Copyright 2013 http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/top-stories en-us Thu, 23 May 2013 06:05:16 -0400 Thu, 23 May 2013 06:05:16 -0400 NBC Owned Television Stations http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/NJ-Transit-Drunk-Directs-Traffic-Buses-Supervisor-Suspended-208548711.html Wed, 22 May 2013 16:58:05 -0400 http://media.nbcnewyork.com/images/213*120/nj-transit-drunk.jpg
An NJ Transit worker at a midtown bus lot has been suspended after NBC 4 New York captured footage of a drunk man directing traffic there, who said he was being paid by the worker to perform the duty.

]]> http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Brooklyn-New-York-Man-Survives-Oklahoma-Tornado-Moore-Family-Home-Devastated-208564851.html Wed, 22 May 2013 22:23:14 -0400 http://media.nbcnewyork.com/images/213*120/saad+muhammed+tornado+survivor.jpg
An Oklahoma tornado survivor with New York City roots is thankful he and his family escaped serious harm but now faces the devastating dilemma of whether to abandon the lift he has built in Moore for the...

Photo Credit: NBC 4 New York

]]> http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Girl-Nearly-Hit-Bullet-Bedroom-Morningside-Heights-Apartment-Manhattan-208594411.html Wed, 22 May 2013 22:37:48 -0400 http://media.nbcnewyork.com/images/213*120/girl+grazed+bullet.jpg
A 12-year-old Manhattan girl was nearly hit by a bullet that came through her window while she was sitting on her bed in her home Monday night.

Photo Credit: NBC 4 New York

]]> http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/TGI-Fridays-Premium-Liquor-Well-Brand-New-Jersey-Operation-Swill-208516231.html Thu, 23 May 2013 00:03:31 -0400 http://media.nbcnewyork.com/images/213*120/Bar-generic.jpg
New Jersey authorities say nearly 30 bars and restaurants, including 13 TGI Fridays, have been duping customers by filling premium-brand liquor bottles with well-brand alcohol and charging the higher price.

Photo Credit: Getty Images

]]> http://www.nbcnewyork.com/investigations/NYC-Soaring-Overdose-Prescription-Narcotic-Pills-Health-Campaign-Staten-Island-208586691.html Wed, 22 May 2013 22:48:57 -0400 http://media.nbcnewyork.com/images/213*120/prescription+pills+psa+nyc.jpg
More New Yorkers find themselves addicted to doctor-prescribed narcotics, and increasingly the city is treating the problem as a public health crisis.

]]> http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Anthony-Weiner-Running-New-York-City-Mayor-Campaign-Video-2013-Mayoral-Race-208446251.html Wed, 22 May 2013 20:26:33 -0400 http://media.nbcnewyork.com/images/224*120/weiner+campaign+video.jpg
Anthony Weiner announced his candidacy for New York City mayor with a campaign video posted to YouTube. "I made some big mistakes and I know I let a lot of people down. But I've also learned some tough lessons,...

Photo Credit: YouTube.com/AnthonyWeiner4Mayor

]]> http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Severe-Weather-Thunderstorm-Tornado-New-York-Forecast-New-Jersey-Connecticut--208517851.html Wed, 22 May 2013 23:14:53 -0400 http://media.nbcnewyork.com/images/213*120/rain+nyc+weather.jpg
Severe storms could bring heavy rain, hail, high winds and isolated tornadoes in some areas throughout the tri-state Thursday, and meteorologists are urging all residents to be cautious.

Photo Credit: Getty Images

]]> http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Father-Goose-Nest-Attacks-Rockland-County-Monsey-208557441.html Wed, 22 May 2013 22:14:52 -0400 http://media.nbcnewyork.com/images/213*120/father-goose.jpg
A protective father goose whose babies will soon hatch in a nest on the roof of a New York home is guarding them so fiercely the whole neighborhood is living in fear of his attacks.

]]> http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/LaGuardia-Delta-Plane-Engine-Failure-Emergency-Landing--208486651.html Wed, 22 May 2013 11:42:48 -0400 http://media.nbcnewyork.com/images/213*120/041211+delta+airlines+generic.jpg
A regional jet suffered an "engine shutdown" shortly after takeoff from LaGuardia Airport Wednesday morning, and had to make an emergency landing, the airline said.

Photo Credit: Getty Images

]]> http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/national-international/School-Board-Votes-to-close-49-schools-208547131.html Wed, 22 May 2013 23:36:50 -0400 http://media.nbcnewyork.com/images/213*120/AP319594796174.jpg
The Chicago School Board voted Wednesday to shutter 49 elementary schools and one high school in the nation's third-largest school system despite demonstrations and community outrage over the

Photo Credit: AP

]]> http://www.nbcnewyork.com/investigations/Drunk-Man-Directs-Traffic-Buses-NJ-Transit-Lot-37th-Street--208327771.html Wed, 22 May 2013 08:01:01 -0400 http://media.nbcnewyork.com/images/213*120/nj-transit-drunk-directing-buses.jpg
A man who doesn't work for New Jersey Transit but directed traffic at a bus lot in midtown while wearing an agency vest was regularly drunk on the job, possibly endangering commuters and pedestrians until NBC 4...

Photo Credit: NBC 4 New York

]]> http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Tannerite-Explosive-Target-Practice-Bombs-FBI-208528981.html Thu, 23 May 2013 00:02:43 -0400 http://media.nbcnewyork.com/images/213*120/tannerite+generic.jpg
A product used in exploding rifle targets is now on the FBI's radar as a possible explosive that could be used to make bombs.

Photo Credit: NBC 4 New York

]]> http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/national-international/Highlands-Gallery-draft-207595501.html Wed, 22 May 2013 12:30:16 -0400 http://media.nbcnewyork.com/images/213*120/gallery+thumb.jpg
The carnage wrought by Sandy—up to eight feet of water inundated downtown—has prompted what might best be described as an existential crisis, with residents, business owners and public...

Photo Credit: Getty Images

]]> http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/national-international/NATLLong-Beach-Islands-Sandy-Rebound-207865321.html Wed, 22 May 2013 12:30:11 -0400 http://media.nbcnewyork.com/images/213*120/LBI+is+Open+4.jpg
Realtors on Long Beach Island, a popular vacation spot on the New Jersey Shore, are finding that some repeat visitors are refusing to book summer rentals over fears of damage from the storm.

Photo Credit: Ryan Morrill/The SandPaper

]]> http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/LBI-Sandy-Rentals-Summer-207301151.html Wed, 22 May 2013 17:18:12 -0400 http://media.nbcnewyork.com/images/213*120/sandy_thumb_jmc_P2.jpg
More than six months after Sandy, many repeat summer renters have not yet booked homes on Long Beach Island, N.J. over fears of damage from the storm. Realtors and homeowners, who typically have the bulk...

]]> http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Highlands-Sandy-Proud-But-Hurting-New-Jersey-Shore-Town-Confronts-Future-208090221.html Wed, 22 May 2013 17:39:09 -0400 http://media.nbcnewyork.com/images/213*120/regina+thumb_article.jpg
It’s hard to relax in Highlands, a small but proud middle-class town at the northern tip of the Jersey Shore. The borough of 28,000, at the junction of the Shrewsbury River and Sandy Hook Bay, is undergoing...

Photo Credit: Getty Images

]]> http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Cicadas-New-Jersey-17-Years-208411551.html Wed, 22 May 2013 05:26:21 -0400 http://media.nbcnewyork.com/images/213*120/cicadas+nj.jpg
Cicadas, which emerge every 17 years, seemed to pop up overnight from little holes in the ground in New Jersey.

]]> http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/sports/Brian-Urlacher-Retires-Bears-Linebacker-Chicago-208495791.html Wed, 22 May 2013 11:41:53 -0400 http://media.nbcnewyork.com/images/213*120/1588194701.jpg
Former Bear calls it quits in a post on WhoSay.com.

Photo Credit: Getty Images

]]> http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/national-international/Bear-Roams-Sun-Valley-Neighborhood-208474891.html Wed, 22 May 2013 23:10:54 -0400 http://media.nbcnewyork.com/images/213*120/bear-horses-tight.jpg
A bear wandered through a neighborhood north of Los Angeles for more than an hour Wednesday morning with squad cars and a helicopter on its tail as it scaled fences and surprised several horses in...

]]> http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Hofstra-Student-Andrea-Rebello-Wake-Police-Shooting-Nassau--208347321.html Wed, 22 May 2013 09:08:56 -0400 http://media.nbcnewyork.com/images/213*120/andrea+rebello+wake+may+21.jpg
Mourners gathered Tuesday at a wake for the Hofstra University student accidentally shot and killed by a police officer, remembering Andrea Rebello as a "treasure to the community" as they wondered if...

Photo Credit: NBC 4 New York

]]> http://www.nbcnewyork.com/video/#!/news/national-international/Womans-Remains-Identified-Decades-After-She-Was-Murdered,-Dismembered/208456871 Wed, 22 May 2013 08:16:37 -0400 http://media.nbcnewyork.com/images/213*120/Body+parts+washing+ashore+April+1985.jpg
The decades-old mystery of female body parts that washed up on South Florida's beaches has been solved. Nilsa Padilla was murdered, her body dismembered and then tossed into the waters off Key Biscayne...

Photo Credit: NBC 6 South Florida

]]> http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Video-Plainfield-New-Jersey-Dog-Attack-West-Seventh-Street-American-Bull-Dogs-208397921.html Wed, 22 May 2013 06:34:47 -0400 http://media.nbcnewyork.com/images/213*120/NJ+dog+attack.JPG
Police shot and killed two dogs who attacked a 55-year-old woman in Plainfield, N.J. over the weekend and NBC 4 New York has obtained a video shot by a witness, showing the vicious attack in progress.

]]> http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/national-international/LA-Mayor-Eric-Garcetti-Wendy-Greuel-Election-208446301.html Wed, 22 May 2013 23:16:49 -0400 http://media.nbcnewyork.com/images/213*120/garcetti4.JPG
Los Angeles Councilman Eric Garcetti defeated City Controller Wendy Greuel in a mayoral election that set spending records and saw both candidates rack up high-profile endorsements on the way to...

Photo Credit: AP

]]> http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Car-Crash-Pizzeria-Chicken-Restaurant-Bushwick-Brooklyn-Grove-Wyckoff-208396811.html Tue, 21 May 2013 18:04:00 -0400 http://media.nbcnewyork.com/images/213*120/bk+car+into+store+may+21.jpg
Four people were hurt when a car slammed into a store in Brooklyn early Tuesday evening.

Photo Credit: NBC 4 New York

]]> http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Girl-Shot-Bus-Queens-South-Jamaica-208329021.html Tue, 21 May 2013 21:04:09 -0400 http://media.nbcnewyork.com/images/213*120/bus+shot+queens.JPG
Detectives believe the intended target in the shooting that killed a 14-year-old girl on a Queens bus Saturday was another teen on the bus, sources tell NBC 4 New York.

Photo Credit: NBC 4 New York

]]> http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Anti-Gay-Hate-Crime-SoHo-Broadway-Attack-208337881.html Wed, 22 May 2013 09:03:09 -0400 http://media.nbcnewyork.com/images/213*120/Dan-Contarino-Victim-Hate-Crime.jpg
A gay couple was attacked early Tuesday in the SoHo neighborhood in New York City and a man was beaten in the East Village, hours after thousands marched to protest the killing of a gay man and several other bia...

]]> http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Bayonne-Water-Main-Break-Avenue-E-52-Street-208420521.html Tue, 21 May 2013 22:44:28 -0400 http://media.nbcnewyork.com/images/213*120/water+main+break+bayonne+may+21.jpg
A utility crew is working to repair a water main break in Bayonne, N.J.

]]> http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Construction-Worker-Injured-West-Village-Fall-Down-Hole-Manhattan-208356991.html Tue, 21 May 2013 16:01:19 -0400 http://media.nbcnewyork.com/images/213*120/caution+tape+00100.JPG
A construction worker in Manhattan fell 25 feet into a hole Tuesday, suffering several broken bones, authorities said.

]]>