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NWS: Small Tornado Hit Riverdale During Sunday Thunderstorm
NEW YORK (AP) — The National Weather Service has confirmed that a small tornado hit the Bronx Sunday afternoon during a thunderstorm that left thousands without power in the metropolitan area....
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Did FBI Informant Help Inspire Bronx Bomb Plot?
NEW YORK (WBCS 880) — The jury is learning more about the double life of the FBI’s informant, Shahed Hussain in the Bronx synagogue bomb plot. Hussain posed as a wealthy businessman and a member of...
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Bronx Residents Outraged Over DOT Sidewalk Demands
NEW YORK (CBS 2) – Progress is finally coming to a small street in the Riverdale section of the Bronx – if you consider sidewalks progress. The city is demanding that homeowners on a little-used,...
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‘Con Ed’ Bandits Targeting Elderly In The Bronx
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — They put the “con” in Con Ed. Police in the Bronx were searching Monday for a pair of imposters targeting some of the borough’s most vulnerable citizens, reports CBS 2’s John...
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Police Seek 3 Robbery Suspects Targeting Elderly NYC Residents
NEW YORK (1010 WINS) — Police in New York City are seeking the public’s assistance in locating three suspects wanted in connection with a Manhattan burglary that occurred last Wednesday. Authorities...
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Black Bears Have North Jersey Residents On Edge
POMPTON LAKES, NJ (CBSNewYork/AP) - It’s a wee bit early, but perhaps the recent warm spell has roused sleepy hungry bears and lured them from their winter dens. WCBS 880′s Sean Adams reports from...
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Judge Asked To Toss Conviction In Bronx Temple Bomb Plot
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) — Lawyers for four men in a terror plot to blow up Bronx synagogues and shoot down military planes sought to convince a judge Thursday that their convictions — and even the...
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Officials Search For Body In Decade-Old Homicide In Riverdale
NEW YORK (1010 WINS) — Police have begun searching a wooded area in the Bronx in connection with a decade-old cold case homicide. Officials with the NYPD, Drug Enforcement Administration and...
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Plenty Of Cleaning To Do As Observant Jews Prepare For Passover
NEW YORK (1010 WINS / WCBS 880) — Passover begins next Monday evening, but for observant Jews, there is plenty of work to do before then. Jews marking the eight-day remembrance of the ancient...
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Judge Refuses To Throw Out Bronx Bomb Plot Convictions
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) — A federal judge has upheld the verdicts of four men convicted of plotting to blow up New York City synagogues and shoot down military planes. Judge Colleen McMahon also...
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Police Hunt Two Men Following Push-In Robbery In Riverdale
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – It started with a knock. Police say two Hispanic men, 25-30 years old, walked into a Riverdale apartment building early June 1. At about 8:10 a.m., the 5’5″-5’6″ men, who...
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3 Men Convicted In Riverdale Synagogues Plot Learn Their Fates
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) — Three men convicted of plotting to blow up Bronx synagogues and shoot down military planes have been sentenced to 25 years in prison in federal court in Manhattan. WCBS 880′s...
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Mayor Bloomberg Among Those Frustrated By Debt Ceiling Stalemate
NEW YORK (WCBS 880 / AP) - The standoff on Capitol Hill over deficit reduction and raising the debt ceiling shows no signs of breaking. Republicans and Democrats have advanced rival plans just one week...
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Mount Vernon Man Killed In Apparent Hit-And-Run In The Bronx
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – Police are hunting for a hit-and-run driver suspected of killing a man in the Riverdale section of the Bronx early Sunday. Police received a call of a man in the road at West...
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Laguerre Payen, Final Convict In Temple Bomb Plot, Sentenced
NEW YORK (AP/WCBS 880) - The last of four men convicted in an FBI sting operation was sentenced Wednesday to 25 years in prison by a judge who said she was not proud of her government for creating the...
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Elderly Woman Killed In Bronx Apartment Fire
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – Police say an 87-year-old woman was killed and a 91-year-old man injured in an afternoon fire in the Bronx. It happened around noon Thursday at an apartment on Johnson Avenue....
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Feds: Glitzy Riverdale Apartment Building Discriminated Against Black Renters
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — An upscale Bronx apartment building has been accused of racial discrimination. A new federal lawsuit claims the owners and operators discourage African Americans from moving in....
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Transportation Alternatives Maps NYC Pedestrian Crashes
NEW YORK (WCBS 880) - Transportation Alternatives has created a map of motor vehicle crashes in New York City involving pedestrians and bicyclists. The system – called CrashStat – is an interactive...
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Hundreds Of Trees Damaged By Storm In Central Park
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – Central Park, ordinarily a winter wonderland when covered in snow, looked more like a Halloween nightmare on Monday. The park is open after this weekend’s snowstorm but people...
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Pedestrian Killed After Being Hit By School Bus In The Bronx
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – Police say a man was killed after being hit by a school bus Tuesday morning. It happened around 6:30 a.m. at the corner of Broadway and Mosholu Avenue in Riverdale. Police say...
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