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April 2018

Holly Bonner, a mother of two, lost her eyesight after a long battle with breast cancer. With no vision, she found it extremely  difficult to participate in the small joys of parenting, most recently including Easter egg hunts. With the help of local officials, this Staten Island mom created beeping easter eggs to help kids with visual impairments locate them and join in on the fun.

By Angie Wang and Tulika Bose Updated, 11:45 p.m. — A 67-year-old man died in a blaze that broke out at Trump Tower in Midtown Manhattan Saturday evening, police said. FDNY received a call about a fire on the 50th floor of the residential and commercial building at about 6 p.m. Todd Brassner was found unconscious and taken to Mount Sinai Roosevelt Hospital, where he was declared dead. Fire Commissioner Dan Nigro said the man's apartment was almost entirely engulfed in flames. About 200 firefighters and emergency medical personnel responded to the fire, the cause of which is still unknown. [caption id="attachment_19784" align="alignnone" width="1168"] Several firetrucks