TRENTON, N.J. — A standoff with an armed man who took multiple hostages inside a Trenton home has ended, and three children are safe, police said early Sunday. According to the Associated Press, word of the confrontation's conclusion came a short while after the standoff, which had had prompted the evacuation of nearby homes, entered its third day.

"The Trenton hostage situation is resolved, the three children are safe, and the area is secure," state police Sgt. Adam Grossman told the Associated Press, delivering a joint statement also from Trenton police and county prosecutors.

One of two individuals suspected to be behind the Boston Marathon bombing is dead and a manhunt is underway for another, Massachusetts State Police say.

According to media reports, former New York City Mayor Ed Koch died Friday morning after being admitted to intensive care Thursday afternoon. Doctors at New York-Presbyterian Hospital's say the Democrat was being closely monitored overnight but succumbed to congestive heart failure. He was 88 years old.

The decorated politician is credited with saving New York City from financial ruin during his years as mayor from 1978 to 1989. In 2011, Koch became a steel fixture in Manhattan when the Queensboro Bridge was renamed in his honor.

Both East and Westbound lanes of the Long Island Expressway are shut down at Exit 68 in Shirley at this hour after a reported multiple vehicle crash. Suffolk County Police says a call came in around 2:40 p.m. Wednesday. A tractor-trailer was involved in the accident, with many injuries reported at the scene. There's no status on the nature of the injuries. Authorities are encouraging commuters heading out East to use alternative routes Wednesday evening.

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