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Shark Drones! They're Coming To NYC Beaches | Top Stories

Boy, 13, Dies After Prospect Park Near Drowning | 5th Rikers Death This Year | Drunken Mercedes Driver Kills Worker: Cops | Hospital Fire

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Shark Drones! They're Coming To NYC Beaches

Just when New Yorkers thought it was safe to go in the water, shark sightings increased. Enter the shark-spotting drones.

6 Donors To Eric Adams Charged In Campaign Finance Fraud Scheme: DA

One person indicted in the straw donor scam said Adams "doesn't want to do anything if he doesn't get 25 Gs, " an indictment states.

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13-Year-Old Dies After Nearly Drowning In Prospect Park Lake: Family

Ricky Joassaint was able to see his mother before he died, almost a month after he fell under the water at Prospect Park.

Terminally Ill Rikers Island Inmate 5th To Die in 2023: DOC

Ricky Howell, 60, pleaded guilty in 2021 to stealing tools from a commercial garage, reports show. He was homeless at the time.

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Drunk Mercedes Driver Slams Into NYC Truck In QNS, Worker Killed: NYPD

An on-duty city worker is dead after he was thrown from his seat and pinned under his truck in Queens Thursday afternoon, police said.

6 Hurt In Hospital Fire At East Harlem's Mount Sinai, Officials Say

Mount Sinai Hospital patients were evacuated and elective procedures will be rescheduled, according to Mark Levine.

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