An NYPD officer has died after being shot in the head during a confrontation with an armed man by the FDR Drive in East Harlem, senior police officials say.

Two former employees at a New Jersey day care are accused of encouraging children in their care to fight on camera.

Police have arrested a man they say fatally stabbed the granddaughter of actor Morgan Freeman in Manhattan early on Sunday.

An additional death is being linked to the Legionnaire’s disease outbreak in New York City.