Jessica Cunnington

The largest public school system in the U.S. welcomed students to the first day of school on Thursday, and the mayor and school chancellor stopped by an elementary school in Brooklyn to give kids some high fives.

Three separate overnight shootings left one person dead and several others injured Friday, according to police, who said two of the crime scenes were just blocks from each other. The NYPD said officers were investigating three shootings that all took place in less than three hours and come on the heels of two deadly shootings in the area days earlier….

A suspect was arrested in connection with a stabbing at a Manhattan subway station that was sparked after an accidental bump on the stairs, according to police.

Police identified the victim on Friday as 49-year-old Felix Mendez

The boy was identified by police as Jahmeik Modlin. The medical examiner will determine a cause of death

The father of a 4-year-old boy found dead in his Harlem apartment, apparently malnourished, has now been arrested in the case, hours after the mother was charged, according to police and law enforcement sources. Charges are pending against Laron Modlin, 25. He has two sealed arrests from 2015, though the details weren’t clear. It also wasn’t clear if he had…

A 4-year-old boy is being remembered by his Harlem community days after he was found dead, apparently malnourished and starved to death. Rev. Al Sharpton was joined by community leaders Saturday for a prayer service and wreath laying in honor of Jahmeik Modlin. “We wanted to unite as a community to say that we will not stand by and see…

Two girls pulled from a burning house in Newark overnight were pronounced dead only hours after family had gathered to celebrate a birthday, officials and neighbors say.

In the wake of three young New Yorkers dying from subway surfing in a six-week span, the city is expanding its plan aimed at ending the dangerous

Amid heightened security ahead of the New York City marathon this weekend, a fake or hoax suspicious device found in Central Park near the finish