Follow NBC New York - Local, filter it, and define how you want to receive the news (via Email, RSS, Telegram, WhatsApp etc.) https://follow.it/nbcnewyork Fri, 17 Sep 2021 20:50:29 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/gKtpH_EHfTYYB1eF62gssZs0ohxaO6Yr A fast-moving fire roared through a northern New Jersey home early Friday, killing a man and his adult son and injuring a woman, authorities said. The fire in North Arlington, which was reported around 4:15 a.m., apparently broke out on the second floor and left the residents trapped in the home. The cause of the blaze was not immediately known,...]]> Fri, 17 Sep 2021 10:11:27 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/gKtpH_EHfTYYB1eF62gssZs0ohxaO6Yr https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/gKtpH_EHfTYYB1eF62gssSlmFkX7M1Jw A 54-year-old woman has been arrested for allegedly punching a 77-year-old woman in the face before stealing her purse and bible in Queens over the weekend. Lisa Bailey faces a robbery charge in the Sunday noon attack on a 36th Avenue sidewalk. It wasn’t clear if she had retained an attorney. According to police, Bailey allegedly walked up to the...]]> Fri, 17 Sep 2021 06:54:28 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/gKtpH_EHfTYYB1eF62gssSlmFkX7M1Jw https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/gKtpH_EHfTZ3Kfc8H9bThuzdsCmHakzH As the search for Gabby Petito, a 22-year-old woman originally from Long Island, intensifies, officials are finding out more about what happened between her and her fiancé Brian Laundrie in the days before and after her disappearance.]]> Fri, 17 Sep 2021 06:17:46 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/gKtpH_EHfTZ3Kfc8H9bThuzdsCmHakzH https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/gKtpH_EHfTYJQZ82y0HrHylmFkX7M1Jw TV actor Allison Mack has surrendered to a California prison to serve three years for her role in the cultlike group NXIVM]]> Fri, 17 Sep 2021 02:08:42 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/gKtpH_EHfTYJQZ82y0HrHylmFkX7M1Jw https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/gKtpH_EHfTYJQZ82y0HrHyejEQ2Mq9rY New York Giants offensive lineman Nick Gates broke his leg in the first quarter of his team's game at Washington]]> Fri, 17 Sep 2021 02:02:42 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/gKtpH_EHfTYJQZ82y0HrHyejEQ2Mq9rY https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/gKtpH_EHfTb2__QBgYWptuzdsCmHakzH Dustin Hopkins made a 43-yard field goal on an untimed down, and Washington defeated the New York Giants 30-29]]> Fri, 17 Sep 2021 01:06:26 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/gKtpH_EHfTb2__QBgYWptuzdsCmHakzH https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/gKtpH_EHfTb2__QBgYWptsb1naedg1wr A state appellate court Thursday reversed one of two decisions to allow Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown to appear on the November ballot as an independent candidate after he lost the Democratic primary.]]> Fri, 17 Sep 2021 00:30:08 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/gKtpH_EHfTb2__QBgYWptsb1naedg1wr https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/gKtpH_EHfTb2__QBgYWptiejEQ2Mq9rY Prince Andrew can request the unsealing of a 2009 settlement agreement that his lawyer claims protects him from a lawsuit alleging he sexually assaulted a girl two decades ago, a U.S. judge said Thursday.]]> Thu, 16 Sep 2021 23:54:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/gKtpH_EHfTb2__QBgYWptiejEQ2Mq9rY https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/gKtpH_EHfTb08DNyGyQ-BZs0ohxaO6Yr New York Gov. Kathy Hochul vowed this week to fight a lawsuit launched by a group of Christian health care practitioners who argue that New York’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for many health care workers is unconstitutional because it lacks a religious exemption.]]> Thu, 16 Sep 2021 23:22:48 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/gKtpH_EHfTb08DNyGyQ-BZs0ohxaO6Yr https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/gKtpH_EHfTb08DNyGyQ-BV1cWWor9YPv A hostess at a well-known New York City restaurant was attacked just for asking to see a group's proof of COVID vaccination, a requirement to dine inside in the city.]]> Thu, 16 Sep 2021 22:41:11 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/gKtpH_EHfTb08DNyGyQ-BV1cWWor9YPv https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/gKtpH_EHfTb08DNyGyQ-BXn9ye8UNv30 A Queens building superintendent made a bizarre and grim discovery while checking out a leak: the badly decomposed remains of a longtime resident — and her daughter was still living in the apartment.]]> Thu, 16 Sep 2021 22:20:09 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/gKtpH_EHfTb08DNyGyQ-BXn9ye8UNv30 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/gKtpH_EHfTb08DNyGyQ-BeT5HJgy6HUf A spate of inmate deaths. Cellblocks unguarded. Staggering staffing shortages caused by AWOL guards. Detainees deprived of food and medical care. New York City’s notorious Rikers Island jail complex, troubled by years of neglect, has spiraled into turmoil during the coronavirus pandemic.]]> Thu, 16 Sep 2021 21:51:05 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/gKtpH_EHfTb08DNyGyQ-BeT5HJgy6HUf https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/gKtpH_EHfTb08DNyGyQ-BSejEQ2Mq9rY A three-wheeled Harley Davidson bike known as a “trike” is under fire from riders who say the vehicle’s complex breaking system has caused unexpected -and sometimes deadly – swerves off of highways]]> Thu, 16 Sep 2021 19:19:45 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/gKtpH_EHfTb08DNyGyQ-BSejEQ2Mq9rY https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/gKtpH_EHfTbswllnvEN2C-T5HJgy6HUf Gabby Petito, a 22-year-old from Blue Point, Long Island, was reported missing by her family on Sept. 11. That was three weeks after they had last heard from her and two weeks after cops say her fiance, Brian Laundrie, returned to his Florida home from a two-month cross-country road trip the two had taken in a van. He was alone.]]> Thu, 16 Sep 2021 15:29:43 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/gKtpH_EHfTbswllnvEN2C-T5HJgy6HUf https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/gKtpH_EHfTbswllnvEN2C5VjH6qdYdAk The Transportation Department said Thursday it will give rights for several afternoon and evening flights in Newark, New Jersey, to a budget airline. The coveted takeoff and landing rights were previously used by Southwest Airlines, which pulled out of Newark Liberty International Airport in 2019 and consolidated its New York City-area operations at LaGuardia Airport. The Transportation Department said Thursday...]]> Thu, 16 Sep 2021 14:41:03 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/gKtpH_EHfTbswllnvEN2C5VjH6qdYdAk https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/gKtpH_EHfTYwfltgH2T0B11cWWor9YPv Hundreds of birds migrating through New York City this week died after crashing into the city’s glass towers, a mass casualty event spotlighted by an NYC Audubon volunteer’s tweets showing the World Trade Center littered with bird carcasses. This week’s avian death toll was particularly high, but bird strikes on Manhattan skyscrapers are a persistent problem that NYC Audubon has documented for...]]> Thu, 16 Sep 2021 14:26:46 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/gKtpH_EHfTYwfltgH2T0B11cWWor9YPv https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/gKtpH_EHfTYwfltgH2T0B8b1naedg1wr New Jersey will institute universal pre-K to all families across the state over the next several years, Gov. Phil Murphy announced Thursday. Murphy, a Democrat running for reelection this year, has increased state funding for pre-K since he took office in 2018 by 35%, but the pledge Thursday will expand the availability of early childhood education. Thursday’s round of funding...]]> Thu, 16 Sep 2021 13:44:08 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/gKtpH_EHfTYwfltgH2T0B8b1naedg1wr https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/gKtpH_EHfTbdT2tWTcN32SlmFkX7M1Jw The NYPD and U.S. Marshals arrested a man suspected of shooting a pregnant woman in Harlem after a baby shower over the weekend, killing her, three law enforcement sources with direct knowledge of the case told News 4 Thursday. The suspect, Justin Soriano, surrendered when authorities knocked on a Bronx apartment door near Gun Hill Road, the sources said. There...]]> Thu, 16 Sep 2021 07:55:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/gKtpH_EHfTbdT2tWTcN32SlmFkX7M1Jw https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/gKtpH_EHfTb_-JsCEJKlLZs0ohxaO6Yr About 70,000 kindergarteners in New York City were the first in the nation to receive baby bonds meant to help close the generational wealth gap. Every kindergarten student in the five boroughs will have a 529 college savings account set up with a minimum of $100 as the city invests in its children’s future. Starting this year, all kindergarten children...]]> Thu, 16 Sep 2021 04:06:47 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/gKtpH_EHfTb_-JsCEJKlLZs0ohxaO6Yr https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/gKtpH_EHfTb_-JsCEJKlLXn9ye8UNv30 Tarana Burke's name became synonymous with the #MeToo movement four years ago, when allegations against Harvey Weinstein launched the social reckoning against sexual misconduct]]> Thu, 16 Sep 2021 03:26:33 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/gKtpH_EHfTb_-JsCEJKlLXn9ye8UNv30