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A New Jersey woman allegedly beat her wife to death with a wine chiller — a week after gushing about the “uncountable ways” her partner has changed her life, authorities said. Mayra Gavilanez-Alectus, 48, is being sought by Brick police in the death of 32-year-old Rebecca Gavilanez-Alectus, who was found lifeless Sunday in an upstairs...

There’s a new crisis emerging amid the coronavirus pandemic — New York City children aren’t getting their shots. Child vaccination rates in the Big Apple have dramatically plunged during the coronavirus pandemic, Mayor Bill de Blasio said Wednesday, calling the revelation “quite shocking and troubling.” “The sheer magnitude has become clear to us in the...

State cops said they were powerless to investigate an Orange County yeshiva that may have been violating state coronavirus restrictions Tuesday because of a loophole in the regulations, according to a report. News 12 Hudson Valley said that students were seen being dropped off at the United Talmudical Academy in Kiryas Joel Tuesday and that...

Some unscrupulous tenants in the tony Hamptons are using the state’s non-eviction order to squat in style, local landlords and real-estate brokers claim. The short-term renters moved into their beach-town pads on Long Island before the coronavirus struck and Gov. Andrew Cuomo enacted a moratorium on evictions till at least Aug. 20 to protect those...

New York City residents should be allowed on Long Island’s beaches, Mayor Bill de Blasio said Tuesday — after being ripped as “irresponsible” by a top Nassau County pol for closing the Big Apple’s own shores amid the coronavirus pandemic. “This should not be about any ill feeling toward people depending on where they come...

A pair of EMS heroes fighting on the front-lines of the coronavirus pandemic tied the knot in Times Square Tuesday — during a live-streamed ceremony that aired on “Good Morning America.” EMT Kyle Short, 26, and paramedic Meagan Herlilhy, 25, said their “I dos” from the balcony of the Hard Rock Cafe during a segment...

The Metropolitan Museum of Art announced plans to reopen to the public in mid-August or “perhaps a few weeks later,” according to a statement released Tuesday. The museum says that the opening is being planned in tandem with New York State’s cautious, phased plan for reopening the city as coronavirus cases retreat. “The Met has...

A masked bank robber put a knife to a manager’s neck after a teller brushed off his demands for cash, police said Tuesday. The blade-wielding man walked into the Valley National Bank on Liberty Avenue in South Richmond Hill around 2 p.m. Monday, handed the teller a manila envelope and said, “Put all the money...

In mid-March, sports stadiums across the country went dark as the threat of the coronavirus grew. First, the NBA pulled the plug on its season March 11, after Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert tested positive for the virus, bringing at least one other teammate and an opponent with him. The NHL quickly followed suit, then...

Nassau County Executive Laura Curran flip-flopped Tuesday and now says the county’s beach will be closed to non-residents for the summer. “As county executive, my No. 1 priority will always be the health and safety of our residents,” the Long Island pol said in a statement to The Post — soon after her office insisted...