At least nine people were injured in New York City overnight after a car plowed into New Year’s Eve revelers and police officers while evading cops after a dispute with another person. The incident happened near West 34th Street and 9th Avenue, near Madison Square Garden, according to the New …
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World leaders descended on New York City in gas-guzzling SUVs this week for the latest round of United Nations climate meetings where they warned of the risks fossil fuels pose to humanity. The U.N. hosted the Sustainable Development Goals Summit on Monday and Tuesday as a mid-point review of its …
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A man who beat a 66-year-old Sikh man to death while calling him “turban man” after a fender bender in New York City has been charged with manslaughter as a hate crime, prosecutors announced Tuesday. Gilbert Augustin, 30, also faces charges including assault as a hate crime and unlicensed driving …
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For a year, a special New York law has cleared the way for a wave of headline-grabbing lawsuits against famous men accused of sexual misconduct, including former President Donald Trump, hip hop mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs and the comedian and actor Russell Brand. But when the Adult Survivors Act expires …
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Democratic New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced an initiative to “combat online hate” ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday last week after alarming surges in hate against Jews, Muslims and Arabs coincided with the Israel-Hamas war, and a “media literacy toolkit” for students was among them. “The rising tide of hate …
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New York City Mayor Eric Adams is working to remove his child-rearing advice book from circulation, saying it contains inaccurate stories from his childhood. Adams is claiming that an anecdote about firing a gun at a group of his friends at school did not happen, despite being included in his …
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House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., was pressed on the Democratic Party’s redistricting plans to counter Texas Republicans and whether they’re “hypocritical,” because of the history of his state of New York. After Jeffries criticized Texas Republicans for successfully passing a new congressional map, CNN’s “State of the Union” host …
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Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada — co-founder of the Sinaloa Cartel — pleaded guilty Monday to leading a criminal enterprise and racketeering. U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi announced the plea in Brooklyn, saying Zambada confessed to a lifetime of crime with the Sinaloa Cartel, labeled a foreign terrorist organization. “Thanks to …
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Rudy Giuliani’s aides and allies have thrown themselves behind Andrew Cuomo instead of Republican nominee Curtis Sliwa in the race for New York mayor, according to reports. Joe Lhota, Giuliani’s former deputy mayor and the GOP’s 2013 mayoral candidate, confirmed to the New York Post Thursday he is firmly in …
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A 13-year-old boy was arrested and charged with second-degree murder in connection with the fatal shooting of an 11-year-old boy inside a New York home on Thursday. Officers in Newburgh, located about 60 miles north of New York City, responded at around 8 a.m. on Thursday to a shooting at …
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