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Rep. Ilhan Omar's daughter arrested and released amid NYC anti-Israel protests at Columbia University

The daughter of U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., was arrested Thursday at anti-Israel protests at Columbia University, law enforcement sources told Fox News. Isra Hirsi was in the custody of the New York Police Department and put into flex cuffs or zip ties and will face trespassing charges, according to sources. She was among more than 100 people issued a …

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John Adams' Nativity oratorio 'El Nino' gets colorful staging at the Met

NEW YORK (AP) — The children crumple and fall to the stage, victims of King Herod’s assassins. Then the Virgin Mary, in a voice brimming with anguish and outrage, memorializes the student protesters who were massacred by Mexican armed forces in 1968. This is “El Nino,” a retelling of the birth and early life of Jesus through a mix of …

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Top New York City mayor Adams aide slapped with second sexual harassment lawsuit: report

A top aide to New York City Mayor Eric Adams was slapped with a second lawsuit alleging discrimination, sexual harassment and retaliation on Wednesday, according to reports. Timothy Pearson, a former NYPD inspector who led the Mayor’s Office of Municipal Services Assessment, is being sued by retired NYPD sergeant Michael Ferrari in a lawsuit filed in the New York Supreme …

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Trump lawyers tried to subpoena Stormy Daniels, but instead this happened

Former President Trump’s legal team says it tried to serve ex-pornographic actress Stormy Daniels with a subpoena as she arrived for an event at a bar in a New York City bar last month, but she refused to accept it. A process server working for Trump’s lawyers said he approached Daniels with papers demanding information related to a documentary recently …

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Bragg says he will try to 'discredit' Trump if he testifies in his defense during criminal trial

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg intends to use former President Donald Trump’s alleged prior “misconduct and criminal acts” to discredit him if he testifies in his own defense at trial, according to a notice filed Wednesday. Trump, the 2024 presumptive Republican nominee, has never been convicted of a crime. Bragg charged Trump with 34 counts of falsifying business records in …

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Anti-Israel protestors shut down Golden Gate, disrupt America but they are only getting started

Radical left activists are back at it with a tactic that feels like déjà vu. These weren’t your peaceful protesters rallying on Monday in solidarity with Palestinians; these are disruptors who view chaos as a stepping stone to their anti-capitalist utopia. They’re just pretending to care about what happens in Gaza. It’s crucial that city leaders step up now. If …

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Finding New York: 500th anniversary of Giovanni de Verrazzano historic voyage of discovery

For many people around the globe, New York City is just a flight away. With three major airports, tunnels, bridges and cruise ship terminals, the Big Apple is easily accessible to millions of visitors each year. People flock here to experience the bustling city life, to snap a selfie with the Statue of Liberty, to see a Broadway show, to …

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NYC issues warning of infectious disease spread by rat urine after record year of reported cases

New York City health officials issued a warning about the increase in transmitted bacterial illness spread by rat urine after 24 cases were reported in 2023, the most for any year. Only six cases of leptospirosis have been reported in the city so far this year, but numbers were trending upward, the New York City Department of Health said. Cases …

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How many ballerinas can dance on tiptoes in one place? A world record 353 at New York's Plaza Hotel

NEW YORK (AP) — Hundreds of young dancers in white tutus and tightly coiffed hair gathered in New York’s Plaza Hotel on Wednesday to break the world record for dancing on pointe in one place. The spectacle was organized by Youth America Grand Prix, a ballet scholarship program that is celebrating its 25th anniversary with three nights of performances at …

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Seven jurors chosen in Trump criminal trial, 11 more needed

Seven jurors have been selected for former President Donald Trump’s hush money criminal trial. Lawyers approved the seven individuals, including two lawyers, an IT worker, a nurse, an English teacher, a software engineer and a sales professional. Like all other potential jurors interviewed for the New York case, they were grilled on their political beliefs and thoughts towards the former …

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