Brooklyn Daycare Drama; Flame Retardants Gone Wild; Shia LaBeouf Does Art: Patch PM

NEW YORK, NY — It appears the sun has risen and set on another day in Donald Trump's America, despite its better judgement. Here are the top 10 local news stories from Thursday, Jan. 26, as pulled from our 28 neighborhood Patch sites across NYC.

Bryant Park Skating Rink Shooter Convicted Years After Paralyzing Teen

The 14-year-old victim was shot and paralyzed from the waist down when Cory Dunton, 16, fired his gun into a crowd at the park.

Shia LaBeouf Arrested In NYC At His Anti-Trump Livestream Art Project

LaBeouf tugged on a man's scarf, scratched him and pushed him, police say.

Korilla Korean BBQ To Open New Brooklyn Outpost

One of the city's best-loved Korean BBQ restaurants will open a brick-and-mortar Brooklyn location in late spring or early summer.

Brooklyn Bomb Plot? Wires, Chemicals, Pipes Found In Cobble Hill Apartment, Police Say

Upon arrest, Christopher Hackett, 44, reportedly claimed he was "trying to make a bomb to show how easy it is to walk around with one."

NYU Is Doubling The Size Of Its Downtown Brooklyn Campus

To the tune of $500 million.

Flame Retardants Still Omnipresent In NYC Homes, Study Shows

Two new, under-studied and likely unhealthy flame-retardant chemicals have replaced the notorious PBDEs of the 1970s in NYC, scientists say.

'El Chapo' TV Show Will Air During NYC Court Trial

Mexico's notorious Sinaloa Cartel kingpin, a recent New York transplant, is having his day in the sun.

3 Major Brooklyn Hospitals To Merge After 'Decade Of Financial And Organizational Trauma'

"Not only could you not find a physician, but sometimes there wouldn't be pharmacies or other access to services," report says.

Brooklyn Mom Allegedly Beats 4-Year-Old To Death With Stick

Brownsville resident Zarah Coombs, 26, has been arrested and charged with the murder of her own toddler.

Windsor Terrace Daycare Drama: Owner Dies, Parents Panic

"We had no idea" Ilene of Ilene's Sunflower Daycare was going to die "right at that second," one mom says.