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Top NYC news: Con Ed identifies cause of July blackout; 'Friends' pop-up experience to debut; more

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Published on July 30, 2019
Top NYC news: Con Ed identifies cause of July blackout; 'Friends' pop-up experience to debut; morePhoto: Axel Houmadi/Unsplash

Here's what you need to know about what's happening in New York City.

Woman avoids serious injury in shooting when bullet lodges in bra strap

A woman wounded when gunfire erupted during a block party Saturday night in New York City was spared from further injury because of her bra strap.

Read the full story on Boston 25 News.

New 'Friends' pop-up experience to debut in New York City

A new "Friends" pop-up appropriately named "The One with the Pop-up" is headed to the Big Apple this fall.

Read the full story on ABC Los Angeles, KABC.

Con Ed identifies cause of July 13 blackout in New York City

Con Edison officials are confident they have found the cause of the blackout that left at least 70,000 people in Manhattan in the dark earlier this month.

Read the full story on ABC New York, WABC.

Study hard, go to class and watch out for swooping hawks

Red-tailed hawks have flown and made their nests around New York City for years, but a recent public-safety alert at St. John’s University in Queens has some students and faculty on the lookout.

Read the full story on The Wall Street Journal.

Victim on shooting at New York City block party that killed 1, injured 11: 'I can't die like this'

One of the survivors of a shooting at a New York City block party told the New York Post that he kept telling himself, "I can't die like this."

Read the full story on Yahoo.


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