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Crane catches fire atop NYC skyscraper and collapses, injuring 12
A crane on top of a Manhattan skyscraper was burning and part of it collapsed as black smoke was billowing into the air stories above the ground, video showed.
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Jordan Neely Mourned During Emotional Funeral at Harlem Church
Jordan Neely, who died in Daniel Penny’s grip, is being eulogized by the Rev. Al Sharpton at Mount Neboh Baptist Church.
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White House Responds to Jordan Neely Chokehold Death as NYC Protests Turn Violent
Multiple protests have taken place in Manhattan since the 30-year-old’s death last week. Nearly a dozen were arrested and a Molotov cocktail recovered from the ground in SoHo.
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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 Sinkhole Swallows Van: See the Video
Crews worked through the night to fill a gaping sinkhole that opened up on a Bronx street Tuesday, swallowing an entire van as severe weather slammed the tri-state area with flash floods and torrential rain, but authorities say at this point it doesn’t appear that weather was a factor. It was a disappearing act that no one expected — a…
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2 U.S. Marshals Shot in NYC Gunfight With Massachusetts Fugitive; Suspect Killed
Two U.S. Marshals were shot and an NYPD detective injured in a confrontation with a wanted “armed and dangerous” suspect from Massachusetts in a New York City apartment early Friday, police and law enforcement sources say. Deputies with the New York/New Jersey Regional Fugitive Task Force and NYPD members were in the Wakefield section of the Bronx, where they...
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‘They Could See Out But Couldn't Get Out:' 3 Kids Among 4 Dead in NJ Store Inferno
Two sisters, an 11-year-old friend and one adult died in a massive New Jersey fire that may have started inside a soda machine in a store where they were shopping and spread, the mayor of Elizabeth said Tuesday.