The 2024 Olympics are right around the corner. The Summer Games are headed to Paris for the third time ever and first time in a full century. Instead of the usual four-year wait between Summer Olympics, the Paris Games will commence just three years after the Tokyo Games, which were pushed back from 2020 to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The upcoming Olympics will feature events at Paris landmarks, competitions between the world’s greatest athletes and around-the-clock coverage on NBC and Peacock. As the clock counts down to the Opening Ceremony, here is a full guide to get you prepared fo ..read more

China is fueling the fentanyl crisis in the U.S. by directly subsidizing the manufacturing of materials that are used by traffickers to make the drug outside the country, according to a report released Tuesday by a special House committee focused on countering the Chinese government. Committee investigators said they accessed a government website that revealed tax rebates for the production of specific fentanyl precursors as well as other synthetic drugs as long as those companies sell them outside of China. “Through its actions, as our report has revealed, the Chinese Communist Party is telli ..read more

One person was killed and three others were injured after scooter-riding shooters opened fire on a street corner in the Bronx Tuesday evening, police said. About 10 shots were fired after two scooters pulled up to the intersection near Townsend Avenue after 6 p.m. and passengers on the back of each pulled out guns, Assistant Police Chief Benjamin Gurley said. Three victims standing on the street corner in Mt. Eden, ranging in age from 23 to 37, suffered gunshot wounds to their legs. The fourth, a 29-year-old man, was hit in the legs and chest and later died, Gurley said. “The perpetrators wore ..read more

While excavating six 55-gallon barrels filled with chemicals at a Long Island park, environmental workers made a discovery: Even more barrels, between four and five of them, encased in concrete that were discarded decades ago. “We are not pleased we found this but we are doing the proper investigative work,” said Sean Maher, the interim commissioner for the New York Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC). An environmental group hired by Northrup Grumman is in the process of an remediating contamination at the sight of a former ballfield at Bethpage Park. On April 1, they discovered six ..read more

A 10-year-old girl was killed after she was struck by a car in a busy Brooklyn intersection, according to police. The victim was hit just before 3 p.m. in the area of Wallabout Street and Wythe Avenue in Williamsburg, police said. The young girl was taken to a nearby hospital, but could not be saved. Witnesses said the girl was walking home from school when she was hit. It’s unclear if she was with an adult or by herself. The driver of this a light-colored SUV was making a left hand turn at Wallabout Street when he hit the girl in the roadway, according to law enforcement sources. The crash oc ..read more

The biggest races, routines and games for many of this generation’s Olympic athletes were contested in front of mostly empty stands, largely devoid of coaches to help them out or friends and family to cheer them on. That was three years ago at the COVID-19 Summer Olympics and two years ago at the COVID-19 Winter Olympics. Now that they’re preparing for the Paris Olympics that begin in July — and a return to something that feels normal — the Americans heading back to the Games know they can never take for granted the screaming fans and a hug from Mom or Dad. “I think it’s super important to be ..read more

Sen. Robert Menendez may blame his wife if he takes the stand during his trial, possibly claiming she was the one getting the money and hiding the truth from him, according to court filings. The Democrat’s line of defense was filed in secret with a federal judge in January. The document were made public on Tuesday after the news media fought to make the documents public. In those documents, Menendez’s legal team wrote that if the senior senator from New Jersey were to take the stand, his story would clear him of the allegations he accepted any bribes — but that story could implicate his w ..read more

Residents of two buildings were displaced by a four-alarm fire in Paterson, New Jersey on Tuesday afternoon, according to the city’s mayor. The fire heavily damaged two buildings on 18th Street, video from Chopper 4 showed. The mayor said 24 residents were displaced as a result of the fire. No injuries were reported and no rescues took place, Mayor Andre Sayegh told NBC New York. This is a breaking story, check back for developments ..read more

The unprecedented attention Caitlin Clark has brought to women’s basketball has also put the massive salary disparity between the WNBA and the NBA under the microscope. The University of Iowa star was taken by the Indiana Fever with the No. 1 overall pick of the WNBA draft on April 15 after a season in which she set records on the court and in the television ratings for women’s basketball. She is expected to sign a four-year, $338,000 contract with the Fever as part of the WNBA’s rookie wage scale, according to Spotrac, a site that tracks player contracts across m ..read more

The Supreme Court on Tuesday questioned whether federal prosecutors went too far in bringing obstruction charges against hundreds of participants in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot. Former President Donald Trump faces the same charge for his efforts to overturn his election loss in 2020. The justices heard arguments over the charge of obstruction of an official proceeding in the case of Joseph Fischer, a former Pennsylvania police officer who has been indicted for his role in disrupting Congress’ certification of Joe Biden’s 2020 presidential election victory over Trump. Fischer is one of 330 p ..read more