December 27, 2023 : Midday News

ConEdison and city officials are warning people to avoid the area around East 52nd Street and 2nd Avenue in Midtown Manhattan after they test for asbestos after a steam pipe leak early on Wednesday morning. Also, a Brooklyn family is searching for answers after a Tuesday night shooting in South Ozone Park, Queens ended with the death of their niece. Police are investigating. And, the National Weather Service is saying New York City's shoreline could get some minor flooding with the rain coming in the next day of so. Lastly, we continue to look back at the year's top stories with one about about the arrest of Rex Heuermann in the case of the Gilgo Beach murders. For more than a decade, the case had baffled law enforcement and frustrated victims' families. Journalist and author Robert Kolker wrote "Lost Girls," a book about the murders and was adapted into a Netflix documentary. He spoke with WNYC's Sean Carlson.