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NEW YORK – One family of six was living in a homeless-shelter apartment where a dead rat festered on the floor for two days. Another family had no living-room furniture and had been without electricity for days. At a different homeless family shelter, a puddle of urine soiled the floor …

NEW YORK – Police say a taxi hurtled onto a sidewalk and hit four people waiting at a New York City bus stop, killing a man and a 5-year-old girl and injuring two other people. It happened around 6:30 p.m. Friday on Grand Concourse near 170th Street, near the Highbridge …

WASHINGTON – A foundation is awarding grants to 32 innovative projects working to improve cities, totaling $5 million in funding. The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation is announcing Tuesday that the Knight Cities Challenge will award grants in 12 cities from more than 7,000 proposals. The program was …