NEW YORK (AP) — They’re homeless, but a group of men and women from Texas has made it to Carnegie Hall. The storied New York City concert hall was the venue Wednesday evening for a performance by the Dallas Street Choir, all singers recruited from urban streets and homeless shelters who’ve been performing since 2015. […]
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8 Dead in East Harlem Gas Blast as Rescue Operation Goes On
NEW YORK (AP) — The bodies of all eight people reported missing after a deadly gas explosion destroyed two East Harlem buildings have been recovered, the fire commissioner said Friday, but workers are treating the scene as a rescue operation in case there are unknown survivors in the rubble. Salvatore Cassano said no one else […]
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NYC Retailers to Report on Shoplifting History in Profiling Probe
NEW YORK— Probing allegations of racial profiling, New York City is giving 17 major retail stores until Nov. 22 to submit information on how they’ve dealt with shoppers suspected of stealing. The City Council tackled the emotional issue on Nov. 20 at a hearing that included statements from Macy’s and Barneys New York denying allegations […]
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Bronx ‘Ghetto’ Tours Stop Amid Residents’ Outrage
NEW YORK— A company that promised sightseer tours to the Bronx that included a New York City “ghetto” has stopped the bus rides under protest from an outraged neighborhood. Real Bronx Tours, which took mostly European tourists from Manhattan to see life in the South Bronx “from a safe distance,” issued a statement this week […]
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Suspect in NY Point-Blank Shooting of Black Man is Charged with Hate Crime
NEW YORK (AP) — The man who police say hurled homophobic slurs at a gay man on a Manhattan street before firing a single fatal shot to his head appeared in court Sunday to face a charge of murder as a hate crime. Elliot Morales, who appeared in Manhattan Criminal Court, is also charged with […]