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09.05.2023 / 22:45

Hyundai and Kia thefts keep rising despite recent software aimed at security fix

14 reported crashes and eight fatalities, has persisted despite the automakers' unveiling of their anti-theft software campaign in mid-February."GLA is driving our crime," New York Mayor Eric Adams said, using an acronym for grand larceny of autos. "Kia and Hyundai are driving the GLAs."Hyundai and Kia have said they're accelerating their distribution of the software, with Hyundai saying it's reached 6,000 installations a day.

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Prince Harry and Meghan in ‘near catastrophic’ car chase, says spokesperson

Prince Harry, his wife Meghan Markle and her mother were pursued by paparazzi photographers in a “near catastrophic car chase,” a spokesperson for the couple told media Wednesday.

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‘Clear violation’: Experts say Alberta premier must explain call with accused

Premier Danielle Smith must explain to Albertans why she discussed a criminal case with the accused before his trial, whether she still believes such calls are OK and whether she will continue to have these conversations, legal experts and political scientists say.

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Mayor Adams tapped to stump for Biden 2024 re-election campaign

NEW YORK - Mayor Eric Adams has been tapped to spread the Democratic Party’s message across the country.First reported by the Washington Post, Adams along with around 20 other Democrats, will sit on a national advisory board convened by President Joe Biden’s team. With the 2024 presidential election looming closer, Adams will also appear on national TV to stump for President Biden once he officially announces his re-election campaign.As Lawrence Levy, executive dean of the National Center for Suburban Studies at Hofstra University explained, Adams poses as a unique pick to spread the democratic party’s message."The Democratic Party's problem is not with the left, it's with the center," Levy said.New York City Democratic Mayor-elect Eric Adams gestures to supporters during his 2021 election victory night party at the Brooklyn Marriott on November 2, 2021 in New York City.

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Biden administration crackdown on 'ghost guns' takes effect

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - JUNE 29: Confiscated "ghost guns" are displayed before a news conference with New York Mayor Eric Adams and Attorney General Letitia James and others to announce a new lawsuit against "ghost gun" distributors on June 29, 2022 in A new federal rule designed to crack down on "ghost guns," or privately assembled firearms, took effect on Wednesday, the Department of Justice announced. "These guns have often been sold as build-your-own kits that contain all or almost all of the parts needed to quickly build an unmarked gun. And anyone could sell or buy these guns without a background check," Attorney General Merrick Garland said Wednesday. "That changes today.

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NYC officials claim Texas using wristbands to barcode migrants bused to city

NEW YORK - Five buses carrying a total of 223 migrants and asylum seekers from Texas arrived at the Port Authority Terminal on Thursday, just a day after 237 asylum seekers arrived, setting a record for the most migrants to make their way to New York City in a single day.City officials say that over 7,000 migrants are now in shelters across the city. New York City officials have expressed concerns that some of the migrants who have arrived were wearing bracelets with barcodes on them."Governor Abbott is now bar-coding asylum seekers," said Manuel Castro, Commissioner of the Mayor's Office of Immigrant Affairs. "Yesterday we witnessed how they were scanning and removing barcodes from asylum seekers as they were arriving.

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New York launches mobile test-and-treat, World Bank OKs pandemic fund

New York City officials, flanked by the White House COVID-19 coordinator, yesterday unveiled the nation's first test-to-treat mobile units, which are designed to speed treatment to vulnerable groups.

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Video shows attacker shoving woman onto subway tracks in the Bronx

NEW YORK - In a brazen daytime attack, a man shoved a woman onto the train tracks at an outdoor subway station in the Bronx on Sunday afternoon. The NYPD released a video from a security camera at the Jackson Avenue station in the Melrose section showing the disturbing attack. A person wearing a white tank top, red backpack, and backward baseball cap grabs someone standing on the platform and hurls her onto the tracks, the video shows.

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Lower Merion School District reimposes indoor mask mandate after CDC elevates COVID risk

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - JANUARY 05: A masked student receives an in-person lesson at Yung Wing School P.S. 124 on January 05, 2022 in New York City.

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House fire in Brooklyn leaves two dead including NYC firefighter

New York City firefighter and a civilian died Sunday in a Brooklyn house fire where a ceiling partially collapsed, injuring several other firefighters, authorities said.Firefighter Timothy Klein, 31, had been on the job six years and his father and other relatives were also members of the Fire Department of New York, Acting Commissioner Laura Kavanagh said.“I cannot describe the heartbreak of the FDNY today to have lost a member doing what our members do best: putting their lives on the line to save others,” Kavanagh said.A person’s body was recovered from the scene, an FDNY spokesperson said late Sunday. Earlier, the department said a person was unaccounted for after the fire, however a medical examiner will need to confirm the identity of the person found in the building.Eight firefighters were injured in the blaze and another resident sustained minor injuries, the spokesperson said.

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FDNY firefighter dies, 5 others injured battling Brooklyn fire

NEW YORK - One FDNY firefighter has died and several others were injured battling a three-alarm fire at a home in Canarsie, Brooklyn.At a press conference on Sunday, Mayor Eric Adams and FDNY officials identified Timothy Klein, 31, of Ladder Company 170 as the firefighter who had died in the line of duty."It gives us great pain and sorrow to announce that New York City has lost one of its bravest," Adams said. "Timothy lost his life doing the job that we ask of him every day."Klein was a six-year veteran of the FDNY.A photo of Timothy Klein, the 31-year-old FDNY firefighter killed in a building collapse in Canarsie on April 24.

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New York subway attack: Police seek motive as Frank R. James awaits arraignment

NEW YORK - Frank R. James, 62, the sole suspect in the shooting of 10 people aboard an N train in Sunset Park will be arraigned Thursday in federal court in downtown Brooklyn. James faces federal terrorism-related charges and could spend the rest of his life in prison if found guilty of throwing smoke grenades and opening fire on a crowded train during the morning rush earlier in the week.After a 30-hour manhunt, James was arrested without incident after a tipster — thought by police to be James himself — said he could be found near a McDonald’s on the Lower East Side.

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Frank James, suspected Brooklyn subway shooter, shared violent views online

Frank James, the man suspected in Tuesday’s Brooklyn subway shooting, appears to have uploaded videos to social media that show him ranting about violence, criticizing New York Mayor Eric Adams and sharing bigoted views.James, 62, was identified as a suspect Wednesday in the morning rush-hour attack that left 10 people with gunshot wounds and at least a dozen others injured.Frank Robert James is WANTED in connection with firing numerous gunshots inside of a subway car causing serious injuries to 10 victims. There's a reward up to $50,000 for info leading to the arrest & indictment of this person.

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Police search for motive in Brooklyn subway suspect's videos

NEW YORK - Frank James posted dozens of videos ranting about race, violence and his struggles with mental illness. One stands out for its relative calm: A silent shot of a packed New York City subway car in which he raises his finger to point out passengers, one by one.Even as police arrested James on Wednesday in the Brooklyn subway shooting that wounded 10 people, they were still searching for a motive from a flood of details about the 62-year-old Black man’s life.An erratic work history.

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Brooklyn subway shooting suspect arrested, officials say

The man arrested in the shooting of 10 people on a Brooklyn subway has been charged with a federal terrorism offense.

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Brooklyn subway shooting: Frank James purchased fireworks in Caledonia

CALEDONIA, Wis. - Phantom Fireworks officials confirmed for FOX6 News that on June 21, 2021, an individual named Frank James of Milwaukee purchased fireworks products from the Phantom Fireworks Showroom in Caledonia.A news release says four of the items purchased are believed to be the same items that were shown in a photograph published by a TV network on April 12.This "bag with fireworks" has been identified as having been left behind by the Brooklyn subway shooter. SIGN UP TODAY: Get daily headlines, breaking news emails from FOX6 NewsThere is no video surveillance footage of the purchase available. As a result, Phantom Fireworks cannot confirm that the purchaser and the suspect in the Brooklyn subway shooting are the same individual. Phantom Fireworks officials say they are cooperating with the investigating authorities.New York City Mayor Eric Adams said Frank R.

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Brooklyn subway shooting: Suspect Frank James posted racist rants to YouTube for years

NEW YORK - Frank James, the man the NYPD identified as a person of interest in connection with the Brooklyn subway attack Tuesday morning, posted a string of antagonistic video rants to a YouTube channel for years. Wednesday morning New York Mayor Eric Adams announced that James was considered a suspect, and no longer a person of interest, in Tuesday's shooting. Using titles like "DOMESTICATED AVERAGES" and "SENSIBLE VIOLENCE," James posted hour-long, profanity-laced rants about race, politics and current events.

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Shanghai to lift lockdown in some areas despite Covid case rise

Authorities in China's financial centre of Shanghai said they would start lifting lockdown in some areas from today, despite reporting more than 25,000 new Covid-19 infections, as they strive to get the city moving again after more than two weeks.

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2 people stabbed at Museum of Modern Art

NEW YORK - The NYPD says that two female employees were stabbed inside the Museum of Modern Art in Manhattan on Saturday afternoon by a 60-year-old man who had recently had his membership revoked.The man had gone into the museum to see a film but was denied entry due to his membership having been revoked because of previous incidents, the NYPD said at a news conference.The man proceeded to jump over a counter and attacked the two employees, police said.The museum was evacuated after the incident. Due to the investigation 53rd St.

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Broadway to maintain COVID-19 vaccine and mask mandate through April

many COVID-19 mandates starting Monday.“Our current guidance is through April 30, and we are scheduled to update that guidance on April 1,” Broadway League president Charlotte St. Martin said in a statement.

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More mask mandates fall as poor COVID vaccine protection noted in young kids

New York City schools will lose the masks this week, and the city's vaccine requirements for restaurants, gyms, and movie theaters will likely expire next week and not be reinstated, according to the New York Times, as new not-peer-reviewed data show poor COVID-19 vaccine protection in kids 5 to 11 years old.

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President Biden in New York City to talk about gun violence

NEW YORK - President Joe Biden was expected to showcase federal, state, and local efforts to get guns and repeat shooters off the streets during his visit to New York City Thursday.Gun violence already on the rise during the pandemic is spiking anew, and beleaguered cities are struggling with how to manage it. Biden has been accused from the right of not being tough enough on crime.While in Lower Manhattan, Biden and Attorney General Merrick Garland will meet with new Mayor Eric Adams, a former police captain.

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Teen charged with shooting NYPD officer in the Bronx freed on bond

NEW YORK - A teenage rapper who is charged with shooting an NYPD officer is now free on bond.16-year-old Camrin Williams, who is also known as C Blu, posted his $250,000 bond after being locked up in a Brooklyn juvenile facility on gun and assault charges.Police Officer Kaseem Pennan was shot in a struggle with the teen in the Belmont section of the Bronx earlier this month. Pennan was released from the hospital the next day after being treated for a gunshot wound to the leg.The suspect, a known gang member who was on probation following a gun arrest in 2020, was taken to a hospital to be treated for a non-life-threatening injury.The judge in the case has come under fire in the past for being overly lenient.

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NYC Officers Shot: Gunman dies from wounds, NYPD says

NEW YORK - A man who opened fire with a .45-caliber handgun equipped with a high-capacity drum magazine, killing an NYPD officer and critically wounding another in a narrow apartment hallway in Harlem last week, has died, police said.Lashawn McNeil, 47, who was shot and wounded during the fatal encounter Friday night, died on Monday at Harlem Hospital, the NYPD confirmed.Three police officers had responded to an emergency call from an apartment on West 135th Street from a woman saying her adult son — McNeil — had become "problematic" on Friday night, Mayor Eric Adams said last week. The officers spoke with the woman and another person in the front of the apartment, police said. Neither said anything about McNeil, who was in a back bedroom, having a weapon, police said. Police Officer Jason Rivera and Police Wilbert Mora began walking down a narrow hallway to check on McNeil, who swung open the door and began shooting, police said.

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2 NYPD police officers shot in Harlem

NEW YORK - Two NYC police officers were shot in Harlem on Friday night, the NYPD said. The officers were in critical condition, the department told FOX 5 NY. The officers were shot near West 135th Street and Malcolm X Boulevard.

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Cardi B paying funeral costs for Bronx fire victims

Cardi B, winner of the Favorite Hip-Hop Song award, poses at the 2021 American Music Awards at Microsoft Theater on November 21, 2021 in Los Angeles. (Photo by Amy Sussman/Getty Images) NEW YORK - Rapper Cardi B says she will cover the burial expenses for all of the victims of the tragic Bronx fire earlier this month.17 people, including 8 children, died in the high-rise fire in the Fordham Heights section of the city.The Bronx native and Grammy Award-winning artist has committed to paying costs, including repatriation expenses for some victims buried in Gambia, through the Mayor's Fund's Bronx Fire Relief Fund."I’m extremely proud to be from the Bronx and I have lots of family and friends who live and work there still.

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Woman pushed to her death onto NYC subway tracks grew up in Fremont

NEW YORK - Bay Area residents were expressing their shock and sadness over the death of a 40-year-old woman pushed to her death in front of a New York City subway train over the weekend, as they learned the victim grew up in Fremont. Police identified the woman, who was killed, as Michelle Alyssa Go. Investigators said that on Saturday morning, Go, a resident of New York, was waiting on the platform at Times Square station when a man shoved her onto the tracks and into the path of a southbound train.

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Philadelphia Police Commissioner Outlaw not picked for NYPD job, report says

PHILADELPHIA - Philadelphia Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw will not be heading to New York City, according to the New York Post.New York City Mayor-Elect Eric Adams has chosen Nassau County Chief of Detectives Keechant Sewell to become New York City’s first female Police Commissioner, according to the report.This leaves Commissioner Outlaw in her post in Philadelphia, for the foreseeable future.___DOWNLOAD: FOX 29 NEWS APP | FOX 29 WEATHER AUTHORITY APPSUBSCRIBE: Good Day Digest Newsletter | FOX 29 Philly on YouTubeAdvertisementFOLLOW: Facebook | Instagram | Twitter

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Officials respond to rumors Police Commissioner Outlaw is going to NYPD

PHILADELPHIA - There’s a question bouncing around Philadelphia’s law enforcement community: Is top cop Danielle Outlaw on her way to run the New York City Police?Rumors have been swirling for days Outlaw, who has been on the job here for two years, is a finalist to lead the massive New York City police force under mayor-elect Eric Adams.Mayor Kenney, who read a holiday story to children in Love Park Wednesday said, "I’ve heard rumors, but not confirmed anything. She hasn’t had a conversation with me about it.

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Biden to discuss reducing crime with city, police leaders nationwide

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden will host New York City's Democratic mayoral candidate and other city and law enforcement leaders from around the country to talk about reducing crime.Eric Adams, Brooklyn borough president and the likely next mayor of New York, plus Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser and San Jose, California, Mayor Sam Liccardo are among those expected to attend the meeting Monday, according to the White House. Biden will also host Memphis Police Chief C.J.

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United States	Cases: 46 252 513 Deaths: 750 423 Recovered: 0
India	Cases: 34 321 025 Deaths: 459 652 Recovered: 0
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United Kingdom	Cases: 9 215 683 Deaths: 141 607 Recovered: 0
Russia	Cases: 8 494 589 Deaths: 237 619 Recovered: 0