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The owner of a New York City day care center and a tenant living in the building have been arrested after a 1-year-old boy was killed and three others were sickened by apparent exposure to Fentanyl.

A man died Wednesday after a police sergeant with the NYPD hurled a picnic cooler at the suspect riding a scooter away from an alleged drug sale, officials said. Sergeant Erik Duran is now under investigation as police and state officials look into how the afternoon encounter in the Bronx led to the death of Eric Duprey. Police said Duprey…

A chilling home invasion in the Bronx left a family shaken after the intruders pistol-whipped a grandmother and threatened to shoot her 5-year-old grandson — all for a $40,000 payday in what police say was a targeted holdup. The violent break-in happened Wednesday around 8 a.m. on West Gun Hill Road across from Vancortlandt park. Detectives say the trio entered…

In a bizarre scene, a peacock believed to be from the Bronx Zoo caused quite the spectacle after escaping and biting a man on the sidewalk.

A 9-year-old New York City boy was shot and killed less than an hour after arriving in the Dominican Republic for a spring break family trip — and despite several arrests, many, including the island nation’s president, want more answers. Gioser Luis Feliz Camilo, a Bronx fourth-grader, died Wednesday when a group of men allegedly followed the car he and…

Police responding to a father’s 911 call for his son’s mental health crisis shot the allegedly troubled man after he refused to drop a large kitchen knife, NYPD officials said Sunday. The shooting occured around 10 a.m. in the Bronx, where several officers arrived outside the father’s residence on Grand Concourse to check on his 42-year-old son, Chief of...

A Bronx man faces murder and other charges after he allegedly stabbed and killed his neighbor during a dispute over loud music.

A group of teenage suspects are wanted by police for breaking into almost a dozen high schools in the Bronx and stealing a cache of calculators valued at more than $40,000. The NYPD released the first look at the high school-aged thieves reportedly behind break-ins at schools through the borough dating back to the beginning of February. Since Feb. 6,…

Fire investigators are blaming a lithium-ion battery for sparking a massive 5-alarm inferno that tore through a supermarket in the Bronx. The fire took off around 10: 40 a.m., triggering a response from approximately 200 firefighters to the Concourse Food Plaza on Sunday. Huge plumes of thick smoke filled the sky, visible from miles away. Mayor Eric Adams and top…

In court papers late Tuesday, the city said it will pay $21,500 to each of at least 200 protesters who were detained, arrested or met with force by NYPD during a June 4, 2020, protest.

News 4’s Jessica Cunnington reports.

The final five defendants have been sentenced in the fatal gang stabbing of a 15-year-old whose attackers mistook him for an underworld rival.

Nurses at two of New York City’s largest hospitals went on strike Monday, potentially leading to disruptions in care around emergency room visits and childbirth, after lengthy weekend negotiations over a new contract stalled. Frustrated nurses chanted and waved signs outside Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx and Mount Sinai Hospital in Manhattan demanding higher wages. The walkout involves...

A man found dead on a New York City sidewalk this week was identified Thursday as Frank Vallelonga Jr., an actor who appeared in the Oscar-winning movie “Green Book.”

Two small children were found fatally stabbed after their mother was taken into custody for observation Saturday night in New York City, police said.

A 12-year-old boy was rushed to the hospital after he was slashed across the chest at a playground Saturday afternoon. Police said the 911 call came in around 3:30 p.m. for the violent assault at the Marble Hill Playground in the Kingsbridge section of the Bronx. The young victim had been slashed with an unknown object by a teenage boy,…

A Bronx man is facing serious drug charges after police said they uncovered $7 million dollars worth of fentanyl and heroin concealed in a coffee table.

An attorney for a group of protesters who filed suit alleging that in 2015 security guards for then-candidate Donald Trump assaulted them outside of Trump Tower say they’ve settled their case with Trump as the case was in the middle of jury selection. Benjamin Dictor, an attorney for the plaintiffs says, “the matter was resolved to the satisfaction of all…

With clouds and rain on deck, Thursday’s weather is anything but a home run — forcing the Yankees to postpone their playoff game against the Cleveland Guardians in the Bronx. Thursday night’s game, which had been scheduled to start at 7:37 p.m. ET, will instead begin at 1:07 p.m. on Friday, the Yankees announced. Tickets for the second ALDS...

An NYPD SUV responding to a larceny call in the Bronx swerved to avoid a vehicle, but the front ends of the two vehicles clipped, sending the police cruiser careening onto a sidewalk.