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NEW YORK CITY (PIX11) — The MTA will offer discounted fares on Long Island Rail Road and Metro-North Railroad trips in New York City soon after the agency’s congestion pricing plan starts this summer. The MTA board approved a 10% cut on Metro-North and LIRR rail fares for monthly tickets in a vote Tuesday, hoping [...]

NEW YORK (PIX11) – Two people in New York City are a little richer Tuesday after buying prize-winning Powerball tickets, according to lottery officials. A ticket worth $100,000 was sold at Canarsie Liquor Outlet Inc., located at 8606 Flatlands Ave. in Brooklyn. Another ticket worth $50,000 was sold at a 7-Eleven located at 2084 Victory [...]

NEW YORK — The judge overseeing former President Trump’s hush money case held him in contempt Tuesday for violating a gag order nine times. Judge Juan Merchan fined Trump $9,000 over his recent posts on Truth Social and campaign website attacking prospective jurors and prosecutors’ expected star witnesses, warning the former president that additional violations [...]

BROOKLYN, N.Y. (PIX11) -- Thousands of tiny elephants will fly at the sixth annual Dumbo Drop in Brooklyn. The annual tradition helps support two public schools in Dumbo. This year's event will occur on May 31 with two drops at 5 p.m. and 7 p.m. Attendees can expect a souvenir elephant or parachute to take [...]

NEW YORK (PIX11) – Billie Eilish is going on tour after the release of her album, "Hit Me Hard And Soft," on May 17. The tour kicks off in Canada at the end of September. She'll be performing at the Prudential Center in Newark on Oct. 9 before three planned shows at Madison Square Garden [...]

NEW YORK (PIX11) – Here's a deal you'll surely relish. The Mets will be serving $1 hot dogs during their game against the Chicago Cubs at Citi Field on Tuesday night. Gluten-free or vegetarian options are available, and you can purchase up to four hot dogs per transaction, according to the team's website.

NEW YORK (PIX11) – MTA CEO Janno Lieber called New Jersey's lawsuit over congestion pricing "kind of amazing" on PIX11 Morning News. "It's amazing that Phil Murphy is suing Joe Biden in an election year," Lieber said when asked about the impact of congestion pricing on New Jersey commuters. The state of New Jersey filed [...]

BROOKLYN, N.Y. (PIX11) -- An on-duty New York City Housing Authority employee was arrested after allegedly choking another on-duty employee during a fight on Monday, police said Tuesday. Rasheed Muhammad, 46, was charged with strangulation and criminal mischief in connection to the incident, according to the NYPD. It was unclear what led to the fight. [...]

MORNINGSIDE HEIGHTS, Manhattan (PIX11) – Protesters have taken over a building on the Columbia University campus early Tuesday morning after discussions between the school and demonstrators broke down. Around 30 people are inside Hamilton Hall, which is the home of the school's Department of Classics, sources told PIX11 News. It's the latest escalation at the [...]

BED-STUY, Brooklyn (PIX11) – A 15-year-old boy who was shot managed to walk to a police post in Bed-Stuy early Tuesday, sources told PIX11 News. The shooting happened at a gas station on Atlantic Avenue around 3:30 a.m., police said. The teen walked up to the foot post on Herkimer Street, according to sources. The [...]

NEW YORK (PIX11) -- A candlelight vigil was held Monday night for 33-year-old Melanie Woods, who was found stabbed to death last week in her bathtub in East Harlem. Police have arrested and charged 51-year-old Candido Rodriguez with her murder. Friends said Woods was breaking up with Rodriguez. "She was such a light. We only [...]

NEW YORK (PIX11) -- Students at Columbia University are facing suspension after refusing to clear an encampment set up inside the campus by a pro-Palestinian group. The ultimatum was issued Monday morning. “The group today unanimously made the decision to continue this encampment until Columbia divest,” said a spokesperson for the pro-Palestinian group. Outside, supporters [...]

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Three officers on a U.S. Marshals Task Force serving a warrant for a felon wanted for possessing a firearm were killed along with a Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department officer and four other officers were wounded in a shootout Monday at a North Carolina home, police said. Some of the officers who rushed [...]

A Louisiana man convicted of raping a teenage girl will be physically castrated as part of his sentencing, which includes a 50-year stint in prison.

Juarez industry officials say commercial truck delays at El Paso border crossings are costing them up to $32 million a day.

PATERSON, N.J. (PIX11) -- To understand the combustible circumstances that set the stage for New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin’s unprecedented supersession – or outright takeover of the Paterson Police Department, you only have to look back a few years to a series of high-profile cases involving controversial police-involved deaths of civilians, a mysterious disappearance, and [...]

BROOKLYN, N.Y. (PIX11) -- L train service has resumed running with delays, according to officials. Trains were delayed in both directions between Broadway Junction and Canarsie-Rockaway Parkway after an individual was struck by a train at East 105th Street on Monday evening, according to officials.

NEW YORK (PIX11) -- Investment in the community is a top priority for JP Morgan Chase’s chairman and New York Native Jamie Dimon. From affordable housing to community branches, he shares his ideas with us for creating wealth, building communities, and creating jobs. Dimon sat down with Monica Morales for a conversation about the business [...]

NEW YORK (PIX11) -- How could you not love Jalen Brunson? He is not a physically imposing athlete. He was not tabbed to be a star coming out of college. He was a second-round pick out of Villanova. His free-agent signing with the Knicks was not celebrated; many so-called NBA experts mocked it. Yet, here [...]

NEW YORK (PIX11) -- Technology has the power to make our communities better. Some tech leaders said AI cannot only be an exciting new tool for innovation, but can be instrumental in helping fight poverty and actually increase the workforce. Jamie Dimon sat down with Monica Morales for a conversation about various topics. Dimon’s 60-plus page [...]

CEDAR GROVE, N.J. (PIX11) -- A New Jersey pharmacy that has been in business for 29 years is trying to pick up the pieces after a tractor-trailer barreled into their business. It happened Friday morning at The Medicine Shoppe Pharmacy on Pompton Avenue in Cedar Grove. According to Cedar Grove Police, the tractor-trailer lost control [...]