You are watching it and you feel helpless, like there is nothing you can do. That was Anthony Johnson reporting. Now a developing story. Commuter chaos on the Long Island Railroad. Trains are running with delays in and out of penn station after a massive shut down this morning caused power problems. Viewers shared these photos with us on twitter of a packed station platform. N. J. Burkett is live at jamaica station with the very latest. N. J. Reporter thats right, jamaica station the main hub of the l. I. R. R. Where trains are moving in and out of manhattan. The nations busiest Commuter Railroad is back up and running at this hour, but the delays, residual delays are colossal. The average delay is 90 minutes, shirleen. For hours this morning, you could not get in and out of manhattan at all. A power supply problem apparently cut power to the vast network of switches and signals that controls train traffic through the east river tunnels. You cant get in or out of manhattan on the l. I.
Honoring Long Island Railroad fares for the 7 train and e train. In other traffic, we have a situation with the Staten Island expressway getting into bradley avenue, 440 you will find two lanes closed down. Expect a lot of delays through that spot. The hutch going north at king street, tractor trailer is being offloaded off on the shoulder. We will deal with that for some time. Street cleaning rules are in effect. Amy freeze is in for bill evans with the accuweather forecast. Hot today, amy . It was officially a heat wave yesterday. As we begin today, grab your shades eating out the door. Sunny and hot temperatures. Going for 90. Kick off temperature 74 in central park. It wont take any time at all to get the numbers up. Official sunrise 6 23 this morning. Monticello at 59. Everybody else in the low to mid60s. In the bos, in boroughs, in the mid70s. Planning forecast into the mid 80s by noon. Into the early afternoon, a high of 90. By sunset tonight, temperatures will be sliding back i
A bipartisan group of North Carolina legislators introduced a bill this week to prohibit the death penalty for people with severe mental illness.
Wake County prosecutors knew that Kendrick Gregory had severe mental illness when they decided to try him capitally. In the eight months before the crime, he’d been hospitalized at least 20 times for mental illness. He checked himself into emergency rooms over and over, reporting symptoms of psychosis. On some occasions, he said he heard voices telling him to hurt himself.
In the five years that they sought to try him for the death penalty, his mental illness became only more apparent. In jail, he was diagnosed with schizophrenia and twice found incompetent to stand trial. He was often unkempt and was unable to help his attorneys prepare his defense.