New York

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    CreditHolly Pickett for The New York Times

    A Woman and Her Daughter Are Killed in a Queens Fire

    Neighbors said an 86-year-old mother and her daughter were the victims of the Far Rockaway blaze, caused by a series of interconnected power strips

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    CreditAn Rong Xu for The New York Times

    City Orders Sims Statue Removed from Central Park

    A statue of J. Marion Sims, an 19th century surgical pioneer who experimented on female slaves, will be moved to the Brooklyn cemetery where he is buried.