NEW YORK - An explosion rocked the bustling Chelsea district of Manhattan on Saturday night, injuring at least 29 people in what authorities described as a deliberate, criminal act, while saying investigators had turned up no evidence of a "terror connection."
Reuters: New York City shaken by ‘intentional’ explosion, 29 injured
New York Police Commissioner James O'Neill (center right) and Mayor Bill de Blasio (center left) walk into a press conference as police, firefighters and emergency workers gather at the scene of an explosion in Manhattan on September 17, 2016 in New York City. The evening explosion at 23rd street in the popular Chelsea neighborhood injured over a dozen people and is being investigated.