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A person was shot and killed by police after allegedly slashing an officer within the face with a 14-inch butcher knife at a Brooklyn precinct. The NYPD stated the wounded officer was first approached round 5:30 a.m. Sunday within the rear of the 73rd Precinct off East New York Avenue in Brownsville. Based on Chief of Patrol Philip Rivera, the person had initially tried to enter the precinct constructing via a locked door on the entrance earlier than heading round to the again. He managed to make his manner in via a again door and was confronted by a feminine…

A site visitors gentle pole got here tumbling down onto a number of folks in Manhattan on Saturday mere hours earlier than storms introduced heavy rain and wind to the metro space. The pole fell on the nook of Central Park West and West 81st Avenue shortly earlier than 11 a.m. In accordance with hearth division officers, 4 folks have been injured and transported by medics to Mount Sinai Morningside, a hospital about 20 blocks north of the crash web site. Video from the scene confirmed a pair lanes of site visitors impacted by the downed pole and wires stretched…