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'Dark period': Killings spike in NYC amid pandemic, unrest

by Jim Mustian & Michael R. Sisak
| December 29, 2020 11:06 AM

NEW YORK (AP) — Heralded as the safest big city in America in recent years, New York City is closing out its bloodiest year in nearly a decade, grappling with a surge in homicides and a pandemic authorities say has helped fuel violence.

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