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US actor Michael K. Williams, who played Omar Little in the hit series "The Wire," has been found dead in a New York City apartment, police said Monday. He was 54.

At least eight people have died in New York after the city was inundated by flash flooding, police said Thursday, as Storm Ida affected the northeast United States, forcing flight cancellations and state of emergency declarations.

A shooting in New York's bustling Times Square on Saturday injured a four-year-old girl and two women, in the latest incident of gun violence in the city, police said.

The father of rapper Nicki Minaj has died after being struck by a hit-and-run driver near New York City, police said Sunday.

A motorist struck about half a dozen people taking part in a protest in New York City on Friday, causing injuries but no deaths, police and eyewitnesses said.

A New York City police officer has been suspended after a video posted online showed him apparently rendering a Black man unconscious in a chokehold after the city council voted to make it a crime for police to use the grip.

A New York City police officer was shot and wounded in a police station on Sunday morning about 12 hours after another officer was wounded while he sat in his patrol van in the same neighborhood in what authorities described as an assassination attempt.

An intruder stabbed and wounded five people at a rabbi's house in upstate New York during a party to celebrate the Jewish festival of Hanukkah late Saturday, officials said. The victims, all Hasidic members of the Jewish faith, were transported to local hospitals -- two in a critical condition -- the Orthodox Jewish Public Affairs Council (OJPAC) t...

A helicopter crashed into the Hudson River in New York City on Wednesday shortly after taking off from Manhattan, causing minor injuries to the pilot and a dockworker, police and fire officials said. Dramatic video footage of the incident shot by witnesses and posted on social media showed the helicopter spinning seemingly out of control over the H...

The disciplinary trial of the New York City police officer who put Eric Garner, an unarmed black man, in a fatal chokehold will begin on Monday, nearly five years after widely seen video of the death sparked a national outcry about policing tactics.

The police have a 24-year-old suspect in custody in the slaying of Mafia boss Francesco "Franky Boy" Cali in New York City, authorities said on Saturday.

A man was dragged to his death by a New York City subway train Tuesday evening, authorities said.

A New York City police detective was shot and killed by "friendly fire" while another officer was shot as they responded to an armed robbery, the city's police chief said.

New York City police detective was shot and killed by "friendly fire" and another officer was shot on Tuesday as they responded to an armed robbery, the city's police chief said.

Saudi sisters who were found dead and bound with duct tape on the shore of the Hudson River in New York in October committed suicide, the city's medical examiner announced Tuesday.

US actor Michael K. Williams, who played Omar Little in the hit series "The Wire," has been found dead in a New York City apartment, police said Monday. He was 54.

At least eight people have died in New York after the city was inundated by flash flooding, police said Thursday, as Storm Ida affected the northeast United States, forcing flight cancellations and state of emergency declarations.

A shooting in New York's bustling Times Square on Saturday injured a four-year-old girl and two women, in the latest incident of gun violence in the city, police said.

The father of rapper Nicki Minaj has died after being struck by a hit-and-run driver near New York City, police said Sunday.

A motorist struck about half a dozen people taking part in a protest in New York City on Friday, causing injuries but no deaths, police and eyewitnesses said.

A New York City police officer has been suspended after a video posted online showed him apparently rendering a Black man unconscious in a chokehold after the city council voted to make it a crime for police to use the grip.

A New York City police officer was shot and wounded in a police station on Sunday morning about 12 hours after another officer was wounded while he sat in his patrol van in the same neighborhood in what authorities described as an assassination attempt.

An intruder stabbed and wounded five people at a rabbi's house in upstate New York during a party to celebrate the Jewish festival of Hanukkah late Saturday, officials said. The victims, all Hasidic members of the Jewish faith, were transported to local hospitals -- two in a critical condition -- the Orthodox Jewish Public Affairs Council (OJPAC) t...

A helicopter crashed into the Hudson River in New York City on Wednesday shortly after taking off from Manhattan, causing minor injuries to the pilot and a dockworker, police and fire officials said. Dramatic video footage of the incident shot by witnesses and posted on social media showed the helicopter spinning seemingly out of control over the H...

The disciplinary trial of the New York City police officer who put Eric Garner, an unarmed black man, in a fatal chokehold will begin on Monday, nearly five years after widely seen video of the death sparked a national outcry about policing tactics.

The police have a 24-year-old suspect in custody in the slaying of Mafia boss Francesco "Franky Boy" Cali in New York City, authorities said on Saturday.

A man was dragged to his death by a New York City subway train Tuesday evening, authorities said.

A New York City police detective was shot and killed by "friendly fire" while another officer was shot as they responded to an armed robbery, the city's police chief said.

New York City police detective was shot and killed by "friendly fire" and another officer was shot on Tuesday as they responded to an armed robbery, the city's police chief said.

Saudi sisters who were found dead and bound with duct tape on the shore of the Hudson River in New York in October committed suicide, the city's medical examiner announced Tuesday.