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Emergency crews are dealing with a water main situation on Henry Street near Clinton Street, where a manhole is spewing smoke. Diana Lakis sent along these photos. More to come... UPDATE:  The city's Department of Environmental Protection was dealing with a...

A man was hit and killed by an F train in the Delancey Street Station today. It happened at around 12:45 p.m.

There's more trouble this morning at 201 East Broadway, a construction site next door to the Educational Alliance/Manny Cantor Center.

A federal appeals court this morning overturned former Lower East Side Assemblyman Sheldon Silver's 2015 conviction on federal corruption charges.

A taxi driver struck a bicyclist in Chinatown this morning.

Police have put out a bulletin after the disappearance of Yulun Zeng, an 80-year-old local resident.

Thanks to Jessica Delfino for this photo from 1 Catherine St. (that's between East Broadway and Division Street). The fire department this morning responded to a basement blaze in a tenement building here. It was quickly contained, although one firefighter...

Thanks to Lo-Down readers for sending along these dramatic images and video.

We have more details on tonight's devastating fire at Beth Hamedrash Hagadol, the 167-year-old synagogue building at 60 Norfolk St. More than 100 firefighters fought the blaze, which broke out just before 7 p.m.

Here are more photos and video from the scene of the huge fire that broke out tonight at Beth Hamedrash Hagadol, the historic synagogue at 60 Norfolk St. We're told that the fire is just about out at this point but