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Detective Brian Simonsen, known for his charity, might have bought Christopher Ransom a phone from the T-Mobile store he tried to rob last Tuesday, the officer's family said. Instead, the two mens' paths collided in a hail of police bullets. nyti.ms/2SGQLJj
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A mother and her son were found dead in their Bronx apartment on Sunday afternoon, the day before the boy was to turn 15 nyti.ms/2DWcRgS
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There were 55 hate crimes reported in New York City this year as of Feb. 17, an increase of 72 percent over the same period last year nyti.ms/2SIlKEY
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Five short reader tales of New York City in this week's Metropolitan Diary nyti.ms/2SGlx50
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“The evidence is of an overwhelming nature,” that George Mendonsa is the sailor in a famous World War II photograph, said Lawrence Verria, who co-wrote a book about the identity of the people pictured nyti.ms/2SILCjV
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RubĂ©n DĂaz has had a long history of making offensive remarks about homosexuals, and then ignoring calls to apologize or resign because of them nyti.ms/2SN0dLr
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One was a model detective. The other was a small-time criminal who once wanted to be a policeman. Their lives collided during a robbery. Only one survived. nyti.ms/2DLZgZ6
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They brought balloons and other birthday mementos to commemorate what should have been their friend’s 15th birthday. Instead, those items decorated a makeshift memorial. nyti.ms/2DOYAlW
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Despite the attention paid to anti-Semitic incidents in New York, such attacks continue to rise nyti.ms/2DSAIhm
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How does a jail treat transgender inmates? Badly, a jury ruled. Now doctors must pay for denying hormone therapy. nyti.ms/2SNfkVb
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"I can't forget." A young mother whose two unattended girls died in a fire has pleaded guilty. The no-prison deal also means she must leave the country. nyti.ms/2DR4VgE
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“I hope it’s not a hate crime, because if it is, it’s really scary,” Rabbi Menachem Heller said. “Bushwick is a very progressive, very welcoming place.” nyti.ms/2SGPdz9
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“This hate is not new. What’s new is these people are being called out by their colleagues and the general public," said @EqualityNewYork 's Gabriel Blau. nytimes.com/2019/02/18/nyr…
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Jagger Freeman, 25, of Queens, has been charged with murder in connection with the death of Det. Brian Simonsen, who was killed by "friendly fire" responding to a robbery last week nyti.ms/2DNzeoD
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"I noticed a young woman outside the bank who was clearly struggling." An open door on East 86th Street, a modest proposal at Radio City Music Hall and more reader tales of New York City in this week’s Metropolitan Diary. nyti.ms/2SJtQgi
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Anthony Weiner is back in Brooklyn, released from a federal lockup in Massachusetts nyti.ms/2DPmk9s
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No one has been expelled from the City Council since the 1989 City Charter revision. Could RubĂ©n DĂaz Sr. change that? trib.al/n3P4219
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Since 1991, the Bronx Conservatory of Music, a nonprofit arts organization, has provided low-cost education in classical music to a constituency that has been historically underexposed to the tradition nyti.ms/2DRBB9K
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Between sobs, a Bronx mother pleaded guilty to two counts of criminally negligent homicide in the deaths of her 2 young daughters who died in a fire that started after she left them home alone with incense burning nyti.ms/2DQ7P5b
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On Saturday, congregants returned to the synagogue to celebrate Shabbat, and they were joined by members of the community, including non-Jews who came to show support nyti.ms/2DLARmE
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