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They plan to be doing it all throughout the month and in many different transit hubs. Of course, well keep you updated on this. Thank you, shirley, a lot of attentions lately on slashings and stabbings in new york city. Heres the numbers. There have been 672 slashings or stabbings so far this year reported compared to 550 at this time last year and that is a 22 increase. L man trying to earn money picking up the man trying to earn money picking up fares is fighting for his life tonight. He dropped four passengers off at a club in astoria. The group entered the club, got into a dispute and ran ...

One more transit note. After two days of major delays and cancellations on the long island railroad, service is back up and running. Service is running on the l. I. R. R. They repaired all switches and rails after tuesdays Freight Train derailment near hicksville. That is one piece of good news on a rough afternoon. We will keep you posted on all of this. The other story we are following, new reaction to a hard hit in a High School Football game. Cameras caught a student appearing to take the helmet off an opponent then hitting that player over the head with it. Police are investigating the in...

Freight train derailment. 1000 feet of track, railroad ties, the third rail and two switches. Railroad officials hope to have it restored by this evenings rushhour but that is clearly not going to happen. The delays and cancellations will affect nearly tens of thousands of commuters over the next few hours. We call this the main line and this line feeds both the port jervis branch and the ron Port Jefferson branch and the Ronkonkoma Branch and those taken together will take half of the ridership on the Long Island Railroad. Reporter this contingency plan just went into effect. If youre in penn...

Originally i didnt think much about it and then a few minutes later i had realized that like the train was like still there. Reporter emergency crews say they will have to bring in a crane to remove the train from the tracks. That should happen sometime tonight, but then they will need to inspect the track which was damaged. Probably about 100 feet of damaged rail. We are waiting for a crane to come in which will probably be after the rushhour, roughly around 7 00, 7 30 tonight. Reporter and they are hoping to have the train removed by around midnight so that way everything will be all set, al...

Nightline Facebook Page and at abcnews. Com. Thanks again for watching and countdown to lockdown. A massive fence going up on fifth avenue to protect pope francis who arrives here in just 18 hours. The popes first day in the god bless america. And making memories. Now its new yorks turn to host the pontiff. Final preparations right now underway for that papal visit. Good evening at 11 00. Im sade baderinwa. Im bill ritter. Police right now clearing the streets around the vaticans diplomatic town house where the pope will stay. A lockdown outside the papal nuncio. The pope will take a 747 to ne...