(The Sun)
A MAJOR power outage in New York last night saw Manhattan ground to a halt - EXACTLY 42 years after a major blackout in 1977.
Broadway shows were cancelled and subway trains were stuck in eerie pitch-black stations after electricity went down at around 7:00pm local time (12:00am BST).
More than 40,000 homes and business were without power for five hours in the busy Midtown district - affecting millions of New Yorkers.
The area is home to dozens of theatres and the Times Square tourist hotspot - which was also plunged into darkness. Read more
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