Three women, including Hunter College security guard Griselde Camacho were killed and at least 46 others were injured when a gas explosion leveled two buildings in East Harlem New York on Wednesday morning, officials said, as reported by DNA Info.
The Crimean Parliament on Tuesday said it would declare itself independent if its residents approve a referendum on March 16, which would split off the peninsula from Ukraine, and be under Russian auspices. The legal maneuver has been viewed as illegitimate by the U.S. and the European powers, but may de-escalate simmering tensions in the region in recent weeks.
Two men who used stolen travel documents on the Malaysia Airlines jet that disappeared last Saturday were caught by surveillance cameras, and were not Asian in appearance as initially suggested by authorities.
New York Mayor De Blasio revoked the city's offer of free classrooms for Success Academy Harlem Central Middle School, arguing it would displace crucial programs for displaced students, as reported by The New York Daily News. This move puts the mayor at odds with Governor Andrew Cuomo as well Eva Moskowitz, the Success Academy's founder.
