AUSTIN A 15-year-old girl is dead after a street race led to a wreck in Southeast Austin Saturday. Police say the 19-year old driver and five other passengers ranging from age eleven to sixteen were all injured.
Some streets in Denver's downtown business district will be closed Monday through Wednesday to accommodate the Democratic National Convention. Public-transit services also will be affected.
PLANNED PARENTHOOD -- Protesters from both sides of the abortion debate continue to spew harsh rhetoric on the sidewalks outside Planned Parenthood on 38th Avenue and Quebec Street.
Reynold Damiani at P. Damiani and Sons’ warehouse, set to close at the end of the month after 71 years in Astoria. (photo by Paul Leonard) In the end, it wasn’t the Great Depression, numerous recessions, or even Ikea, newly opened in Brooklyn, that caused longtime Astoria furniture seller P. Damiani and Sons to close.
PATERSON - The 38th annual Puerto Rican Day Parade on Sunday afternoon was a smaller celebration than those from years past. But enthusiasm for Puerto Rican culture and the naming of new event leaders brought anticipation for larger parades in the future.
Pedestrians love the new traffic-free esplanade on Broadway, in Midtown, but some have expressed concerns about the cars and trucks right next to them.
A 3 alarm fire kept fire crews busy Friday night at the Shoal Creek Condominiums at 38th and a half street. The fire broke out shortly after 8 p.m. It took about 20 trucks and 55 fire fighters to battle the fire.