These are the must-read stories from the weekend

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Monday, February 4, 2019
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NEW YORK (WABC) -- The Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn was the scene of protests throughout the weekend after inmates went without heat and electricity for a week. Power was restored Sunday night.

Police were searching for the attacker who fatally stabbed a pregnant woman inside a building in Queens. And the cost of a ride for taxis and other for-hire vehicles went up under the new congestion pricing surcharges.

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

Angry protesters confront correction officers at Brooklyn detention center

See the moment power was restored at the Metropolitan Detention Center

See the moment the lights came on at the Metropolitan Detention Center.

NYC congestion pricing brings higher fares for taxis, Ubers

Fares for some New York City taxis and ride shares became more expensive as the city rolled out its first phase of congestion pricing, a controversial new policy that taxes for-hire vehicles in order to fund the mass transit system.

New York rolled out its first phase of congestion pricing, a controversial new policy that taxes for-hire vehicles in order to fund the city's mass transit system.

Massive fire speads to several homes in Bayonne

Firefighters battled a massive five-alarm fire that spread to several buildings in Bayonne, New Jersey Saturday. Smoke from the blaze on Andrew Street could be seen billowing throughout the city.

CeFaan Kim has the latest developments.

Virginia governor says he wasn't in racist photo, won't resign

Resisting widespread calls for his resignation, Virginia's embattled governor on Saturday pledged to remain in office after disavowing a blatantly racist photograph that appeared under his name in his 1984 medical school yearbook.

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