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Ohio gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy criticized members of his own party Tuesday over the racially charged backlash against Zohran Mamdani, the apparent winner of New York City‘s Democratic mayoral primary. Responding on X, Ramaswamy called out what he termed “the race-obsessed fringe of the right,” writing,...

RIDGEFIELD PARK — A Bergen County man is charged with aggravated assault in a crash this week that hospitalized an 84-year-old victim, according to authorities. Patrick McArdle, 24, of Ridgefield Park, was arrested on Wednesday morning after the crash on the Bergen Turnpike, according to the Bergen County...

UPPER EAST SIDE, Manhattan (PIX11) — The NYPD is investigating a scheme targeting some of New York City’s most vulnerable. Police say two men and a woman are preying on senior citizens, tricking them out of their bank cards and draining their accounts. One 81-year-old woman described the day she became a victim...

The City of Jersey City is announcing their 4th of July Festival and Fireworks celebration, which includes over 60 vendors, three DJ stages, and two beer gardens. “Each year, Jersey City’s Fourth of July Festival brings people together from throughout the tri-state area to celebrate our country’s independence in one...

Severe storms trigger rescues and travel chaos from Virginia to New York.

A 26-year-old pedestrian was struck and killed by a vehicle early Tuesday morning in Belleville, authorities said. A southbound vehicle driven by a 19-year-old man hit Eliana N. Ambrosino at 12:15 a.m. on Franklin Avenue near the intersection with Belleville Avenue, the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office said....

Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani refused to condemn the blatant Islamophobia circling new Democratic mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani during an interview with Piers Morgan this week. Morgan put Giuliani in the hot seat by demanding whether he would have a “problem with a Muslim mayor of New York.” The disbarred...

Owney Madden bought Club Deluxe in 1923 and renamed it the Cotton Club, which once sat at 142nd Street and Lenox Avenue in Harlem. Madden used the club to sell his illegal “Number One Beer.” Meanwhile, black performers entertained nightly under Prohibition’s shadow. Madden’s connections made the...

Mayor Eric Adams swears in Jessica Tisch as the next commissioner of the New York City Police Department. The mayor credited his experience and his administration’s policing strategy. [ more › ]

Authorities say a violent street gang ran its organization in the Bradley Court Housing Complex in Newark.