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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.

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...

The Brooklyn Nets have gone through coaches almost as quickly as superstar players in recent years, even while the team had been good enough to make five straight playoff appearances from 2019-23. Maybe Jordi Fernandez will be the coach to have lasting success. The first head coach from Spain in NBA history was hired this week and said Wednesday he...

The MTV Video Music Awards are returning to New York state, where they were first held back in the 1980s, following a two-year run at the Prudential Center in Newark. MTV announced Wednesday the 2024 VMAs will take place Sept. 10 at the UBS Arena on Long Island. UBS Arena, home to the New York Islanders, has hosted concerts, college…

A New Jersey woman who was near death has received a transplanted pig kidney, part of a dramatic pair of surgeries that also stabilized her failing heart. Doctors at NYU Langone Health say 54-year-old Lisa Pisano is recovering well.

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.

“While we work to determine the source of the fire and assess the full extent of its impact, Voorhees Town Center’s interior spaces will remain closed to the public,” the mall wrote April 23, 2024 on social media.

New York Yankees legend and four-time World Series champion Bernie Williams, also an accomplished musician, will make his debut with the New York Philharmonic Wednesday. Williams will perform alongside the NY Phil and its next music and artistic director, Gustavo Dudamel, at Lincoln Center. The event will take place Wednesday at David Geffen Hall a...

Telecommuting, a pandemic-era novelty that has become a permanent alternative for many people, has some Connecticut and New Jersey employees of New York-based companies questioning why they still have to pay personal income tax to the Empire State. Their home states are wondering as well. Fed up with losing out on hundreds of millions of dollars in...

The man accused of sucker-punching women in seemingly random attacks in a span of weeks in Manhattan was arrested and faces hate crime charges, according to police.