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A New York City woman was convicted on federal drug charges after prosecutors said she sold fentanyl in Paterson and was arrested while returning to the city with nearly 500 grams more. Naomi Hernandez, 34, was convicted on Aug. 26 of possession with intent to distribute fentanyl and conspiracy to...

The Ticket Streak That Feels Personal Three tickets in a month can make any driver feel singled out. When speed cameras suddenly appear on a route you know by heart, it is natural to wonder what's really going on. Are they there to slow people down, or to bring in more money. The honest answer is usually both, but how

On Sept. 10, 2001, I was working in the newly refurbished Chelsea Market on 9th Avenue and 115th Street in Manhattan. In another life, the building was the Nabisco factory where the Oreo was invented, and where my wife’s grandfather had baked Mallomars and Fig Newtons decades earlier. The building was now a trendy tech

A maniac with 13 prior busts stabbed a city schools worker to death and repeatedly slashed his buddy during an unhinged attack on a Bronx street on Wednesday, cops and sources said. Rashaun Shettlewood, 32 — a paraprofessional for the city’s Department of Education, according to law enforcement sources — was knifed onc

FAIRFIELD, NJ — Two men were arrested on shoplifting charges at Target on Aug. 21, 2026, according to the Fairfield Police Department. Rahmeir McBride, 22, of Rutherford, and Ibrahim Mian, 29, of Teaneck, were taken into custody after Target Asset Protection officers allegedly observed Mian push a shopping cart of chil

The Jersey City Fire Department recently promoted six captains to the rank of battalion chief, which was made possible due to collaborative efforts between state agencies and the city. Robert McCann, Dave Meyers, Chris Fodera, Will Clarritt, Julio Ortiz, and Al Rodriguez are now all recognized as battalion chiefs of...

A firefighter was injured battling a fire at a Bergen County church after crews spotted smoke while responding to another alarm nearby, officials said. The fire broke out at a church near Broad and Madison streets in Carlstadt on Thursday, Aug. 27, according to Carlstadt Fire Department Public Infor…

Commuters exit a train at Pennsylvania Station in 2017 in New York City. Prosecutors say they couldn’t prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the man’s actions were not justified. [ more › ]

Governor Kathy Hochul and Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdan today announced an $8.4 million investment in flood resiliency infrastructure, transforming concrete roadway medians in Whitestone, Forest Hills and Queens Village to green infrastructure “sponges” that will absorb stormwater and prevent extreme weather flooding. In t

Two men convicted of staging crashes on New York City highways to get fraudulent insurance payouts have been sentenced.