Brooklyn cellphone video appears to show a man punching a woman in the face on a sidewalk on the outskirts of a “Pride” event, sending her tumbling onto the pavement before he cuts off down a side street, exchanging swear words with onlookers – but there’s more to the story than a 10-second viral clip of the chaos shows, according …
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A late evening at a trendy New York City bowling alley devolved into chaos after a group of suspects beat and stabbed a 21-year-old patron over an unknown dispute. The bowler was repeatedly kicked and punched in the face and body in the altercation at The Gutter on Essex Street on the Lower East Side around 1:40 a.m. Monday, an …
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There haven’t been this many Dodgers fans in New York since the team moved out of Brooklyn in 1957. The LA Dodgers are in the Bronx this weekend for a highly anticipated series against the New York Yankees. It’s one of the oldest rivalries in the game. When the Dodgers were in Brooklyn, they faced the Yankees in the World …
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Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg on Friday declined to testify about his prosecution of former President Donald Trump to House lawmakers next week. In a letter to House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio., Bragg’s general counsel, Leslie Dubeck, said the district attorney has “scheduling conflicts” that will keep him from appearing before Congress. However, Dubeck indicated that Bragg may …
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According to arecent poll conducted by Emerson College, President Joe Biden has only a seven-point lead over rival and former President Donald Trump in the blue state of New York. Biden is also well under a 50 percent approval rating. Combined with the candidacy of independent Robert F. Kennedy Jr., this potentially makes the state ripe for picking by Trump …
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An apparent high-stakes gambler carrying a bag stuffed with $250,000 cash for a poker game was robbed at gunpoint outside a hotel in New York City on Thursday, according to police and reports. The 41-year-old victim was outside the New York LaGuardia Airport Marriott hotel in East Elmhurst, Queens, at around 6:10 p.m. when a man approached him at gunpoint …
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New York City’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) is looking at paying up to $1 million for a psychologist to analyze the motivations of turnstile jumpers, saying that “historic approaches” like increased policing have had “limited success” in reversing record-high losses due to fare evasion. Of approximately 5 million daily riders on New York City’s subways and buses, about 900,000 skirt …
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The illegal immigrant accused of shooting two New York City Police Department officers in Queens was arraigned on attempted murder and other charges on Wednesday, as prosecutors outlined how the suspect allegedly opened fire at “point-blank range” during a struggle on the ground. Bernardo Raul Castro Mata, 19, appeared remotely from his hospital bed to be arraigned in Queens Criminal …
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Broadway has had great success with “Hello, Dolly.” Now get ready for “Hello, I’m Dolly.” Dolly Parton is writing new songs to go along with some of her past hits and co-writing a stage story inspired by her life for a stage musical that she hopes to land on Broadway in 2026. “I’ve written many original songs for the show …
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New York City crime stats show hate crimes in the Big Apple are on pace to rise for the fourth consecutive year, driven by a spike in antisemitic incidents. There were 276 hate crime complaints in the city through May 31, the most recent data available. That’s up from 210 in 2023. Virtually the entire increase can be seen in …
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