*Five people on a neighborhood thoroughfare in Queens were shot Saturday afternoon, and police were searching for suspects.

*Residents forced from their homes after a water main break flooded West Village (Manhattan) streets Saturday are being allowed to return home Sunday. The rupture released thousands of gallons of water and the cleanup continues.

*New York City Transit officials are tackling subway delays with crimefighting technology. A system similar to the one police use to analyze crime statistics will now be used to determine why subway trains are behind schedule.

*A priest with a gambling problem has been charged with stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from church accounts in Westchester County. District Attorney Janet DiFiore said Patrick Dunne was arrested and arraigned Friday on a charge of grand larceny.

*The rate of hospital infections has increased in New York and it’s a trend that could indicate many more infections are occurring than can be tracked, according to the lead author of a statewide hospital report.

*Annual National Siyum Mishnayos Pirchei Agudas Yisroel of America – Thousands of boys come together from many Cities, to celebrate the completion of Shisha Sidrei Mishna and many various Sedorim by many of there peers.This is the 45th year of this event; Ateres Charna Hall, in Spring Valley.

*Tri-State Weather: Today will be sunny and warm, with a high of 76 degrees, according to meteorologists at the National Weather Service. Memorial Day will be sunny, with a high temperature of 81 degrees. The low will be around 60 degrees, with a slight chance of showers overnight, after 2 a.m.

*BALTIMORE, Md. — Gretchen, a 22-year-old giraffe suffering from arthritis, was euthanized Saturday, officials at the Maryland Zoo in Baltimore announced. The 14-foot tall giraffe had successfully been treated for years for a condition that caused her front hooves to rotate slightly inward. However, Gretchen also suffered from progressive arthritis, which had advanced over the past few weeks, and zoo officials said she had begun to show signs of discomfort.

*GLEN BURNIE, Md. (WJZ) ―  A fatal accident unfolded on I-97 in Glen Burnie just at the holiday rush was getting underway on Friday. The crash triggered a chain reaction on the southbound lanes of the interstate, shutting down part of the highway for hours. The mother was pregnant before the accident occurred. Doctors had to deliver her baby prematurely after the crash. The baby died a short time later followed by the mother. Now police are trying to figure out how it all happened. The multi-vehicle crashed killed Maria J. Lizama-Sanchez, 31, of Glen Burnie, Md. Sanchez was seven months pregnant when a
tractor trailer slammed into the Dodge Caravan that she was riding in with her husband Friday afternoon along southbound Interstate-97.

*BALTIMORE (WJZ) ―  Brazen violence is caught on tape, and one by one, police intend to track the suspects down. A stabbing downtown and a vicious attack in Federal Hill have put people in the bustling neighborhoods on edge. New leads have prompted arrests in both cases. One stabbing happened on light rail tracks just a block from the Hippodrome. The other happened near many popular bars and Cross Street Market in Federal Hill.

*BALTIMORE, Md. — Baltimore City police are investigating a deadly shooting in east Baltimore. Police were called to the 1600 block of Normal Avenue just before 2 a.m. on Saturday. They found an unidentified man who had been shot. Police said the victim died from his wounds.

*WASHINGTON — DC Police say two men who dropped off a gunshot victim at Greater Southeast Hospital Friday are responsible for causing an accident that left five people injured, including two children. A police spokesman says the car left the hospital at a high rate of speed and ran a red light at 23rd Street, crashing into two cars.

*COLUMBIA, Md. — The number of cases of Lyme disease, spread by tick bites, has doubled in Maryland over the past year. One of the hardest hit areas is Howard County, where the health department’s Dr. Peter Beilenson told NewsChannel Eight new housing developments have been popping up right next to large deer populations. The nearly 2500 cases of Lyme disease in Maryland marked a 100-percent increase from the
year before.

*BALTIMORE WEATHER: Today – Sunny. Highs in the upper 70s.  Tonight – Clear. Lows in the upper 50s. Tomorrow: Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. Monday Night – Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the mid 60s. Chance of rain 30 percent.

*BALTIMORE Shkia (21215): 8:22

(YW-MD03 / YWN Desk)