Severe Storms Take Down Trees, Power Lines Around Tri-State Area
Severe storms pounded the Tri-State Area late Monday afternoon -- bringing sideways rain, uprooting trees, and electrocuting a driver whose car was struck by downed wires.
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Severe storms pounded the Tri-State Area late Monday afternoon -- bringing sideways rain, uprooting trees, and electrocuting a driver whose car was struck by downed wires.
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Two Staten Island churches were firebombed this week, and police late Thursday were investigating both incidents as possible hate crimes.
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We're stuck in the freezer Friday as temperatures will struggle to get out of the 20s in the Tri-State Area.
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New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani issued an executive order revoking all executive orders issued by former Mayor Eric Adams on or after Sept. 26, 2024, which was the day Adams was indicted on bribery, campaign finance and conspiracy charges.
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