VIDEO: The NYPD is investigating after a video on social media surfaced showing a man shooting a flamethrower into the air as he was on top of an MTA bus with people inside — but it may have all been a part of an unsanctioned stunt. The incident took place Nov. 8 along the B-26 bus route near Franklin Avenue in Bedford-Stuyvesant.
- PUB DATE: 11/18/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WNBC-TV NBC 4 New York

Coronavirus cases have increased in all 50 states plus Washington, D.C., the U.S. Virgin Islands and Guam over the past 14 days, the latest NBC News data showed Tuesday. And in a dozen of those states — Vermont, Maine, Minnesota, New Hampshire, Iowa, Ohio, Colorado, Michigan, Nebraska, Kansas, Pennsylvania and New York — infections have spiked in the last two weeks, meaning there has been a 100 percent or more increase in confirmed cases over 14 days.
- PUB DATE: 11/18/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: NBC News

Welcome to the “Roaring 20s!” Main Journey (Leap!), Anton (Paddington), and Caramel Films have joined forces to create Fireheart, the animated tale of a fearless young girl vying to become the first female firefighter in 1920s New York. The heartwarming film boasts an all-star cast, with Kenneth Branagh (Tenet, Death on the Nile), Olivia Cooke (Thoroughbreds, Ready Player One), William Shatner (Star Trek), and Laurie Holden (The Americans) serving as lead voice actors.
- PUB DATE: 11/18/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Animation World Network

A natural gas pipeline beneath the Holiday Inn hotel ruptured Monday evening, causing an evacuation of the building. Authorities tell us that the hotel, located at 801 N Division, was evacuated safely after reports of a fire coming from a ruptured pipe under the hotel. The fire department successfully extinguished the fire and Avista reported to the scene shortly after to control the gas leak coming from the pipe.
- PUB DATE: 11/18/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KHQ-TV NBC 6 Spokane

The search continued Wednesday for a Tulalip police officer who was reported missing and presumed dead after the boat he was in capsized when a large rogue wave walloped the vessel during the rescue of another vessel near Jetty Island, authorities said. Police Officer Charlie Cortez disappeared after he and Officer Shawn Edge, the 39-year-old boat operator and captain, were thrown overboard shortly before 9 p.
- PUB DATE: 11/18/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 Seattle