Elle McLogan

NEW YORK -- At the Queens Botanical Garden in Flushing, turmeric, coffee, and cabbage boil away in big pots. But the stew is not for eating. Donated food scraps are becoming natural dyes, bringing color to canvas tote bags and sparking conversations about sustainability. It's part of the garden's summer series "Crafting with Scraps," which brings New Yorkers together to explore an urban oasis and share knowledge about Earth's wonders.

NEW YORK -- Zhao Yu Zhen lives in an apartment on Ash Avenue in Queens, but it's hard for her to get in the building. "Every time, I can't get in," she said in Chinese. "There's no key." Since Zara Realty took over their building in Flushing, she and her neighbors say they're asked to produce birth certificates, marriage licenses, even high fees for access to their own homes. In some cases, a family of five is given only one key to the entrance.

NEW YORK - An explosion rocked a Newark Housing Authority property Friday evening, leaving a section of the Stephen Crane Housing Complex in ruins. Demolition excavators tore away what was left of the housing complex Saturday afternoon. While authorities are calling it a building collapse, video shows an explosion at the apartment building on South Pine Lane around 6 p.m. Friday. When neighbors heard a sudden boom, some took off running.