Brooklyn Fire Kills 7 Children, Citys Worst Toll Since 2007
Seven children from an Orthodox Jewish family died early Saturday when a fire ripped through their home in Brooklyn, trapping the children ��� ages 5 to 16 ��� in their second-floor bedrooms as their mother and a teenage sister clambered outside through.
Worst Tragedy Ive Ever Responded To, Valhalla Paramedic Says
Seven children were killed in a house fire in Brooklyn, New York, early Saturday in one of the deadliest blazes in the city in recent years, fire officials said. The victims. To find a houseful of children that cant be revived, Im sure this will.
Worst Marathon Time Ever, but Age Is Not to Blame - City.
The Day: Three hours and one minute, more than half an hour longer that it took in 2007, but had nothing to do with age and everything to do with city streets.. In the perennial New York absorption with traffic, the question of whether to impose fees on people who drive into Manhattan at peak hours re-emerged briefly last week at a forum where Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg spoke with two of his predecessors,. A Brooklyn preacher was hit and killed by a police car.
30 years, 30 stories - The Brooklyn Paper
Then, in 1995, a major arson fire destroyed a big part of the site, though eventually, the St. George was stabilized and became a residence for students from several New York City colleges. 18. The biggest project ever:��.
Another Fatal Police Shooting in Brooklyn - City Room
Also in East New York, a manager at a Brooklyn banquet hall shot three people outside the hall, one of them fatally, then was shot by one of two men who intervened. The men were arrested moments later, after a police��.
Soldier who flew with Brian Williams tells his side of the story
Since the 2003 incident, Williams Chinook story has been recounted countless times and gradually the reporters role seems to have grown.. In a 2007 entry from his blog Williams recounts how he was part of a flotilla of four twin-rotor Chinook.
Dead Brooklyn Boy Had Drug-Resistant Infection - City Room
The New York Post, under the front-page headline ���Superbug Kills NYC Kid,��� reports that Omar, 12, an only child, who lived with his mother and grandmother in the Bay View housing project, received the infection from a wound he.. [New York Post]. The police reform group 100 Blacks in Law Enforcement Who Care called for the state to require police officers to file a report any time after they fire their service weapons. [New York Post]. Share. Brooklyn, Health and��.
Dec. 14 Updates on Connecticut School Shooting - The Lede
By The New York Times. December 14, 2012 11:29 am December 14, 2012 11:29 am. Comment. First video outside Sandy Hook Elementary School on Friday morning from The Newtown Bee, the small towns community newspaper since 1877.. As our colleagues report a gunman killed 26 people, including 20 children, then killed himself at the Sandy Hook Elementary School... Only one other mass shooting, the Virginia Tech massacre on April 16, 2007, has taken a higher toll.
NY doctor with Ebola a dedicated humanitarian
That catapulted him into the dubious role as New York Citys first Ebola patient, which was a jolt to his neighbors. Hes a nice guy, and kind of, wow, a neighbor, John Reston, told The New York Times upon hearing about Spencers medical condition.
The Ceremony at Ground Zero - City Room - The New York.
(Photo: Nicole Bengiveno/The New York Times). Following are. 12:01 p.m. | Mayor Bloomberg spoke briefly before Police and Fire Department musicians concluded the ceremony by playing taps.. 11 ��� the city on Thursday commemorated the seventh anniversary of the day that Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg said ���began like any other and ended like no other.���.. My 7 year old son had his first day after an audition for the Metropolitan Opera Childrens chorus.
Morning Buzz: The Mayors Unusual Commute, Tax Evasion.
August 1, 2007 8:32 am August 1, 2007 8:32 am. But after five weeks of observing the mayors commuting habits, a team of New York Times reporters has concluded that the mayors routine is somewhat unusual, Michael M. Grynbaum reports.. The citys child welfare case workers are poring over hundreds of adoption cases as a check against fraud after authorities in Florida charged Judith Leekin, 62, in an elaborate scheme involving fraudulent adoptions.
Mommy, help me!: 7 kids dead after hot plate ignites NYC blaze
Nigro called it ���the largest tragedy by fire that this city has had in seven years,��� a reference to a 2007 Bronx house fire, in which there were no working smoke detectors, that left nine children from two families dead. Firefighters. ���To find a.
Get a Drones-Eye View of the Large Hadron Collider
NBC News Researchers at Europes CERN particle physics center send a camera-equipped drone above and through the Large Hadron Collider, the worlds biggest particle-smasher. These shots focus on the ALICE detector, which recreates the conditions .
Nicole Scherzinger visits poverty-stricken children in The Philippines
The singer, who is currently going through a break up with her boyfriend of eight years Lewis Hamilton, posted adorable pictures of a visit to the worst-affected areas of The Philippines, where she met children living in dangerous, overcrowded.
A Death A Minute 30 Years After the Union Carbide Disaster
One of the worst industrial accidents in history, the Union Carbide plant in Bhopal, India killed thousands and injured hundreds of thousands when a poison g.. Brooklyn, New York, House Fire Kills Seven Children. collapse story. The fire is the believed to be the citys deadliest since March 2007, when seven children and their mother were killed inside their Bronx home. An eighth child later died at. Pentagon Correspondent, The New York Times. Jane Harman.
9/11 Ceremonies: What to Expect - City Room - The New.
A schedule of memorials and other events in the New York region marking the sixth anniversary of the 2001 terrorist attacks.. Houses of worship will toll their bells throughout the city. 9:03 a.m.. A Mass to honor the Fire Departments Third Division, main altar. 7 p.m. A 9/11.. Danielle, I live near Nashville, TN and on my drive in to work this morning, the radio station I was listening to did in fact observe a moment of silence at 7:40 central time which is 8:40 eastern.
MTA Faces $1.2 Billion Deficit - City Room - The New York.
The M.T.A. faces a $1.2 billion budget deficit in 2009 and will likely require new fare and toll increases or service reductions unless it gets new state and city aid or finds new sources of revenue.. Real estate transaction taxes, which represent an important share of M.T.A. revenue, provided the authority with more than $1.4 billion in 2006 and nearly $1.6 billion in 2007.. Ever since the fare hike to two dollars Ive ridden my bike, only using the Subway if its snowing.
Latest Updates on Fatal Crane Collapse - City Room - The.
Crews cleaned up the site of the crane collapse at the corner of East 91st Street and First Ave at 4:30 p.m. (Photo: Hiroko Masuike for The New York Times). Updated, 7:40 p.m. | The citys Office of Emergency Management has��.
By the Numbers: Carnival Gets Underway in Rio
Meet the thousands of dancers, musicians and artisans behind the worlds biggest party. Published February 13th.. Seven children were killed in a house fire in Brooklyn, New York, early Saturday in one of the deadliest blazes in the city in recent.
A Death A Minute 30 Years After the Union Carbide Disaster
To find a houseful of children that cant be revived, Im sure this will take its toll on our members for quite some time, Nigro said. The fire is the believed to be the citys deadliest since March 2007, when seven children and their mother were.
NBCs Nightly News ratings dip in first broadcast since Brian Williams name.
And only two weeks ago, NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams had more than 600,000 viewers than the ABC news program. World News Tonight has only beaten Nightly News 10 times in the ratings since September, when David Muir took over the anchor .
Neighbour convicted of assault for throwing WATER over woman and children
Now the row has ended up in court ��� after one of the women threw water from an upstairs window which splashed over her neighbours children. Michelle Dodd, 38, was. It began when Dodd complained about Mrs Iqbals four young children making too much.
City schools dumping $95 million computer system for tracking student data
EXCLUSIVE: The Achievement Reporting and Innovation System (ARIS) was implemented by the Education Department in 2007. Its one of the citys biggest computer systems, with records on more than 1 million current and former students.. Former schools.
Rosie ODonnells departure from The View derailed Whoopi Goldbergs plans to.
Whoopi Goldberg reportedly has Rosie ODonnell to thank for spoiling her plans to star in a new sitcom. According to multiple reports, Goldberg was expected to exit The View after being cast in comedian Jermaine Fowlers new ABC prime-time series, .
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. talking about this. Welcome to The New York Times on Facebook - a hub for conversation about.. Serena Willliamss withdrawal rekindled memories from 14 years earlier when she was booed after her sister Venus withdrew with a knee injury shortly before.. I was searching for something more elusive: the lost sunken city... Three girls, ages 8, 12 and 15, and four boys, ages 5, 6, 7 and 11, were all killed in a Brooklyn house fire said to be caused by a malfunctioning hot plate.
Chicken or Fish? Dinner Plans Have to Wait, Mayor Tells.
August 10, 2007 1:07 pm August 10, 2007 1:07 pm. chicken and fish. Many parents have questioned New York Citys prohibition on students from even carrying ��� much less using ��� cellphones in the public schools, saying that the mobile devices are helpful for staying in touch in an age of. ���Its natural and the kids use them for ��� its a diversion, cheating, looking at movies, pornography, a whole range -��� everything youd expect if you had 1,100,000 kids,��� he said.
Nicole Scherzinger looks down after Lewis Hamilton split
Nicole Scherzinger looked devastated as she was pictured for the first time since splitting from Formula 1 star, Lewis Hamilton. The singer was seen arriving at the London Palladium on Wednesday, where she is performing her final run in theatre show, Cats.
Mel B posts family snap with daughters Angel and Madison
After she was hospitalised in December, the couple been embroiled in domestic violence claims. Despite the American film producer vehemently denying ever hitting the former Spice Girl, who he has been married to since 2007, Mel remained quiet on the .
On New Yorks Khalil Gibran International Academy.
May 5, 2007 update: The KGIA was supposed to share a building with a Brooklyn elementary school, PS 282 in Park Slope, but the parents there all along protested this intrusion on the grounds that younger children should not be mixed with older ones.. For that matter, Bosman in the New York Times (see the May 4, 2007 update, above) refers to KGIA as conceived as a public embrace of New York Citys growing Arab population and of internationalism. Foolish��.
The Resurgence of Latin - City Room - The New York Times
Enrollment in Latin classes here in the Westchester County suburb of New Rochelle, N.Y., has increased by nearly one-third since 2006, to 187 of the districts 10,500 students, and the two middle schools in town are starting an. and part-time city workers, the slashing of recreation programs and a call for volunteers to shelve books at the branch libraries (open two days a week now instead of six), the people of Duluth, Minn., thought they had seen the worst of a bad��.
Notable Fires in the New York City Area - NYTimes.com
A brief history of the major fires in the New York City region since 1776.. More than 11,000 fire officers and firefighters make up the Fire Department today, a professional work force that is a far cry from that of colonial times, when no such organization existed.. 5, 1876: The Brooklyn Theater Fire. A fire tore through a more than 100-year-old, four-story building in the Bronx, killing nine children and an adult.. New York Today: Growing Up With Robert Durst 7.