A large container ship lost propulsion in waters near New York Harbor Friday evening before tugboats pulled it to a stop at an anchorage near the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge. The scene evoked last month’s tragedy in Baltimore Harbor when another container vessel slammed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge, knocking it down and killing a half-dozen people who were conducting maintenance …
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A New York Appeals Court rejected former President Trump’s motion to delay his trial on charges stemming from Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s hush-money payments investigation. The former president and 2024 presumptive Republican presidential nominee sought to delay the trial, which is set to begin with jury selection on April 15. He also sought to change the venue for the …
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The city of Buffalo, New York, will experience complete totality on Monday, April 8, as the city’s hunger for its iconic hot wings eclipses past standards of succulence. The Great Lakes lab of American gastronomy – Buffalo also invented the corn dog – is in the path of totality of today’s historic solar eclipse. It’s the first total eclipse over …
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NYPD officers arrested five men at the Randall’s Island migrant shelter early Monday morning after they allegedly pounced on another man in his bed and injured a security guard during the brawl, according to authorities and local media. Five men, between the ages of 20 and 33, are accused of pummeling another man as he ate food in his bed …
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It’s all over TikTok: pretty, young women are getting punched in the face in seemingly random attacks on the streets of New York City. Thelatest incident occurred on Wednesday in Chelsea, leaving the 23-year-old victim with a broken nose. The “scraggly-haired menace” is still at large, but even if he’s taken into custody, don’t expect the punishment to last long. …
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Three U.S. airports can now boast that they have some of the best travel dining experiences in the world. The 2024 Global Tastemakers panel of more than 180 food and travel experts revealed their 10 favorite airports for dining and drinks on Tuesday, with one bonus. Among those on the list were New York City’s John F. Kennedy International Airport, …
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The Bronx judge who set loose six suspected migrant squatters arrested on drugs and weapons charges last week previously released two men who beat up a police officer. Bronx Criminal Court Judge Eugene Bowen, a Democrat elected in 2022, released the six men against the wishes of prosecutors. One of the migrants, HectorDesousa-Villalta, 24, of Venezuela, had been arrested in …
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The mother of Omer Neutra, a 22-year-old American from Long Island, New York, who was abducted by Hamas on Oct. 7, had a message for those who are pushing for Israel to end its military campaign. “Bringing the hostages back should be the top priority. It should be a world top priority. Everyone looking for de-escalation in the region should …
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The families of American hostages who remain in terrorist custody in the Gaza Strip insist they have no time to wait for “progress” toward a deal to release their loved ones, urging President Biden to get results. “By now, they are all in dire humanitarian condition,” Orna Neutra, mother of hostage Omer Neutra, said during a press conference in Lower …
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New York City has agreed to pay $17.5 million in a class action lawsuit led by two Muslim women who say their religious rights were violated when police forced them to remove their hijabs for mugshots after they were arrested. The preliminary financial settlement, which still needs to be approved by a district court judge, was filed on Friday in …
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