Inside a packed Mexican restaurant in Downtown Brooklyn, a woman lit a tall glass prayer candle to the Virgin of Guadalupe and kept it lit for the entirety of her team’s World Cup game against Ecuador, until Mexico won. On the buzzing streets of Little Senegal in Harlem, a Senegalese security guard beat a djembe and sang in Wolof, his offering of hope as his team faced off against Belgium in the Round of 32.

For years, MTA Chair Janno Lieber has called on the city to crack down on dollar vans, which peel away fares from the transit agency's buses.

Ahead of the final match, New Jersey Congresswoman Nellie Pou talks about the costs and benefits of hosting massive World Cup events in her district.

Flaco gets his closeup. A deep sea world is illuminated. And celebrities line up to praise poet Mary Oliver.

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The Yankees and Mets are about halfway through their seasons. Morning Edition checks in on how the local team are doing so far.

The Mamdani administration has launched what it is calling a "PIT Crew" initiative. The administration says it will build digital solutions to public problems.

The first Greenmarket opened in 1976 under the Queensboro Bridge.

Some long-serving public officials in New Jersey are collecting huge payouts when they retire.