New York City

An 18-year-old was ejected after a carriage horse bolted on Wednesday as the driver took a photograph. It was unclear how long the voluntary shutdown might last.

Luigi Mangione would have avoided the charge of second-degree murder if he were to convince a jury that strong emotions led to a “profound loss of self-control.”

The Knicks retired No. 33, the number that belonged to Patrick Ewing, in 2003. But a jersey with the number was featured at the City Hall ceremony on Thursday.

Mayor Zohran Mamdani paid tribute to the team at City Hall after their long-awaited parade up Broadway. “For as long as we live, we will remember this feeling of a city together, a city alive, a city overcome by happiness,” he said.

Thomas Kean Jr. has missed three months of votes in Washington and has not been on the campaign trail in his New Jersey district because of an unexplained health condition.

After the driver stepped out to take a photo of the passengers, the horse bolted, and a tourist from India fell from the driverless carriage. “We were yelling, ‘Help me, help me!’” said his father.

The suspect used social media accounts, crowd-funding sites and a charity to solicit hundreds of thousands of dollars in donations, a complaint said.

New Yorkers will descend on Lower Manhattan on Thursday morning to celebrate the Knicks. Here’s what you should know if you are one of them.

Federal prosecutors said the man had refused to roll down his window when Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers in New Jersey told him to stop.

The department announced that it would deploy more than 10,000 of its ranks and put stringent security measures in place for the celebration of the Knicks’ N.B.A. championship on Thursday.