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Sun, sand … and fines? Maybe, if you’re unaware of the rules for New York City’s public beaches, which officially open this Saturday, May 25.

While this isn’t an exhaustive list of all the Memorial Day deals that are available, we have you covered with discounts on food and drinks, gas and even an American flag giveaway.

Police shot and killed a man they say was armed with a knives in Brooklyn and refused commands to drop the weapons. The 26-year-old man allegedly approached officers in Bushwick around 2 a.m. Sunday with two knives, NYPD Chief of Patrol John Chell said. Two officers were finishing up a domestic call near Eldert Street and Central Avenue when the&#8...

Police put a man in the hospital Sunday morning with critical injuries following a brief pursuit in Brooklyn that ended with cops striking the man with their car, the NYPD said. The encounter started around 3:30 a.m. in the Brownsville neighborhood when narcotics detectives allegedly spotted the man pointing a gun at a woman outside of a store near...

The famed “Home Alone” house — one of the most iconic movie homes and a popular Christmastime attraction in Chicago’s North Shore — has hit the market.

A man set a cup of liquid on fire and tossed it at fellow subway rider in New York City, setting the victim’s shirt ablaze and injuring him. The random attack happened on a No. 1 train in lower Manhattan on Saturday afternoon, city police said, adding that the suspect was in custody. Police said the victim suffered burns to…

A campus safety officer at a public college in New York City has been suspended after footage circulated online showing him cursing at pro-Palestinian protesters saying he supported killing them all.

A printing error made around a decade ago resulted in millions of $1 bills with a rare misprint. Here’s what to look for.

A man who allegedly set a fellow New York City subway rider on fire using a flaming liquid was arrested, and police believe he is also behind an arson at a different Manhattan station earlier in the year.

A man was killed after getting clipped by the side of a box truck, then hit again by an SUV driver while crossing a street in Brooklyn, according to police.

For the first time in generations, beachgoers were out on the sand in a New Jersey shore community on the Sunday morning before Memorial Day as a Christian religious group fights the state over its regular beach closures there during Sunday services.

A man was slashed in his face in a lower Manhattan attack, and police are looking into what may have led to the incident.

An arrest has been made following the death of a 12-year-old girl found unresponsive in a New Jersey home on Saturday afternoon. Frances Caso, 48, was arrested on charges of endangering the welfare of a child, possession of a controlled substance, and possession of drug paraphernalia. Officers from the Fort Lee Police Department responded to a home...