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Police tangled with student demonstrators in Texas and California while new encampments sprouted at Harvard and other colleges as school leaders sought ways to defuse a growing wave of pro-Palestinian protests.

Student protesters at Columbia University have committed to dismantling and removing a significant number of tents from the West Lawn, university officials said Wednesday, citing “important progress” in negotiations overnight. The development comes hours after Columbia University President Minouche Shafik, facing mounting calls to resig...

U.S. Rep. Donald Payne Jr., a Democratic congressman representing New Jersey’s 10th Congressional District, has died after being hospitalized earlier in April, Gov. Phil Murphy announced Wednesday.

A 21-year-old Long Island woman was arrested for allegedly fleeing the scene of a deadly accident — in a marked public safety vehicle that had just responded to the scene, authorities say. Rachel Lodice, of Jericho, was driving a 2023 Kia soundbound on Hicksville Road in Massapequa around 6:45 p.m. Tuesday when police say she hit a 2022 Nissa...

TikTok vowed to legally challenge the measure if President Joe Biden signed it into law.

Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee for president in 2024, said he is hoping to hold a rally at Madison Square Garden. “We’re going to be doing a rally at Madison Square Garden, we believe,” Trump said. “We think we’re signing Madison Square Garden to do. We’re going to have a big rally honoring the ...

Police in one New Jersey town are warning residents after a black bear was spotted roaming around.

The 2024 Michelin Guide hotel selection includes four New York City hotels receiving the top honor.

A wildfire burned more than 500 acres of a New Jersey state forest Wednesday into Thursday, sending thick white smoke into the air and closing a Camden County road for some time.

A woman was found stabbed to death in the bathtub of her Manhattan apartment, according to police, who are now looking to track down her ex-boyfriend.

Waking up on Wednesday was a welcome change. Early morning temperatures were 5-15 degrees warmer than Monday and Tuesday; frost and freezing were not concerns. The same, unfortunately, cannot be said for Thursday morning. So don’t put that warmer coat in storage just yet, you’ll need it again before week’s end. Temperatures have been modestly impro...

Let this serve as a warning about how quickly fees can add up on your EZ-Pass account if you don’t pay tolls on time. A Long Island woman asked Better Get Baquero for help when she was told she owed more than $37,000. Lynda Baquero has the story. 

Speaker Johnson visits Columbia following days of Pro-Palestinian protests at universities across the country. NBC New York’s Gaby Acevedo reports.