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The family of a black New York man fatally shot during an encounter with a white New Jersey state trooper is demanding answers after receiving little information about his death. Maurice S. Gordon, 28, was shot and killed May 23 on the Garden State Parkway in Bass River, where he was pulled over by a...

After spending more than two months under lockdown, New York City became the final region in the state to reopen Monday — as retail, construction and other industries resumed limited business. “This was the epicenter and folks did the hard work, they sheltered in place, they did the social distancing, the face coverings and they...

Ten racehorses reportedly died early Sunday when the truck transporting them crashed on the New Jersey Turnpike. The fiery wreck occurred about 3 a.m. in the northbound lanes of the turnpike in East Windsor, according to NJ.com, citing state police. The driver of the truck pulling the trailer of horses crashed into a concrete divider,...

A dozen new confirmed cases of the coronavirus in Pennsylvania were traced to recent Jersey Shore “beach house gatherings,” health officials said. The Buck County Health Department in Pennsylvania reported 33 new coronavirus cases on Saturday, including 11 that can be traced back to a New Jersey resident “who attended multiple house gatherings at the...

Murders and shootings in the Big Apple skyrocketed last week compared to the same period last year, law enforcement sources said. From last Monday to Sunday night, there were 13 murders in the city, compared to five killings during the same week last year, sources said. The city reported 40 shootings last week — the...

TROY, NY — This is what the future of dining in New York looks like. DeFazio’s Pizzeria in Troy welcomed outdoor diners for the first time in three months on Saturday, as the state lifted restrictions on the upstate area — giving Big Apple residents a glimpse at what eating out will look like when...

A Brooklyn court officer was suspended and is under investigation for allegedly posting images that depict the lynchings of Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, The Post has learned Sgt. Terri Pinto Napolitano’s gun was taken away and she was referred to the state court systems’ inspector general for an investigation over the post on her...

The city Health Department has awarded a $1.2 billion contract focusing mainly on services to prevent HIV/AIDS — even as the Big Apple grapples with a massive budget crisis over the coronavirus. The huge nine-year contract to the not-for-profit firm Public Health Solutions was announced May 27 — the same day Mayor Bill de Blasio...

Top donors to President Trump are also pumping thousands of dollars into the campaign kitty of the Democratic primary rival to Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez — Michelle Caruso-Cabrera, campaign records show. Broadcaster Stanley Hubbard, who contributed $175,000 to the pro-Trump Great America PAC, contributed the maximum $5,600 to Caruso-Cabrera, according to opensecrets.org and filings with the...

William Morris, the NYPD’s Chief of Transportation, has succumbed to the coronavirus, department Commissioner Dermot Shea announced on Sunday. Morris was 61. “It saddens me to inform you that, after nearly 39 yrs of service to the people of NYC, Chief of Transportation William T. Morris passed away on Saturday from #COVID19,” tweeted Shea. “The...