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The cow was finally corralled after dodging cars and those trying to capture it Tuesday afternoon. NBC New York’s Gaby Acevedo reports.

Ordinarily, a pet escaping its home and winding up in a neighbor’s residence wouldn’t be a big deal — except the pet in this instance was a 4-foot adult python.

Brian Thompson reporting on the Python that slithered underneath an apartment door.

Mexico’s president has posted a photo on his social media accounts showing what he says appears to be a mythological woodland spirit similar to an elf. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador did not seem to be joking when he posted the photo on Saturday of an “Aluxe,” a mischievous woodland spirit in Mayan folklore. The nighttime photo shows a branch...

Officials at the Bronx Zoo hope to remove the four-inch stopper once the alligator is healthy enough to undergo the procedure.

The nearly five-foot gator is undergoing treatment at the Bronx Zoo after it was spotted inside Prospect Park on Sunday. The alligator is still too weak and unresponsive to eat on its own, the zoo said, so it is being tube-fed, and was found to have ingested a sizable item.

A domestic king pigeon was found in NYC’s Madison Square Park, and it appeared to have been deliberately dyed before being released, a group said.

Two senior women and a man got stuck in a gaping sinkhole in a Long Island front yard Thursday, authorities say. Suffolk County cops say they initially responded to a home in Huntington Station just after 6 a.m. for a report of a woman stuck in a hole in the ground. When they arrived, they found her — and two…

TSA officers at JFK Airport likely see a lot of odd stuff in passengers’ bags, but what was found last week likely gave them paws: A live cat was found shoved into a checked bag.

TSA officers at JFK Airport likely see a lot of odd stuff in passengers’ bags, but what was found last week likely gave them paws: A live cat was found shoved into a checked bag.

An Amazon worker caused total chaos at a Staten Island warehouse early Friday, allegedly pulling a fire alarm — despite there being no fire — and spraying fire extinguishers on colleagues and throughout the building, according to people with direct knowledge of what happened. Cops and firefighters were called to the sprawling Bloomfield complex on Gulf Avenue around 6 a.m….

You’ve probably heard about Netflix’s new TV miniseries “The Watcher” by now. It’s one of the creepiest stories in New Jersey history and has held the streaming giant’s No. 1 spot almost constantly since it debuted last week.

A Long Island home has been condemned and its owner arrested after more than 300 animals and 100,000 roaches were allegedly found on her property, officials said Tuesday.

The Broaddus family bought their dream home at 657 Boulevard in Westfield, New Jersey, in 2014. Then came letters from “The Watcher.” Here’s what to know about the Netflix series.

As the 2022 election season nears its conclusion, one Manhattan candidate is hoping his latest raunchy stunt will help him come out on top — or at least get his name out there.

The Broaddus family bought their dream home at 657 Boulevard in Westfield, New Jersey, in 2014. Then came letters from “The Watcher.” Here’s what to know about the Netflix series.

Alexander Cohen, a product manager at a large healthcare startup in Austin, Texas, posted a truly one-of-a-kind money-saving hack he claimed to attempt during a company trip.

Why is one chain of convenience stores suddenly deciding that only adults can purchase the tasty ice cream topping? Because it is now illegal for people under 21 to buy cans of whipped cream in the state of New York

Police officers in Wasau, Wisconsin, were called to an apartment complex to wrangle a feathered intruder that had broken into a second-floor unit.

It wasn’t clear if the goose was hurt in the two-day ordeal but it was seen moving around in a laundry basket after the rescue.