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Missing elevator sends grandma down shaft at New Jersey apartment building
A New Jersey woman fell down the elevator shaft when the doors opened and she stepped inside, only to find it wasn’t there.
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‘Our dad didn't make it:' NYC sucker-punch victim dies after nearly 7 years in coma
Domingo Tapia has died, nearly seven years after he was attacked while riding his bike on a Bedford-Stuyvesant street.
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College freshman from NJ dies after shot in head near Belmont University in Nashville
A college freshman from New Jersey died after she was shot in the head near her university in Nashville, according to police.
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New York teacher and baseball coach benched after homophobic tirade caught on camera
The Flushing teacher and youth baseball coach is facing consequences after a video surfaced from a road rage incident earlier this month.
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Two 14-year-old boys died subway surfing exactly one week apart, NYC officials say
CORRECTION (August 15, 2023): A previous version of this story incorrectly reported the number of subway surfing-related deaths, according to the MTA. A teenage boy has died after reportedly subway surfing in Queens, and the death comes exactly one week after a boy of the same age died participating in the trend in Brooklyn. Police say a 14-year-old boy died…
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Video of NYC Hospital Worker's Citi Bike Confrontation Under Review, Bellevue Says
A New York City hospital employee is facing criticism over a confrontation caught on cellphone camera that shows her get irate and scream amid a dispute over a Citi bike with a group of young Black men.
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Marine Who Put Man Into Fatal Chokehold on NYC Subway Acted in Self-Defense, Lawyer Says
Lawyers for the 24-year-old man at the center of the chokehold death of Jordan Neely on a Manhattan subway train said their client “never intended to harm” the 30-year-old homeless man, and “could not have foreseen his untimely death.”
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NYC Subway Chokehold Death Ruled a Homicide, As Groups Demand Justice for Jordan Neely
The death of a homeless man who allegedly had threatened passengers aboard a New York City subway and was put into a chokehold by one of the riders has been deemed a homicide, according to the medical examiner.
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1 Dead, Multiple Injured in NYC Parking Garage Collapse
One person died and multiple people were injured after a parking garage collapsed in Lower Manhattan Tuesday afternoon, FDNY officials said. The collapse took place on Ann Street near Nassau Street around 4 p.m. when, according to senior FDNY officials, the second floor of a five-story parking garage collapsed into the first floor. Ultimately, the top floor would fall all…
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Power Outage at JFK Airport Terminal 1 Grounds International Flights Through Friday
An international travel nightmare unfolded at JFK Airport Thursday as a power outage closed a busy terminal at the New York City hub, halting flights in and out — and it appears likely it will continue into Friday.
