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NEW YORK — The city will shell out $3 million to the mother of a mentally ill teen killed in a hail of police bullets after NYPD officers mistook a hairbrush for a gun, the Daily News has learned.

NEW YORK — A packet of drugs in a McDonald’s salad. Vacuum-sealed marijuana in a lunch box. Hennessy cognac in AriZona Iced Tea bottles and Ciroc coconut-flavored vodka in Poland Spring water bottles.

NEW YORK — In most cases, a working actor who lands the role of a supervillain at the center of a big Hollywood movie is going to soak up every minute in the spotlight.

Four days after four students were found stabbed to death in an off-campus home, no arrests have been made and no suspects named. With authorities now walking back claims that there is no danger to the community, unanswered questions and fears continue to plague the college town. Rachel Sharp reports

Jay Leno suffered “serious burns” to his face Sunday when a car in his garage reportedly caught fire, but he says he’s going to be OK.

NEW YORK — The woman who was rescued by firefighters as she dangled from a 20-story window during a Manhattan building fire would not have escaped the flames without the heroics of the FDNY, she gratefully told the Daily News on Sunday.

The three-alarm fire broke out around 10.30am on Saturday at a building on 429 East and 52nd Street in Manhattan

NEW YORK — Three children, including a 15-month-old baby girl, and an adult were killed in an early-morning fire in their Bronx home Sunday, New York City Fire Department officials said.

NEW YORK — The FDNY’s acting commissioner is to be appointed to the job permanently on Thursday, City Hall and Fire Department sources told the Daily News.