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Secret Hasidic wedding in New York drew thousands of unmasked guestsAuthorities nixed a 10,000-person wedding at the synagogue, so the community held their next mega-wedding in secret.TrendingNov 25, 2020
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NYC officials condemn ‘dangerous’ flamethrower stunt atop city busVideos of the flamethrower stunt were posted on Brooklyn rapper Dupree G.O.D's social media accounts.TrendingNov 18, 2020
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Edmonton-raised artist Tim Okamura creates portrait series honouring health-care workersTim Okamura is using his craft to honour health-care workers, after watching a hospital near his New York home become overwhelmed by COVID-19 cases.FeaturesNov 16, 2020
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Clare Bronfman sentenced to prison in branded NXIVM sex slave caseSeagram’s liquor fortune heir Clare Bronfman appeared in federal court in Brooklyn.WorldSep 30, 2020
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Statue commemorating Ruth Bader Ginsburg to be erected in her hometown of BrooklynGinsburg died Friday of complications from metastatic pancreatic cancer at age 87. A legal trailblazer and champion of women's rights, she became the high court's second female justice in 1993.WorldSep 19, 2020
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R&B singer R. Kelly to remain in jail while awaiting trials: appeals courtThe 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan upheld a decision by a Brooklyn federal judge to deny bail to Kelly, 53, who remains in a federal jail in Chicago.EntertainmentSep 8, 2020
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‘I ran out of space’: N.Y. funeral home under fire for storage of coronavirus victimsState officials say the funeral home could face fines and license suspensions, and the owner says he simply ran out of room because the business had bodies “coming out our ears.”HealthMay 1, 2020
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Peterborough-born nurse works ‘behind the scenes’ at New York hospital battling COVID-19Peterborough native Elizabeth Blodgett Horsley is operating a command centre at The Brooklyn Hospital Center in New York amid the coronavirus pandemic.HealthApr 9, 2020
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Nova Scotia man dies in collision between pickup truck and tractor-trailerThe crash occurred Wednesday on Highway 103 between Exits 18 and 19 near Brooklyn, N.S.TrafficFeb 13, 2020
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4 killed, 3 wounded in shooting at illegal gambling site in Brooklyn: policeAn NYPD spokesman says police responding to a call about shots fired just before 7 a.m. Saturday found four men dead at the scene. A woman and two men suffered non-life-threatening injuries.NewsOct 12, 2019
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