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MIDTOWN, Manhattan (WABC) -- A man arrested after attempting to enter St. Patrick's Cathedral in Manhattan with two gasoline cans and lighter fluid Wednesday night was also arrested at a church in New Jersey Monday and had booked a one-way ticket to Rome, according to police.

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – An NYPD officer was shot Thursday afternoon in Washington Heights. The armed suspect police were crashing was killed in the gun battle. It happened at 187th Street and Wadsworth Avenue at around 4:30 p.m. Police were responding to a 911 call of a man firing shots into the air

Anyone who was expecting a political battle royal at last night’s West New York Board of Commissioners meeting, the last one before the May 14th municipal elections, was not disappointed as both sides let it all hang out.

Gearing up for Earth Day at the end of April, more than 20 students from the North Bergen High School Environmental Club gathered on a warm spring Monday to clean up bags and bags of trash from 3701 Tonnelle Avenue, leaving a much cleaner space.

LOWER MANHATTAN — The Green New Deal is a proposed series of legislation that's been the subject of a lot of discussion in Washington, DC, and has helped Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's profile there grow even larger. However, on Thursday, her hometown of New York, passed a Green New Deal of its own

New bus lanes, sidewalk spaces and turn restrictions across all five boroughs should significantly speed bus service, Mayor de Blasio said Thursday. The strategy, dubbed the “Better Bus Action Plan,” identifies 24 areas across the city that will receive bus-oriented infrastructure upgrades this year

(Based on games played and reported to njschoolsports.com through April 16) 1-Bayonne (7-1) 2-St. Peter's Prep (6-4) 3-Hoboken (6-0) 4-North Bergen (6-2) 5-Hudson Catholic (3-2) 6-Marist (3-6)

JERSEY CITY — The Sip Avenue site that is home to the VIP Diner, the Journal Square eatery in business for over 45 years, has been sold. Real estate firm Holliday Fenoglio Fowler announced the sale of 175 Sip Ave. on Thursday, making public a deal that has been rumored for months. The property is a

Dave Gettleman is on the hot seat, but he isn’t acting like it. The Giants GM came off confident in Thursday’s pre-draft press conference in East Rutherford, even though if he screws up next week’s draft, it could mean his job.

“Congestion pricing” is supposed to ease traffic and raise enough funds to fix the subways, but it’s becoming increasingly clear: It’ll do neither. Take, for example, Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s announcement Wednesday that he and New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy will set up cashless tolls on the Hudson River cro

An illegal immigrant from Mexico had a missing 15-year-old girl from Paterson he’d abducted and raped with him when an Ohio state trooper pulled his car over earlier this week, authorities said.

Nearly three weeks after reaching a unanimous guilty verdict, there’s a lone griper among jurors in the Howard Beach jogger murder trial. In court papers filed by defense lawyers for convicted murder Chanel Lewis, a man identified as “Juror A” alleges behind-the-scenes misbehavior by three of his fe

Strike nine and he's out. Or maybe that's 21 strikes, if you count all the times Frederick "Chief" Owle has been arrested. Either way, Owle won't get another shot after a Superior Court judge this week sentenced the 49-year-old to life in prison after his most recent bust for stealing a pack of Newp

JACKSON — A man who called police after he was pinned under a piece of heavy equipment that collapsed on him Thursday morning died several hours later. Kenneth Mann, 58, was taking apart equipment when it collapsed just after 7 a.m. at the garage at Ralph Clayton & Sons, according to a preliminary i

SHAMONG — A woman faces 60 counts of animal cruelty after officers rescued 20 dogs from "deplorable and inhumane conditions" at her home. Marissa Corbett, 39, was arrested and released with a pending court date.

Teresa Giudice appeared to be cool and collected following news that her husband Joe’s deportation appeal was denied earlier this month. Hours after the Giudice family attorney James J. Leonard Jr. confirmed the news about Joe’s deportation to PEOPLE, Teresa, 46, was photographed out and about in Ne

Whittling down the list of hot cars at this year's 2019 New York International Auto Show to just five favorites is a tough job, but I'm willing to do it. I will bravely take one for the team here and write more words about drift modes and added lightness. From worst-kept secrets to fun new versions

Newark police announce the results of a two-day warrant roundup conducted alongside the Essex County Sheriff’s Office and the New Jersey State Police. Officials say the most notable of the 32 arrests made was of a 17-year-old juvenile, who was wanted in a shooting last week. The juvenile is also a p

A New Jersey State Police trooper has been charged with having a sexually explicit photo and online conversation about a prepubescent girl. Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said Trooper Jeffrey Reitz, assigned to the Commercial Carrier Safety Inspection Unit, exchanged photos in 2014 with an adult

The man arrested while carrying cans of gasoline and lighter fluid at New York's St. Patrick's Cathedral is a college professor from New Jersey who teaches a course on the existence of God and had previously been arrested at a New Jersey cathedral days earlier.