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Dominicans in New York Metropolis are mourning the deaths of over 200 folks in Tuesday’s roof collapse at a Santo Domingo nightclub. Town is dwelling to the biggest Dominican diaspora neighborhood, with over 700,000 residents claiming roots within the island nation as of 2020. On Thursday, Teresa Tapia was amongst these visiting a rising memorial arrange within the heart of the Washington Heights neighborhood, that includes a dozen veladoras — prayer candles positioned in glass. “Dominicans are really grieving, I tell you,” mentioned Tapia, 47, who has lived within the U.S. for eight years. “I’m so sad. I had to…

A New York Metropolis sightseeing helicopter broke aside in midair Thursday and crashed upside-down into the Hudson River, killing the pilot and a household of 5 Spanish vacationers within the newest U.S. aviation catastrophe, officers mentioned. The victims included Siemens govt Agustin Escobar, his spouse, Mercè Camprubí Montal, a world supervisor at an vitality know-how firm, and three kids, along with the pilot, an individual briefed on the investigation advised The Related Press. The individual couldn’t focus on particulars of the investigation publicly and spoke on situation of anonymity. Pictures posted on the helicopter firm’s web site confirmed the couple…