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Drug Dog's Nose Aids $10M Fruit Truck Cocaine Bust: NYC Officials

A dog sniffed out a secret compartment in a truck full of rotting fruit that was apparently used to hide cocaine, officials said.

Horrifying Video Shows Chicken Carcass Pile On Brooklyn Street

"I thought it was fall leaves...and OH NO," said a Twitter user who stumbled across the unexplained "chicken massacre" on Bond Street.

Ocasio-Cortez Defends Twitter Blocking Amid Free-Speech Suits

Responding to criticism from First Amendment advocates, the Bronx lawmaker said she has only blocked accounts for "ongoing harassment."

MTA Conductor Punched For Giving Directions

A man asked for directions, then punched and threw a lit cigarette at the conductor when she said he was on the wrong platform, police said.

5-Year-Old Girl Killed By Falling Fence In Bushwick, Police Say

The girl was hit by a piece of decorative fence, police said.

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