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Pablo Villavicencio leans out of an SUV while talking to reporters after being released from the Hudson County Correctional Facility, on Tuesday.

National

Judge Frees Immigrant Arrested While Delivering Pizza To Army Base

8:12am July 25, 2018

by Scott Neuman

Pablo Villavicencio was turned over to ICE on June 1 after a guard at Fort Hamilton declined to accept his identification card and ran a background check, discovering a pending 2010 deportation order.

From left: Aladdin Sane, Thin White Duke, Ziggy Stardust, Major Tom, The Man Who Fell to Earth, and Halloween Jack are Bowie-inspired cocktails made by BKW by Brooklyn Winery.

Edible Oddities: David Bowie-Inspired Menus Reflect His Many Personas

4:14pm April 23, 2018

by Kristen Hartke

Ziggy Stardust and the Thin White Duke are just two of the characters David Bowie created for himself. The innovator explored music and identity, and his art exhibition inspires chefs and mixologists.

Mice may be adorable, but the droppings and the bacteria they contain, not so much.

Health & Safety

New York City Mice Carry Bacteria That Can Make People Sick

8:24pm April 17, 2018

by Rob Stein

An analysis of mice in the Big Apple finds that many harbor bacteria that can make humans sick if exposed to the animals' droppings. Some of the bacterial strains were resistant to antibiotics.

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A statue of surgeon J. Marion Sims is taken down from its pedestal in Central Park on Tuesday. A New York City panel decided to move the controversial statue after outcry, because many of Sims' medical breakthroughs came from experimenting on enslaved bla

'Father Of Gynecology,' Who Experimented On Slaves, No Longer On Pedestal In NYC

3:44pm April 17, 2018

by Camila Domonoske

J. Marion Sims perfected a new surgical procedure by repeatedly operating, without anesthesia, on enslaved women in the 1840s. New York City is moving his Central Park statue to a cemetery.

A security fence surrounds the inmate housing on New York's Rikers Island correctional facility in New York.

National

New York City Officials Reach Deal On Shuttering Rikers Island

2:32pm February 15, 2018

by Tanya Ballard Brown

Now, Mayor Bill de Blasio can move forward with a 10-year plan to close the jail complex and create a borough-based prison system. State officials may seek to close it sooner.

Police investigate a car stopped in front of a security gate this week outside City Hall in New York. Douglas Schifter, a longtime New York City livery driver, took his life in front of City Hall.

Driver's Suicide Highlights 'Race To The Bottom' In Cab Industry, Union Director Says

2:52pm February 10, 2018

by Scott Simon

NPR's Scott Simon talks with Bhairavi Desai, executive director of the New York Taxi Workers Alliance, about a driver's suicide and the financial challenges drivers face in a changing economy.

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A Small Fire Breaks Out On Roof Of Trump Tower In NYC

2:43pm January 08, 2018

by Camila Domonoske

President Trump was in Washington, D.C., at the time the fire broke out in Manhattan on Monday. The fire was brought under control; one civilian and one firefighter were injured.

National

How Crime Rates In New York City Reached Record Lows

6:42pm December 30, 2017

by Ray Suarez

Crime in New York City is at its lowest levels since the 1950s. NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton says a renewed focus on disorder, as well as serious crime, led to the decline.

After an explosion a block away, police swarmed through Times Square in Midtown Manhattan.

National

Suspect In Manhattan Subway Blast Was Wearing 'Low-Tech' Device

2:32pm December 11, 2017

by Bill Chappell

"This was an attempted terrorist attack," New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said during a news conference near the site of the blast. The male suspect was among four people who were injured.

Rats have been a persistent problem for cities around the world.

The Genetic Divide Between NYC's Uptown And Downtown Rats

12:36pm December 01, 2017

Fordham University graduate student Matthew Combs studies the DNA of New York City's rats. He found that rats living uptown are genetically distinct from rats living downtown.

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