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‘I Couldn't Even See:' Masked Thieves With Bear Spray Terrorize NYC Jewelry Store in $800K Heist
Exclusive video showed the panic after the employees inside the Bronx store struggled to see and breathe after being sprayed with bear mace during a smash-and-grab robbery in which the suspects made off with $800,000 in merchandise
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‘Life-Threatening and Unconscionable': NYC Leaders Call on State to Fix Rikers Situation
The list of issues at Rikers is long and jaw-dropping — violence, trash piled up, human waste coating the floors, and at the top of the list: staffing
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65-Year-Old Asian Woman Kicked in Stomach, Stomped in Face as NYC Witnesses Stand By
A violent attack against an Asian-American man aboard a Brooklyn subway train and a separate assault on an Asian woman in Manhattan are being investigated by police. New York’s Hate Crimes Task Force has offered to assist in the investigation.
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How a New Website Could Get You Access to a COVID-19 Vaccine Quicker
There is a new COVID vaccine online waitlist system created to keep precious temperature-regulated doses from going to waste.
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‘A Miracle': Toddler Recovers After Spending Life Hospitalized With Rare Condition
Christine Pathak has marked every milestone in a hospital — most of them inside St. Mary’s in Queens. Everything from trick-or-treating to Thanksgiving to Christmas to birthdays were celebrated at the hospital. That all changed Friday. It was during her time hospitalized, when there were moments that standing seemed impossible for the now 2-and-a-half-year-old. The fact that she walked through…
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New York Trial Tests Heartburn Medication to Treat COVID-19
As researchers race to develop a treatment for COVID-19, a new study out of the region has produced promising results with an unusual medication. Doctors at Northwell Health want to know if a common, inexpensive heartburn drug could offer a treatment for COVID-19. The study started a few weeks ago, but doctors at Northwell Health kept it under wraps until…
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Weinstein Sentenced to 23 years for Sexual Assaults
Harvey Weinstein was sentenced in a Manhattan criminal courtroom Wednesday to 23 years for sexually assaulting a former production assistant and raping an aspiring actress — a landmark sentencing in the #MeToo era. Just hours after the monumental sentencing, sources close to the family told NBC New York that the convicted rapist was on his way back to Bellevue Hospital…
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Weinstein Found Guilty of Rape But Acquitted of Top Criminal Charges
A New York jury found former Hollywood studio boss Harvey Weinstein guilty of third-degree rape in the case of Jessica Mann and guilty of first-degree criminal sexual assault in the case of Mimi Haleyi, acquitting him of the two most serious counts of predatory sex assault. Those two counts of predatory sex assault, which carried a max sentence of life…
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Sources: Detectives Looking Into Whether 16-Year-Old Staged Kidnapping
A 16-year-old girl was grabbed off a Bronx street right in front of her mother Monday night — and police are investigating the case as a possible kidnapping, authorities say. An Amber Alert was issued at 10 a.m. Tuesday.
