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Princess Diana's influence endures 20 years after her death

Twenty years later, the memory of Diana -- a youthful mother cut down, leaving two children behind -- remains vital, her influence still felt.

 

'I can't look at him no more,' wails mom of slain brothers at killer's sentencing; judge gives life without parole

Wendy Ford ran weeping from a courtroom as the man who slayed her two sons was sentenced to consecutive prison terms of life without parole.

 

Sal Albanese calls for South Shore ferry, link from St. George to Brooklyn

"It would really make a big difference for Staten Islanders," Albanese said.

 

Donovan: Ban sale of 'sickening' child sex dolls in U.S.

"Seeing a scary new proliferation of child sex dolls" in other countries "makes it so important for our laws to evolve."

 

Top images from the devastation of Hurricane Harvey in Texas

The hurricane came ashore late Friday about 30 miles northeast of Corpus Christi as a Category 4 storm with 130 mile-per-hour winds. Hurricane Harvey weakened to a tropical storm by midday Saturday and left behind destruction in southeast Texas and Houston.

 

Update: HazMat response to Lye spill at Goethals Bridge

The FDNY is responding to a report of a HazMat incident in the vicinity of the Goethals Bridge on Monday morning.

 

New York drivers may feel Harvey's aftermath at the gas pump

Gas prices are expected to increase nationwide as a result of Hurricane Harvey, which has shut down 10 Texas oil refineries

 

Update: Car fire on Verrazano-Narrows Bridge

A crash is causing extensive delays on the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge eastbound during the Monday morning rush hour.

 

Brookfield Landfill bucks will get vasectomies during city program's second year

A city contractor will initially focus on East Shore deer during the second year of the vasectomy effort.

 

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