New York Blast Levels Apartment Buildings, Kills Two Women

Two women were killed Wednesday in New York and at least another 17 injured when a massive explosion leveled two apartment buildings.New York Mayor Bill de Blasio said there are a number of missing people, although some may not have been inside the buildings.The mid-morning blast occurred in the Harlem section of the city, shortly after one resident in a nearby building reported the smell of leaking natural gas. The utility serving the neighborhood, Consolidated Edison, said it dispatched...

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