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Four deputies to New York’s mayor, Eric Adams, resigned on Monday as the growing chaos following a justice department request to drop corruption charges against him, widely seen as a reward for his help with Donald Trump’s immigration agenda, engulfs his three-year-old administration.

According to reports, four of Adams’ deputies – first deputy mayor Maria Torres Springer, deputy mayor for operations Meera Joshi, deputy mayor for health and human services Anne Williams-Isom, and deputy mayor for public safety Chauncey Parker – said they were stepping down.

The drill is familiar for most airline passengers: how to buckle up your seat belt, put on the oxygen masks and use the seat cushion as a flotation device. What they don't tell you is what to do if you suddenly find yourself in an upside-down aircraft.

For the passengers of a Delta flight on Monday, that suddenly became an extremely crucial detail.

Expert engineering, the size of the aircraft and seatbelts all likely played a factor in protecting people aboard a passenger jet that flipped over at a Toronto airport, experts said Monday, the latest in a string of high-profile crashes that have raised questions about aviation safety.

Several entertainers have announced that they are severing ties with the John F. Kennedy Performing Arts Center in Washington, D.C., now that President Trump has assumed the chairmanship of the organization.

Screenwriter Shonda Rhimes, known for her work on shows such as Grey's Anatomy and How to Get Away with Murder, posted a screenshot of a media report about her departure from the board on Instagram.

The post included a quote from former President Kennedy: "If art is to nourish the roots of our culture, society must set the artist free to follow his vision wherever it takes him."

A firefighter is dead and two others suffered serious injuries fighting a massive blaze in southern New York on Wednesday night.

The fire broke in the city of Binghamton in Broom County just north of the Pennsylvania state line.

The identity of the firefighter killed had not been released as of Thursday morning.

Binghamton Mayor Jared Kraham released a statement Thursday morning saying the firefighter was injured while battling a fire in the area of 1 Main St. downtown.

The firefighter was transported to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead, Kraham said. Two other Binghamton firefighters were injured battling the flames.

They were are being treated at Wilson Medical Center and are currently in stable condition.

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