Copyright 2013 http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local en-us Sat, 25 May 2013 06:04:14 -0400 Sat, 25 May 2013 06:04:14 -0400 NBC Owned Television Stations http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Weather-Forecast-Rain-Storm-Memorial-Day-Weekend-New-York-New-Jersey-Temperature-Shore-208805631.html Fri, 24 May 2013 23:07:56 -0400 http://media.nbcnewyork.com/images/213*120/rainy+jenks+boardwalk.jpg
Memorial Day weekend is off to a damp and chilly start, with rain continuing over the next 24 hours and a high of just 59 degrees on Saturday.

]]> http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/2-Men-Wanted-Attacking-Teen-Baseball-Bat-Bronx-Parkchester-208893481.html Fri, 24 May 2013 22:56:00 -0400 http://media.nbcnewyork.com/images/213*120/bronx+bat+attack.jpg
Police are seeking two men who assaulted a 17-year-old boy with a baseball bat in the Bronx.

]]> http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Funeral-Long-Island-Navy-SEAL-Killed-Training-Exercise-Massapequa-208847431.html Fri, 24 May 2013 22:35:19 -0400 http://media.nbcnewyork.com/images/213*120/seal-funeral.jpg
A Navy SEAL from Long Island who was killed last week during a training exercise in Kentucky was remembered at his funeral as a "born leader" who inspired others.

]]> http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Car-Accident-Student-Killed-Prom-Middletown-High-School-Orange-County-208815311.html Fri, 24 May 2013 22:34:57 -0400 http://media.nbcnewyork.com/images/213*120/armandocolon.jpg
A 17-year-old high school student on his way to prom with three other friends was killed when his car hit the back wheels of a tractor-trailer as he merged onto a New York highway Thursday night,...

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]]> http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Police-Involved-Shooting-Ridgefield-Connecticut-Armed-Man-Shot-Dead-208911551.html Fri, 24 May 2013 22:32:21 -0400 http://media.nbcnewyork.com/images/213*120/ridgebury1.jpg
A man was killed by police at a home Ridgefield, Conn. Friday evening, NBC Connecticut reports.

]]> http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Cicada-Invasion-Staten-Island-Castleton-Corners-New-York-Insects-Bugs-208885451.html Fri, 24 May 2013 23:10:05 -0400 http://media.nbcnewyork.com/images/213*120/cicadas+staten+island+2.jpg
Right on schedule, cicadas have taken over Staten Island, dangling from bushes, crawling up trees, clinging to fences and even hanging onto street signs.

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]]> http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Jonathan-Dienst-Investigative-Crime-Courts-Terror--140326153.html Mon, 10 Sep 2012 11:40:24 -0400 http://media.nbcnewyork.com/images/213*120/gavel.jpg
Chief Investigative Reporter Jonathan Dienst brings you the latest information and exclusive stories about crime, corruption and counterterrorism.

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]]> http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Edison-Police-Officer-Arrested-Firebombing-Captain-Home-Monroe-New-Jersey-208747651.html Fri, 24 May 2013 22:36:34 -0400 http://media.nbcnewyork.com/images/213*120/edison+police+capt+home+firebomb.jpg
A New Jersey police officer is accused of firebombing a police captain's home where the captain was inside with his wife, two children and elderly mother, prosecutors said.

]]> http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/2-Year-Old-Child-Injured-Attempted-Robbery-Bedford-Stuyvesant-Brooklyn-208856081.html Fri, 24 May 2013 14:51:19 -0400 http://media.nbcnewyork.com/images/219*120/police_tape_crime_generic.jpg
A 2-year-old child was injured when her mother was assaulted during an attempted robbery in Brooklyn Friday, police sources said.

]]> http://www.nbcnewyork.com/video/#!/news/local/Jersey-Shore-Reopens,-But-Challenges-Remain/208886401 Fri, 24 May 2013 23:10:39 -0400 http://media.nbcnewyork.com/images/213*120/seaside+memorial+preps.jpg
The Jersey Shore has officially reopened for the summer, but post-Sandy challenges still remain. Brian Thompson has the story.

]]> http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Girl-Shot-Bus-Funeral-Daja-Robinson-Q6-Queens-South-Jamaica-208853081.html Fri, 24 May 2013 14:30:23 -0400 http://media.nbcnewyork.com/images/213*120/girl-bus-funeral.jpg
Family and friends said farewell Friday to the 14-year-old girl shot and killed on a Queens bus as she headed home from a sweet 16 party.

]]> http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Waterview-Club-in-Bayville-Abruptly-Closed-Brides-Say-Owned-Money-Long-Island-208738691.html Fri, 24 May 2013 07:24:14 -0400 http://media.nbcnewyork.com/images/213*120/jilted+long+island+bride.jpg
Brides who planned to marry at a beachfront wedding venue on Long Island abruptly learned the club was closing in mid-April, and are angry that the owner, who they say owes them tens of thousands of...

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]]> http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Carjacking-Long-Island-Freeport-Police-Driver-Abduct-Bound-Robbed-208807301.html Fri, 24 May 2013 11:45:17 -0400 http://media.nbcnewyork.com/images/213*120/nassau+county+police+car1.jpg
Five armed suspects accosted a driver as he stopped at a Long Island traffic light early Thursday, hitting him in the head with a gun before robbing him and stuffing him in the trunk of his Mercedes...

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]]> http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Amanda-Bynes-Arrested-Throws-Bong-Out-Window-Midtown-Manhattan-Apartment-208758721.html Fri, 24 May 2013 23:01:28 -0400 http://media.nbcnewyork.com/images/213*120/amanda-bynes-arrest.jpg
Actress Amanda Bynes was arrested by police in her midtown apartment Thursday night after officers said her room reeked of marijuana and caught her throwing drug paraphernalia out the window, law...

]]> http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Roosevelt-Island-Power-Outage-Con-Edison-208825931.html Fri, 24 May 2013 11:37:54 -0400 http://media.nbcnewyork.com/images/160*120/coned.jpg
Con Edison responded to a power outage on Roosevelt Island Friday, which displaced students in at least one school, officials said.

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]]> http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Subway-Dancers-Attack-Straphanger-Assault-Police-Queens-208798151.html Fri, 24 May 2013 06:59:51 -0400 http://media.nbcnewyork.com/images/213*120/subway+dancers.jpg
Police are looking for three suspects believed to be in their teens who attacked a straphanger after performing a "dance show" on a Queens subway earlier this month, authorities said.

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]]> http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Chelsea-Fatal-Stabbing-Police-Hospital--208798911.html Fri, 24 May 2013 07:23:22 -0400 http://media.nbcnewyork.com/images/213*120/ambulance_generic_2.jpg
The NYPD is investigating after a 28-year-old man was found stabbed to death in Chelsea Friday morning.

]]> http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/subway-robbery-bronx-sleeping-man-pelham-bay-208754251.html Thu, 23 May 2013 22:05:34 -0400 http://media.nbcnewyork.com/images/213*120/subwayrobbery_722x406_31224387535.jpg
Police are searching for two men who allegedly assaulted and robbed a man in a Bronx subway station.

]]> http://www.nbcnewyork.com/video/#!/news/local/Lightning-Strike-Damages-New-Jersey-Home/208762851 Fri, 24 May 2013 01:15:00 -0400 http://media.nbcnewyork.com/images/213*120/WNBC_000000002141760_722x406_31232579573.jpg
In New Jersey, it wasn't just the rain from Thursday's storm that caused major headaches. Lightning sent one couple running from their home. News 4's Gus Rosendale reports.

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Flash flood warnings remain in effect for parts of the tri-state as a round of storms moves through the area, forecasters say.

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]]> http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Anthony-Weiner-Pittsburgh-Bridge-Graphic-Mayoral-Campaign-208694901.html Thu, 23 May 2013 22:58:46 -0400 http://media.nbcnewyork.com/images/213*120/anthony+weiner+press.jpg
As Anthony Weiner launched his first day on the trail for New York City mayor Thursday, his campaign scrambled to explain why the homepage of his website featured the Pittsburgh skyline instead of the...

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Police are questioning a 16-year-old boy in the shooting of a14-year-old girl on a Queens bus last weekend, Police Commissioner Ray Kelly said Thursday.

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]]> http://www.nbcnewyork.com/video/#!/news/local/Jersey-Shore-Cleanup-Continues-Ahead-of-Holiday-Weekend/208738091 Thu, 23 May 2013 23:40:21 -0400 http://media.nbcnewyork.com/images/213*120/jetstar+debris+concerns.jpg
Divers are still scouring the waters off the Jersey shore for any hidden debris left from Sandy that could injure tourists going into the ocean this summer. New Jersey reporter Brian Thompson has...

]]> http://www.nbcnewyork.com/video/#!/news/local/Streets-of-Nyack-Submerged-After-Flash-Flood/208733831 Fri, 24 May 2013 01:14:40 -0400 http://media.nbcnewyork.com/images/213*120/nyack+flooding+car+rescue.jpg
In a matter of seconds, sidewalks and roads were covered in water following this afternoon's rain storm. Nearby business owners filmed Mother Nature's fury while some had to be rescued from the rising...

]]> http://www.nbcnewyork.com/video/#!/news/local/Off-Campus-Hofstra-Students-Want-More-Security-After-Shooting-Death/208733821 Thu, 23 May 2013 19:32:11 -0400 http://media.nbcnewyork.com/images/213*120/hofstra+public+safety.jpg
Nerves on Hofstra University's campus are frayed after a police officer accidentally shot and killed a student who was being held hostage by an ex-con inside the off-campus house she shared with other...

]]> http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Bodies-Found-Kinnelon-New-Jersey-Gated-Smoke-Rise-Community-Police-208679891.html Thu, 23 May 2013 13:29:10 -0400 http://media.nbcnewyork.com/images/213*120/police-sirens.jpg
Authorities are investigating after two people were found dead in a home in a gated New Jersey community Thursday morning.

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