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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

Severe thunderstorms brought bouts of torrential rain to the Lower Hudson Valley Thursday morning and afternoon, with more storms and heavy rain possible later in the evening. A severe thunderstorm warning was issued between 11 a.m. and noon as a line of thunderstorms moved across Westchester and Rockland counties, at

A 27-year-old man faces attempted murder and assault charges after allegedly stabbing a 40-year-old man in a random attack at Wheeler Park on Wednesday afternoon. Union County police responded to Wheeler Park around 1:36 p.m. on Aug. 26 following reports of an aggravated assault. Shortly after, Linden police officers i

The frigid waters of the North Atlantic are becoming a tropical aquarium. New York residents may be fleeing to Florida in droves, but the Sunshine State’s aquatic inhabitants appear to be heading in the opposite direction. Warming waters off of the Big Apple coastline, traditionally synonymous with striped bass and flu

Police from the 115th Precinct in Jackson Heights are looking for a muscular suspect who attacked an elderly man across the street from St. Mark’s Episcopal Church in broad daylight on Friday, Aug. 21, according to authorities. The 67-year-old victim was in front of an apartment building at 33-53...

Heavy rains are bringing more flooding​ to New Jersey, which has endured repeated damaging floods​ so far this summer.

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...

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

A third suspect in a deadly shooting on Atlanta's Edgewood Avenue may be in New York City and should be considered armed and dangerous, the FBI says.