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There were tissues and tears Thursday among the loved ones of the victim, Fatoumata Diallo. The 21-year-old attended the Borough of Manhattan Community College and hoped to become a doctor.
An 89-year-old woman in a wheelchair was struck and killed after a truck crashed onto a sidewalk full of pedestrians. The tragedy occurred after a livery car collided with the truck around 12:15 p.m. on Adam Clayton Powell Boulevard.
Heroes in the making taught CBS 2's Lou Young a lesson he will never forget. Firefighters from Orange County took their training high above the Hudson River and Young went along with them.
Police say a man, who has been caught on surveillance cameras, has robbed five women in the last three weeks, stealing wallets and cell phones. In at one incident, he held up a victim at knifepoint.
A group of family members of WTC victims announced they have filed a Freedom of Information Law request to get a list of next of kin for the nearly 2,800 victims so they can get a consensus on where the remains should be housed.
Wednesday's ruling stems from a 2006 motorcycle crash in which Frederick Voss had a blood-alcohol level of .196 percent, which is nearly two and a half times the legal limit.
The Powerball lottery had just one winning ticket in Wednesday night's drawing, worth $202 million, and 20 employees of the Costco in Melville will share in the lucrative prize.
The building has a backyard with brightly colored exercise equipment for adults, and climbing equipment for children. It also has a gym.
As loudspeakers broadcast a sermon onto a Newark sidewalk where hundreds of police officers stood at attention, a young girl's wailing could be heard from inside the church: "I want my daddy back.''
Bloomberg, World Bank President Robert Zoellick and former President Bill Clinton announced the new partnership during the opening session of the C40 Large Cities Climate Summit in Brazil.
The decision is likely to affect dozens of schools where church services are conducted each week on Sunday.
A custody battle over a pit bull that was found starving in a Newark trash chute took place inside a NJ courtroom Thursday.
Peter Madoff is selling off a 14-room home in Old Westbury as he faces a lawsuit by the trustee reclaiming funds for investors in his brother's Ponzi scheme.
A new Wi-Fi network is being unveiled in Brooklyn. It's designed to provide free wireless access to the Internet between the Brooklyn and Manhattan bridges. It's named Dumbo Wi-Fi, reflecting the name of the neighborhood.
Legislation was passed Thursday by the New York State Senate. The bill is in response to tour bus crashes in New York and other states.
