A young woman and her infant were killed when a fire ripped through their Mount Vernon home early Sunday, officials said. The blaze started on the second floor and quickly spread to other parts of the Westchester County home around 3:30 a.m., authorities said.
Day: February 26, 2017
Mother, baby daughter, die in NY suburban home fire
Authorities in a New York City suburb say a mother and her baby daughter died in a fire that swept their home in the middle of the night. The blaze in the two-story house in the Westchester County town of Mount Vernon started just after 3 a.m. Sunday.
GOP leaders discuss issues at Lincoln Day Breakfast
In attendance was Westchester County Rob Astorino, who said immigrants who are worried about being deported should not worry. He also denounced some of the recent anti-Semitic attacks, including swastikas painted on a local religious school in Rockland County last week.