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Joey “Jaws” Chestnut scored a new world record and his 13th win at Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Content on July 4. He talked with NBCLX’s Tabitha Lipkin, who happens to be related to him, about his training regimen and about how the coronavirus changed the contest this year.

It wouldn’t be the Fourth of July without San Jose product Joey “Jaws” Chestnut taking center stage and scarfing down hot dogs at an alarming rate.

A 38-year-old man in upstate New York was convicted for illegally trafficking and selling sandbar sharks, which are a protected species, according to prosecutors.

A 38-year-old man in upstate New York was convicted for illegally trafficking and selling sandbar sharks, which are a protected species, according to prosecutors.

Joey “Jaws” Chestnut ate 71 wieners and buns to secure his 12th title at Nathan’s Famous annual July Fourth hot dog eating contest. In front of a crowd of fans and facing 17 opponents, the California native came close but didn’t manage to beat his own record of 74 dogs, set last year. However, he far exceeded his nearest competitors.

Eleven-time champion Joey Chestnut says he expects this year’s Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest to be “a battle.”

Three top officials of Brooklyn’s Luna Park co-op are accused in a sweeping 78-count indictment of taking nearly $1 million in cash bribes to get ineligible applicants into apartments, the borough’s district attorney and the city’s Department of Investigation jointly announced Tuesday.

The sister of NBA veteran and Coney Island basketball standout Sebastian Telfair was arrested for allegedly threatening someone who testified against him in a recent criminal trial.

Chowdown champions are preparing to face off at Nathan’s Famous July Fourth hot dog eating contest, where the men’s record stands at 72 frankfurters and buns in 10 minutes.

Hot dogs are a popular item on Fourth of July holiday menus, but one man from Massachusetts has consumed more than most. Geoff Esper celebrated Independence Day by inhaling 41 hot dogs at Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Contest.

With dazzling fireworks and backyard barbecues, Americans celebrated Independence Day with traditions that expressed pride in their country’s 242nd birthday. But this quintessential American holiday was marked with a sense of a United States divided for some. There were even competing televised events in the nation’s capital, and patriotism mingled with an immigration policy protest that shut down the Statue...