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- Today on the Gothamist Newsmap: a truck stuck underneath a train platform at 237th St. in the Bronx, an armed robbery on 4th Ave. in Brooklyn, and a burn victim at McKeever Pl. in Brooklyn.
- The husband who was strangled to death, allegedly by his wife in their new $1 million Long Island home, had a criminal record that included serving several years upstate for rape, robbery, and burglary.
- A fire at a homeless encampment near Hillside Ave. and 178th St. in Queens spread to the encampment's shanties. One man was unable to escape in time and died in the fire.
- The controversial federal case against a woman accused of smuggling monkey meat into the U.S. for use in religious ceremonies continues.
- New York is turning into a clown town during the holiday season. There are currently six separate circuses operating in the city.
- Police are investigating a string of robberies in Brooklyn's 84th Precinct that appears to be targeting Asian people.
- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission wants the Indian Point power plant to pick up the pace on the repair of emergency sump pumps.
- The city's started to ticket ($100 to $300) businesses in Cobble Hill and Park Slope for placing a-frame signs advertising everything from manicure prices to happy hour specials. The signs supposedly are obstructing the sidewalk.
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