These are the must-read stories from the weekend

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Sunday, June 16, 2019
Miracle Mets' Ed Kranepool, Art Shamsky pay special visit to Long Island nursing facility
Lucy Yang has the story.

NEW YORK (WABC) -- It was a special Father's Day on Long Island when Ed Kranepool and Art Shamsky from the 1969 'Miracle Mets' paid a special visit to the Momentum Rehab and Nursing Facility in East Islip.


Miracle Mets' Ed Kranepool, Art Shamsky pay special visit to Long Island nursing facility



Here's a look at some of the other must-read stories from the weekend.


A mother and her 10-year-old daughter were found dead in their Bronx apartment this weekend, near the woman's longtime boyfriend who had a gunshot wound to his head.


Mother, daughter killed in Bronx domestic dispute



Plane landing in Newark blows tires, skids off runway


Authorities said a plane blew tires while landing at Newark Liberty International Airport Saturday, sending it skidding on the runway before coming to a halt.



Man charged with arson in fire that burned through rabbi's NYC home



A Pennsylvania man was arrested on arson charges after investigators said he set fire to the home and car of a rabbi in Midwood, Brooklyn.


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Target registers back online after nationwide outage


A two-hour outage affecting Target cash registers snarled the retailer's stores around the country on a busy Saturday afternoon.


Shoppers wait in line at a Target store in Bel Air, Maryland, during an apparent register outage on Saturday, June 15.
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Babe Ruth Yankees jersey sells at auction for $5.64 million


It was another record for the Great Bambino after a Babe Ruth Yankees jersey sold at an auction for a record $5.64 million.




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