Author: Deepti Hajela
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Fans remember John Lennon 30 years after his death
NEW YORK — John Lennon’s fans celebrated his life Wednesday by visiting Strawberry Fields, the Central Park garden dedicated in his honor, while a newly released interview he gave shortly before his death showed he was optimistic about his future. On the 30th anniversary of Lennon’s murder outside his Manhattan apartment building, admirers played his…
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Ship built with World Trade Center steel comes to namesake city
NEW YORK — The new Navy assault ship USS New York, built with World Trade Center steel, arrived in its namesake city Monday with a 21-gun salute near the site of the 2001 terrorist attack. First responders, families of Sept. 11 victims and the public gathered Monday at a waterfront viewing area, where they could…
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Northeast pounded by snowy late-winter storm
NEW YORK – A massive late winter snowstorm pummeled the Northeast on Monday, grounding hundreds of flights, causing spin-outs, delaying trains and buses and closing school for over a million children from South Carolina to New Hampshire. A day earlier, the same storm hammered the Southeast as it made its way north, blanketing Civil War…