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8 Arrested in Brawl That Left Long Island Teen Fatally Stabbed at Strip Mall
Eight teenagers have been arrested in connection with a fatal attack on a Long Island high school student during an after-school fight.
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Still Reeling From Dorian, Bahamas Hit by Tropical Storm
Tropical Storm Humberto moved away from the Bahamas on Saturday after dumping rain on parts of the archipelago’s northwest region that were already hammered by Hurricane Dorian two weeks ago. Humberto dropped rain on the islands as U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres visited the Bahamas to support humanitarian efforts in the wake of Dorian, which hit as a Category 5 storm...
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Desperation Mounts in Bahamas as Shelters Turn Evacuees Away
Desperation mounted in the Bahamas on Tuesday as hurricane survivors arriving in the capital by boat and plane were turned away from overflowing shelters. As government officials gave assurances at a news conference that more shelters would be opened as needed, Julie Green and her family gathered outside the headquarters of the island’s emergency management agency, seeking help. “We need...
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Silence, Devastation Mark Bahamas Town; But Some Are Staying
The streets are filled with smashed cars, snapped power cables, shattered trees and deep silence. At the airport and dock, hundreds of people clamor for seats on airplanes and berths on ships arriving with aid and departing with people who lost their homes when deadly Hurricane Dorian struck the Bahamas. Nearly a week after disaster roared in from the sea,...
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UN, US Coast Guard and Others Aid Stricken Bahamas
The hurricane death toll is rising in the Bahamas, in what its leader calls “this hour of darkness.” Search and rescue teams were still trying to reach some Bahamian communities isolated by floodwaters and debris Saturday after Hurricane Dorian struck the northern part of the archipelago last Sunday. At least 43 people died. Several hundred people, many of them Haitian...
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Miami Airline Mechanic Tampered With American Airlines Plane to Get Overtime Pay: Feds
An aircraft maintenance worker at Miami’s airport allegedly tampered with a critical piece of a passenger plane’s hardware in July to get overtime pay amid a stalled union contract dispute, according to court documents. The American Airlines plane with 150 people on board never left for the scheduled July 17 flight from Miami to Nassau in the Bahamas after flight...
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Uber Driver Indicted for Allegedly Kidnapping 15-Year-Old Girl After Sweet 16 Party on Long Island
A 32-year-old Uber driver has been indicted for allegedly kidnapping a 15-year-old girl after a Sweet 16 party on Long Island earlier this year.
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Lawmaker Proposes Study of Splitting NY Into 2 States
The topic of splitting New York into two separate upstate and downstate entities has popped up again in Albany.
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Uncle: Ballet Dancer Doesn't Know She Lost Legs in Bahama Boat Blast
A lifelong ballet dancer and avid soccer player who was on a boat in the Bahamas when it exploded over the weekend had to undergo a double amputation, family members said.
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NJ Driver Flees DWI Crash, Says He Was Scared of ‘Redneck Country': Cops
Police in New Jersey say a man suspected of driving while intoxicated told them he fled the scene of a crash because he felt scared in “redneck country.”
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OMG!!!! We've Got Thundersnow and Everyone Is Freaking Out
The second nor’easter to pummel the tri-state area in the last week is bringing less ferocious winds, but a fairly rare — and apparently very, very exciting — weather phenomenon: thundersnow.
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New Jersey Man Angry Over Days-Long Power Outage Threatens to Kidnap Utility Worker, Bomb Substation: Cops
A New Jersey man whose home has been without power since last week’s nor’easter threatened to kidnap a utility company employee and blow up a substation, authorities say.
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The Witchy Ways of Blink-182's Matt Skiba
San Diego’s favorite pop-punk band, Blink-182, would’ve played the ill-fated Fyre Festival in the Bahamas earlier this year — if not for some Matt Skiba witchcraft, apparently.
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Durst's NY Friends Resist Testifying at California Pretrial Hearing
Longtime friends of Robert Durst are fighting in a New York court to avoid being sent to testify in California in pretrial hearing in the millionaire’s murder case.
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Famous Exuma Swimming Pigs Found Dead
Several of The Bahamas’ famous swimming pigs have died after the animals were reportedly feed by tourists.
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Durst Interrogation Video Made Public
In the interrogation, Robert Durst admits to being high on meth during some of the filming of the interviews seen on “The Jinx.” He also denies and then skirts around whether he killed Susan Berman. Carolyn Johnson reports for the NBC4 News on Monday, Dec.19, 2016.
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Coast Guard Searching for Woman Who Reportedly Fell Off Carnival Cruise Ship Near Bahamas
A 32-year-old woman reportedly fell off the Carnival Ecstasy early Wednesday morning in the waters off of the Bahamas.
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Plane Makes Emergency Landing on Long Island Beach
A small plane made an emergency landing on a Long Island beach Friday morning, authorities say.
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Video Shows Plane's Parachute-Landing on Long Island
Video obtained by NBC 4 New York shows just how close a small plane got to a building on Long Island as it parachute-landed in front of it, dropping suddenly from the sky before the father and daughter inside managed to climb out and walk away.
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Blimp Slated for Macy's Parade Goes Down Behind Long Island School
A blimp that was supposed to fly over the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade went down in a baseball field near a school on Long Island Thursday morning.