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Meropi Kyriacou Honored as TNH Educator of the Year
NEW YORK – Meropi Kyriacou, the new Principal of The Cathedral School in Manhattan, was honored as The National Herald’s Educator of the Year.
NEW YORK (AP) — The Fire Department of New York says dozens of vehicles were damaged in a parking garage fire that sent thick black smoke billowing over a Brooklyn neighborhood.
The department says 21 people were injured Monday as the fire raged in the Mill Basin neighborhood. All but three of them were firefighters. None of the injuries was considered life-threatening.
The fire broke out on two floors of the four-story garage at around 9 a.m. The Kings Plaza mall was closed as a result.
It took nearly three hours to get the fire under control. The cause is under investigation.
(Mill Basin, Brooklyn) Citizen users show firefighters extinguishing the main body of the fire at King's Plaza. Units report that 16 firefighters and 2 civilians were injured and are being treated by EMS. Details here: https://t.co/Yo0dGclw4U … #CitizenAppNYC pic.twitter.com/dkvTfPhA0y
— Citizen NYC (@CitizenApp_NYC) September 17, 2018
There’s a dangerous 7 alarm fire at King’s Plaza in Brooklyn. Expect smoke & traffic delays in area. People nearby are urged to close windows to avoid smoke inhalation. Please keep all our first responders in your prayers. https://t.co/PPqeQmgZ9H
— Nicole Malliotakis (@NMalliotakis) September 17, 2018
Fire in garage at King’s Plaza Shopping Center. Witnesses say several cars are on fire @fox5ny pic.twitter.com/1eq8BZg84J
— Kayla Mamelak (@KaylaMamelak) September 17, 2018
NEW YORK – Meropi Kyriacou, the new Principal of The Cathedral School in Manhattan, was honored as The National Herald’s Educator of the Year.
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — More than 100 long-finned pilot whales that beached on the western Australian coast Thursday have returned to sea, while 29 died on the shore, officials said.
CALIFORNIA - The University of Southern California canceled its main graduation ceremony and dozens more college students were arrested at other campuses nationwide Thursday as protests against the Israel-Hamas war continued to spread.
NEW YORK — The third day of witness testimony in Donald Trump's hush money trial concluded Thursday after Trump's lawyers got their first chance to question a witness on the stand.
ATLANTA — As Donald Trump seeks a return to the White House, criminal charges are piling up for the people who tried to help him stay there in 2020 by promoting false theories of voter fraud.
ATHENS - Voters should see the whole picture when they go to cast their ballot in the European Parliament elections on June 9, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said in an interview on Thursday.