Morning Brief: April 18 2016

After a massive 7.8 magnitude earthquake in Ecuador killed at least 233 people, immigrants in Queen grieved over the devastation. Ecuadorians represent the city's sixth largest immigrant group and number at more than 137,000 according to the New York Times: [NY Times]

Need To Know

Opt-out rates level for math and reading exams [New York Daily News]

Clinton toured run-down Harlem NYCHA building this weekend [New York Daily News]

College student removed from flight for speaking arabic on plane [NY Times]

Brazil's Leader is Impeached by Wide Margin in Lower House [BBC]

Weather

Sunny and unseasonably warm with a high of 77 [Full Forecast]

Sports

TODAY

Mets take on the Phillies away at 7:05 PM

YESTERDAY

Yankees beat the Mariners 4-3

Mets beat the Indians 6-0

On Stage Tonight

Steely Dan @ the Capital Theater

Chicago & Earth Wind and Fire @ Madison Square Garden

Today In History

Today in 1775 American revolutionary Paul Revere road through Massachusetts warning "the British are coming"

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