Weird

Westchester County fire crews responded to a farm after a fire alarm was set off. But there was no fire and no person had been near the fire alarm — it turns out to have just been some horse play

NJ Transit is asking for help finding the owner of a dog that boarded one of its trains a day ago. The adorable white pooch apparently followed someone, not his owner, onto a train at Mountain Station at the height of Thursday’s morning commute. It rode to Hoboken Terminal. NJ Transit officers checked around with colleagues near the Mountain....

Looking to get even with someone who dumped you? An animal shelter in New Jersey has a novel idea for the perfect gift for an ex.

A man with a gun terrorized a Long Island gas station employee after his debit card was denied, police said, wrecking the store and pointing a gun at the worker in order to allow him to pump some gas — but barely enough to even get a gallon’s worth.

New Jersey commuters had an exceptional start to their days when a bull on the tracks of Newark’s Penn Station delayed trains by 45 minutes.

Part of Long Island’s north shore turned bright red on Wednesday in reaction to a study testing wastewater, and while the images may look off-putting, scientists say there is nothing to fear. Researchers are examining the movement of treated wastewater from the Oyster Bay Village Wastewater Treatment Plant located within Oyster Bay Harbor, N....

Police were called to a Rutgers University dorm Monday after getting a call about a python in a room at Voorhees Residence Hall.

A pair of multicolored briefs peeking out above a robbery suspect’s low-slung trousers helped police arrest him more than a year later, federal authorities in New York said Wednesday.

A library in Westchester County said it received a package recently containing a book that was due back on Oct. 11 — of 1933. It was received in September, making it about a month shy of hitting 90 years overdue.

Many people were stuck inside their homes because of all the rain on Friday. But one New York City resident got to roam outside their home thanks to the deluge and floods.

A busted up windshield, a couple of crashed cars and a visibly shaken driver were the result of a deer that somehow jumped from an overpass and plunged through the windshield of a car on a New Jersey highway below.

A large sinkhole is creating a mess in a Long Island backyard, and those who live at the home said it sprung up out of nowhere — leading them to question what caused it to form.

A little more than a week after being spotted on the loose in New Jersey, this reptile on the run finally got wrangled by police.