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Naim Andrews is charged with murder in the first degree in the fatal shooting of Namir Bynum, Essex County Prosecutor Theodore Stephens II and Newark Public Safety Director Emanuel Miranda Sr. said. Surveillance video shows Andrews and Osayuwamen Iyamu, a 20-year-old Newark resident, attacking Bynum at the recording...

City-owned grocery stores are perhaps the most hotly debated item on New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s proposed affordability agenda . Proponents point to runaway food prices and the need to provide fresh groceries to the Big Apple’s underserved communities. Critics argue that the public sector should stay...

People walk by a sign at the entrance to Rikers Island in 2017. Kyron Randall, 33, is the 15th person to die this year either at Rikers or while in medical care shortly after being released from custody. [ more › ]

This morning, The New York Times provocatively declared “good riddance?” to the MetroCard, New York City’s transit pass that has been in use since 1994. The MTA, NYC’s transit authority, has been rolling out a new system, OMNY, which you can pay with your phone or by tapping a card rather than swiping. No one would...

The shooting brought to light the ongoing problem of crime in the subway, and was significantly covered in local tabloids, where Goetz was initially praised for fighting back against crime and was compared to the movie 'Death Wish', which bore a striking similarity to Goetz's shooting. In 'Death Wish', Charles...

Two baby crocodilians were removed from a Yonkers, N.Y., apartment after police officers came to the home to make an arrest on unrelated charges and discovered the animals inside. The Yonkers Police Department (YPD) said officers and detectives found “two caimans” in an apartment on Post Street late on Dec. 9 while...

The flames broke out in the home on Humboldt Street just before 2 a.m. Monday. Fire tore through the building and spread to at least two neighboring homes.

Six people have been charged in connection with the September stabbing of an 18-year-old man during an altercation at a Kearny Wawa, police said. Five Newark residents, including Lucca Melo, 18; Exequiel Aguilar-Argueta, 19; Junior Urquilla, 18; Marvin Martinez, 18 and Orlando Santana, 18, were arrested and charged...

A car was traveling eastbound on Route 22, being chased by police from several townships.

Two Louisiana natives, Courtney Crain and Audrey McDonald, have fulfilled their dreams of becoming Radio City Rockettes and are celebrating the group's 100th anniversary with their precision dancing, high kicks, and iconic costumes.