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Woman Arrested After Baby Found at Subway Station

Police say newborn's mother tracked down via taxi driver

(Newser) - A Queens woman has been arrested and charged with abandoning her newborn daughter at a major subway station in Manhattan. The NYPD says Assa Diawara, 30, faces counts of child abandonment and endangering the welfare of a child after the infant was discovered Monday morning at the 34th Street-Penn Station...

Baby Abandoned at NYC Subway Spot
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Police Release Photo in NYC Subway Baby Case

Newborn was abandoned at busy station Monday morning

(Newser) - The New York City Police Department has released images and a video of a woman wanted for questioning in the abandonment of a newborn girl at the 34th Street-Penn Station subway station on Monday. The woman was seen walking on 34th Street and 7th Avenue holding a bundle wrapped in...

On NYC Subway, a 'Tragic End to the Everyday Jostle'

Man who fled from Nazis in Austria dies after being pushed to ground by rushing fellow commuter

(Newser) - The New York Times calls Dr. Kurt Salzinger's death "a tragic end to the everyday jostle of straphangers," which the New York Post paints as "a daily underground hazard." His stepdaughter calls it "a complete disregard for the elderly," per the Times. Salzinger...

Busiest US Train Station to Start Looking for Suicide Vests

TSA testing suicide-vest detectors at Penn Station

(Newser) - The Transportation Security Administration will begin testing new suicide vest-detection technology at New York City's Penn Station starting Tuesday, Sen. Chuck Schumer says. Schumer pushed for the technology to be tested in New York City after a Bangladeshi immigrant injured himself setting off a crude pipe bomb strapped to...

NYC Commuters' 'Summer of Hell' Begins Monday

'I'd rather have my teeth pulled,' commuter says of anticipated woes from repair project

(Newser) - A massive two-month repair project will launch Monday at the country's busiest train station, temporarily exacerbating the daily commuting struggle during what New York's governor has predicted will be a "summer of hell," per the AP . At Penn Station, crowds of commuters fume at frequent delays,...

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