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NEW YORK — Children hoping for a snow day in New York City are out of luck. Though schools around the region will be closed, the Department of Education said NYC schools are open. “But does your child ride a yellow school bus to…

NEW YORK — Thanksgiving Day has come and gone, but the holiday weather nightmare is not over just yet. As millions of holiday travelers head back home over the weekend, rain and snow will sweep through the Midwest on Saturday then push…

The NYPD said it is monitoring developments overseas after a terror attack on the London Bridge and a stabbing attack in a busy shopping district in The Hague in the Netherlands. As New Yorkers and tourists flooded city streets to seek…

MANHATTAN — Three transit employees were assaulted in less than two hours on Friday, according to a statement from the MTA. The first incident occurred at 2:30 p.m. on a southbound M5 bus at Broadway and West 136th Street, a pedestrian…

Soho, MANHATTAN — Black Friday has a whole new meaning at Best Friends Animal Society Lifesaving Center, as so many dogs and cats are being matched with families with no adoption fees. There were long lines at the Best Friends Adoption…

Four men share a distinct connection. Sundhe Moses, Derrick Hamilton, Alvena Jeanette and Eliseo DeLeon were all sentenced for murders in Brooklyn, years later all of ther murder convictions were overturned. The same retired detective…

Slime has taken over social media by storm over the last few years. Now, the gooey sensation takes center stage at a pop shop here in New York City. Karen Robinovitz is the co-founder of the Sloomoo Institute in Soho. After going…

HARLEM, Manhattan — America’s oldest resident, Harlem woman Alelia Murphy, has passed away,  according to 1199SEIU, a healthcare union. Alelia Murphy Murphy turned 114 in July. She was born into a family of 12 children in North…

LINCOLN TUNNEL —  Video of a vehicle zooming through the Lincoln Tunnel, passing several cars and buses, hitting other vehicles and the tunnel walls and eventually spinning around in the tunnel went viral after a February drag racing…

NEW YORK — New York City is poised to be one of the first big cities to ban flavored vaping products, including menthol and mint. Pressure against the industry has been mounting from every political corner in New York. Mayor Bill de…