Metro

New Yorkers are getting creative with excuses to play hooky for the Knicks ticker-tape parade.

Harshita Nair and Mahial Sran, both of Fremont, were killed after being swept out to sea while napping at Bonny Doon Beach in Santa Cruz County.

Eight people are dead after a B-52 Stratofortress crashed in a huge explosion at California’s Edwards Air Force Base on Monday morning.

The Knicks are the toast of the the Big Apple as they ring in their championship basking in the glow of the historic victory — letting loose in exclusive nightclubs and on a national press junket as they kick off their long-awaited victory tour.

The Knicks ticker-tape parade will kick off Thursday, which is bad news for students taking pre-scheduled Regents exams that day.

The New York Knicks’ first NBA title in 53 years has turned the Big Apple into a giant party.

A group of graduates walked out of Stanford University’s commencement ceremony Sunday moments after Google CEO Sundar Pichai began delivering his keynote address.

City officials revealed new details Sunday about what could be the biggest parade  in Big Apple history — the ticker-tape extravaganza for the NBA champion Knicks.

NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch touted her officers’ hard work to keep the peace Saturday night as the Knicks NBA championship sparked celebrations across the city — with some fans marring the parties with violent incidents.