AL BAKER

Four days after the sexual assault of an 18-year-old woman at a Brooklyn playground, investigators have been interviewing two of the suspects, holding two others and seeking a fifth suspect, all in an effort to piece together what happened that night.

For a few moments, the sight could have been confused for a miraculous arrival ahead of the Christmas season: A newborn baby, hours old and full term, appeared within a nativity scene at a Queens church on Monday.

A powerful explosion in Lower Manhattan on Thursday caused two buildings to collapse and ignited a large fire that quickly spread to neighboring buildings, leaving at least 19 people injured.