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Giant, yellow, non-native spiders that can travel through the air may be coming to the New York and New Jersey — if they’re not already here yet.

Starting Monday, the city is opening the waitlist for NYCHA’s Section 8 Voucher Lottery for the first time in 15 years — allowing for more people to take a chance at the city’s rent subsidy lottery, according to city officials. The waitlist will be open for applications until Sunday, the city said. Mayor Eric Adams said that last ...

A 12-year-old boy is facing manslaughter charges for the shooting death of a 14-year-old teen in Brooklyn on Sunday, police said. Police sources said the 14-year-old, Jasai Guy, and his cousin were playing with a gun in a fifth floor apartment at the Howard Houses when the teen was shot in the chest. Medics picked up the teen and rushed…...

Police said that after the crash, the suspect jumped into a public safety officer’s car and took off. Police found the 21-year-old a short time later — wearing a town official’s jacket and eating the official’s sandwich.

Federal prosecutors and the FBI have arrested and charged a man with allegedly placing bets and coordinating his betting with former NBA player Jontay Porter, according to NBA league records and a copy of the criminal complaint filed by prosecutors in Brooklyn.

James Kane has used a magnet to fish all manner of junk from New York City waterways, but stacks of $100 bills he pulled from a safe were something else entirely. Kane’s girlfriend, Barbi Agostini, 39, thought he was joking when he said their life was about to change, she told The Associated Press on Monday. She was filming as…

Nearly two weeks after a Paterson man was shot, the basketball court in Glen Rock is still locked up after being deemed a crime scene. NBC New York’s Jen Maxfield reports. 

Horse racing’s Triple Crown will come to a close with the 2024 Belmont Stakes. Here is everything to know about the event, including horses, schedule and the money up for grabs.

Rep. Andy Kim won the Democratic primary for the Senate currently held by Sen. Bob Menendez, who will be running as an independent in the fall, while Curtis bashaw won the GOP primary in that race. In the 8th congressional district, incumbent Rob Menendez fought off an aggressive challenge by Hoboken Mayor Ravi Bhalla in the democratic primary. NBC...

Local businesses are gearing up for a big boom as this years Cricket World Cup is being hosted in East Meadow, Long Island. NBC New York’s Erica Byfield reports. 

The Bronx  Children’s Museum is attempting to address low literacy rates as well as inspire the younger generation to read more with the first of it’d kind “Book Bodega”. 

A Suffolk County woman ordered a set of Ozempic pens in order to lose weight, but one of the pens were faulty and didn’t work the company refused to giver her a refund. NBC New York’s Lynda Baquero reports. 

New body cam video released from the Ocean City Police Department displays the chaos beach-goers and cops alike experienced over the Memorial day weekend. NBC New York’s Ted Greenberg reports.