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NY1 takes a look at what's in today's New York City newspapers.

Thursday night's thunderstorm and flash flood warnings were not the ideal way to start off the holiday weekend. See user-submitted photos of the storms of the past two days.

A teen and a man are hospitalized following a Thursday afternoon shooting at the Astoria Houses.

State Senator Diane Savino, whose district covers parts of Staten Island and Brooklyn, discussed the state legislature's move to legalize medical marijuana, plus the new alliance among Democrats in the state Senate, on Inside City Hall.

Queens Borough President Melinda Katz discussed the Queens Public Library scandal, the future of the Rockaway Ferry and her plans for the World's Fair Pavilion on Inside City Hall.

A group of city students and parents is suing the state over how difficult it is to remove subpar teachers.

Police say a 26-year-old man is in custody in connection with a fatal accident Wednesday that claimed the life of a young girl in Brooklyn.

It was a busy day at Penn Station as travelers headed in and out of the city for the holiday weekend, and while Hurricane Arthur is threatening to dump more rain on the area, visitors say they won't let that put a damper on their plans.

A man is dead after falling from a fourth-story window in Manhattan Thursday.

Police are on the lookout for a man who they say snatched a purse from a 98-year-old woman in Brooklyn.

The Obama administration is calling for increased security at foreign airports with direct flights to the United States.

Nature Conservancy executive director Bill Ulfelder discusses the Community Risk and Resiliency Act recently passed by the state Senate and the Assembly to combat the potential effects of extreme weather events.

Police are warning New Yorkers to protect their identity and their money during the long weekend, as officers say scammers often place skimming devices and cameras at banks and ATM locations during long holiday weekends to steal debit and credit card information.

A surprise addition to the city's budget deal last month was millions of dollars more in funding for mental health care on Rikers Island.

The de Blasio administration has been focused on increasing the amount of time students spend in school, through universal pre-k, expanded after-school and other policy changes, but one of the mayor's new policies inadvertently produced the exact opposite result.

Five years after a bystander was shot in the Bronx, four defendants have pleaded guilty in connection to the incident, including Carvette Gentles, who prosecutors say was 16 when he pulled the trigger.

NY1 parenting correspondent Shelley Goldberg recommends some places to go with parenting news you can use.

The latest Heathy Living report tells viewers what to look out for when it comes to irritable bowel syndrome and inflammatory bowel disease.

Off Broadway's MCC Theatre is offering up the American premiere of Penelope Skinner's "The Village Bike," a work that earned Skinner the Evening Standard Award for most promising playwright when the show opened in London a few years back.

The Broadway Dreams Foundation has been training musical theater stars of tomorrow for years, and its latest project is a revival of a short-lived Broadway musical about kids coming of age.