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4 killed, 2 injured in fire sparked by lithium ion battery at NYC e-bike shop

NEW YORK — Four Chinatown residents died early Tuesday after a raging e-bike fire tore through a repair shop previously flagged for unsafe conditions, with scores of terrified survivors fleeing into the darkness outside their homes.

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NYC e-bike shop was cited for violating lithium-ion battery rules before blaze that killed 4

Fire consumes Chinatown e-bike shop, killing four people.

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HQ E-Bike Repair Shop was cited for violating lithium-ion battery rules before Chinatown blaze killed 4, say FDNY fire marshals

New York City fire inspectors dogged the HQ E-Bike Repair shop since at least 2021 over unsafe handling of lithium-ion batteries before the deadly blaze Tuesday that killed four people in Manhattan’s Chinatown, Fire Department officials said.

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1 in custody after man wounded in shooting on CTA train near Chinatown station

The 21-year-old was riding the train when someone approached him and shot him in the calf, police said.

Chicago Sun-Times

Earth, air, fire, water — and family — are all 'Elemental' for Pixar's Peter Sohn

In science class, Sohn saw the periodic table as an apartment building. The son of Korean immigrants, he felt the elements were a "beautiful metaphor" for cultures mixing in his New York hometown.

WEKU

Man injured in early morning attack as police cordon off road in Chinatown with forensics at scene

A 21-year-old man was taken to hospital

Manchester Evening News

‘Help her’: Passengers’ horror as teen trapped under tram

A 16-year-old girl has died after becoming trapped under a tram in Sydney's Chinatown.

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Here's the latest list of the '11 Most Endangered Historic Places' in the U.S.

"It's very hard to narrow the list," says the Chief Preservation Officer of the National Trust for Historic Preservation. The 2023 list includes a gas station, an artist studio and two Chinatowns.

WEKU

Fresh hopes New Chinatown development could move forward

The stalled project has been in the works for close to a decade with a number of previous schemes failing to come to fruition

Liverpool Echo

FBI arrests two New Yorkers accused of running covert Chinese police station

The station, in New York’s Chinatown, was allegedly run by Beijing’s ministry of public security to track Chinese dissidents

The Guardian - US

FBI arrests two for allegedly running secret Chinese police station in New York

Officials say the ‘undeclared police station’ in Manhattan’s Chinatown was shut down last year

The Independent UK

Mixing rice and ice-cream for a TikTok taste hit

Vivien Wong grew up in the Nineties spending her weekends and school holidays in her parents’ bakery in Wembley, which sold desserts to Chinatown’s restaurants. She would help with local deliveries and packing boxes of traditional mochi — steamed rice flour balls — which she and her brother, Howard, loved…

Evening Standard

Mutual aid clubs are still going strong in LA Chinatown. But their future is uncertain

LOS ANGELES — In a building with a green-tiled roof on Hill Street, most of the old men and women shuffling mah-jongg tiles and sipping jasmine tea shared a surname — Lee.

Los Angeles Times

Chinatowns nationwide resist gentrification

New developments encroach on historic Chinatowns.

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Liverpool Echo

'Forgotten' residents living with a wasteland on their doorsteps

"The site was going to be the New Chinatown, but we have ended up with nothing but a derelict site and problems"

Chicago Sun-Times

Taking a Daley out of 11th Ward seat easier than taking Daley’s out of ward race

With former Ald. Patrick Daley Thompson’s conviction, it may seem that the Daley family’s grip on the 11th Ward is slipping. But despite boundary and demographic changes in the ward, the Daleys and their allies are still exerting influence.

Daily Mirror

Woman with child in arms flees from mega New York blaze with crew tackling Chinatown fire

The fire started on the ground floor of 47 Mott Street in the Chinatown of Manhattan, New York, but flames have spread up to the fourth floor. Three people are reported to have been injured

Chicago Sun-Times

11th Ward Ald. Nicole Lee heads toward runoff

Early results showed Lee and her top challenger, Anthony Ciaravino, each with about 30% of the vote; In the 12th Ward, Anabel Abarca was trailing her challenger, Julia Ramirez.

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Oakland police investigating spate of shootings that left 1 dead, 5 wounded

Oakland, California, police investigated a run of shootings across the city late Saturday night and early Sunday morning, including a killing in the city’s Chinatown district and several shootings in East Oakland that left five people injured.

Manchester Evening News

'Best place to go for dinner in China Town? That's like choosing a favourite child'

We speak to David Law for I work in town

Chicago Sun-Times

Chinatown Lunar New Year parade draws thousands of revelers: ‘It’s nice to see everyone celebrating’

Colorful dragons, red lanterns, splashes of gold welcome in the Year of the Rabbit as crowds fill streets, sidewalks in peace in the shadow of recent attacks in California.

The Guardian - AU

Paddy’s market is a Sydney institution - don’t let them ruin it

Bringing in a chic conference venue operator feels like the first step to making Chinatown blander and tamer – and who would want that?

Capital & Main

Hillside Villa Tenants Face Eviction While L.A. Tries to Buy Their Property

As the city’s eviction moratorium expires, Los Angeles ponders action to keep longtime Chinatown residents in their home.

Manchester Evening News

New restaurant from acclaimed team behind Flawd opens in Chinatown next month

Higher Ground is from the folks behind Flawd

Chicago Sun-Times

Chicago police, organizers to strengthen planned security for Lunar New Year parades

Additional security measures will surround Lunar New Year parades this weekend in Chinatown and Uptown in the wake of two California mass shootings,

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