NEW YORK—Investigators sought answers Monday for why safety doors failed to close when fire broke out in a New York high-rise, allowing thick smoke to rise through the tower and kill 17 people, including eight children, in the city’s deadliest blaze in more than three decades. A malfunctioning electric space heater apparently started the fire…
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Tests Positive for COVID-19
January 9, 2022
admin
alexandra ocasio-cortezAMERICACCP VirusHigh-profile casesLocal NewsNew YorkNY NewsNY PoliticsRegional-Local NewsUS
0 Comment
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) has tested positive for COVID-19, her office has said in a statement on Sunday night. “She is experiencing symptoms and recovering at home,” it said briefly of the breakthrough case, while encouraging “everyone” to get a booster and follow guidance on minimising spread and infection risk from the Centers for Disease…
Numerous Casualties Reported After Massive Fire in Bronx Apartment Building
At least 19 people, including nine children, have died in a high-rise apartment fire in the Bronx, officials said. At least 32 people were taken to five hospitals. Officials told WABC7 and other local media that nine children are among the fatalities in the blaze. “This is going to be one of the worst fires…
At Least 19 Dead After Massive Fire in NYC Apartment Building
At least 19 people, including nine children, have died in a high-rise apartment fire in the Bronx, officials said. At least 32 people were taken to five hospitals. Officials told WABC7 and other local media that nine children are among the fatalities in the blaze. “This is going to be one of the worst fires…
19 Dead, Including 9 Children, After Fire Rips Through NYC Apartment Building
At least 19 people have died in a high-rise apartment fire in the Bronx on Sunday, New York City officials said. “This is going to be one of the worst fires we have witnessed here in modern times in the City of New York,” Mayor Eric Adams said during a news conference on Sunday. The…
Massachusetts Hospitals to Report Whether Admissions Are Primarily Because of COVID-19
Massachusetts will soon differentiate in the state’s COVID-19 hospitalization data whether the patients were admitted to the hospital because of COVID-19 or they just happened to have the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus that causes it. Public health officials of Massachusetts said that starting from Jan. 10, hospitals in Massachusetts will be reporting whether admissions…
Workers at Unionized New York Starbucks Store Continue Walk out Over Staffing, Safety
January 9, 2022
admin
Business & EconomyBusinesses in COVID-19CompaniesLocal NewsNew YorkNY NewsRegional-Local NewsstaffingStarbucksunionUSUS Newsworkers
0 Comment
NEW YORK—Baristas at a Starbucks Corp. location in Buffalo, New York, walked off the job for a second day on Thursday in protest of what they say are unsafe working conditions amid a new rise in COVID-19 cases. Workers left their positions on Wednesday at the Elmwood Avenue location—the only unionized corporate-owned Starbucks store in…
Chinese Immigrant Attacked in NYC Dies Months Later
NEW YORK—A Chinese immigrant who was brutally attacked in April while collecting cans in East Harlem has died of his injuries, and his case is now deemed a homicide, police said Saturday. Yao Pan Ma, 61, died Dec. 31, police said. His attack drew national attention. The investigation continues. Jarrod Powell, 49, of New York…
Almost Half of New York COVID-19 Hospitalizations Not Due to COVID-19
Nearly half of the patients currently in New York hospitals with COVID-19 are not in the hospital because of COVID-19, the state said Friday. Forty-three percent of the 11,548 hospitalized patients did not have COVID-19 listed as one of the reasons for admission, Gov. Kathy Hochul’s office said. Hochul, a Democrat who is seeking a…
New York Becomes First State to Mandate COVID-19 Boosters for Healthcare Workers
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said the state will expand its COVID-19 vaccine mandate for healthcare workers to include booster shots, becoming the first state to require boosters for healthcare employees while also signaling that a growing number of institutions are increasingly aiming to mandate them. Hochul, a Democrat, said in a Friday news briefing…
-
Recent Posts
-
Archives
- May 2025
- April 2025
- July 2023
- June 2023
- May 2023
- April 2023
- March 2023
- February 2023
- January 2023
- December 2022
- November 2022
- October 2022
- September 2022
- August 2022
- July 2022
- June 2022
- May 2022
- April 2022
- March 2022
- February 2022
- January 2022
- December 2021
- November 2021
- October 2021
- September 2021
- August 2021
- July 2021
- June 2021
- May 2021
- April 2021
- March 2021
- February 2021
- January 2021
- December 2020
- September 2013
- July 2013
- March 2013
- January 2013
- December 2012
- November 2012
- December 1
-
Meta