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Mystery surrounds origin of human leg found on New York subway
New York’s mass transit experience took a grisly turn over the weekend when a disembodied human leg was found on the 4 line between 167th and 170th streets in the Bronx.
Detectives are trying establish who the limb belongs to and how it got on a subway track bed. The city’s medical examiner later took possession of the leg to find out more about its origins.
Authorities could not confirm if the leg belonged to a man or woman, or how much of the limb was found.
The discovery came after a notable run of incidents on the subway, including a cellist being struck with a metal water bottle at Herald Square and a mass shooting at a Bronx subway stop that killed one person.
On Monday night a 57-year-old man was found dead in a subway car. New York police said they found drug paraphernalia nearby and were working to determine the man’s cause of death.
On Saturday, meanwhile, an argument turned violent at the Queens Plaza station and a man was beaten with a metal pipe. That attack came two days after a Brazilian tourist was slashed across the neck in an unprovoked assault at the same subway station.
The find of a dismembered leg is unlikely to warm commuters to taking public transit. Although New York’s mayor, Eric Adams, has added 1,000 uniformed and undercover officers to patrol the system, crime in the subway is up 22% since the start of the year, according to the NYPD.
Thousands of items are lost across the subway network, including uncommon objects including funeral urns, a welder’s mask and a blender.
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Map: 4.9-Magnitude Earthquake Shakes Louisiana
Note: Map shows the area with a shake intensity of 4 or greater, which U.S.G.S. defines as “light,” though the earthquake may be felt outside the areas shown. The New York Times
A light, 4.9-magnitude earthquake struck in Louisiana on Thursday, according to the United States Geological Survey.
The temblor happened at 5:30 a.m. Central time about 6 miles west of Edgefield, La., data from the agency shows.
U.S.G.S. data earlier reported that the magnitude was 4.4.
As seismologists review available data, they may revise the earthquake’s reported magnitude. Additional information collected about the earthquake may also prompt U.S.G.S. scientists to update the shake-severity map.
Source: United States Geological Survey | Notes: Shaking categories are based on the Modified Mercalli Intensity scale. When aftershock data is available, the corresponding maps and charts include earthquakes within 100 miles and seven days of the initial quake. All times above are Central time. Shake data is as of Thursday, March 5 at 8:40 a.m. Eastern. Aftershocks data is as of Thursday, March 5 at 10:46 a.m. Eastern.
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