and Gov. Kathy Hochul said it would only be an option for districts, not mandatory. But critics say it threatens the quality of education. NBC New York’s Pei-Sze Cheng reports.

A proposed regionalization plan by the New York State Education Department is being opposed by a group of vocal Long Island school board members, parents and elected officials.