Assembly will not seek to impeach Cuomo after he resigns
Lawmakers in the New York Assembly will suspend their impeachment investigation of Governor Andrew Cuomo in light of his promise to step down from office over sexual harassment complaints, Speaker Carl...
View ArticleNYC SHOOTINGS: Three men slain in four hours across Bronx and Queens
The wee hours of Saturday morning saw three deadly shootings in four hours across the Bronx and Queens, police reported. Law enforcement sources said the first homicide happened in Far Rockaway,...
View ArticleThree teenage robbers sought for beating up boy for bike in Central Park
Police need the public's help in finding three young bicycle thieves who beat up and robbed a 14-year-old boy for his ride in Central Park earlier this week. The NYPD released video footage of the...
View Article‘Free Guy’: Joe Keery talks about the heart of this action-packed movie
It’s been a long time coming for the Shawn Levy-directed, action-packed video game film, ‘Free Guy.’ After a delay from the pandemic, audiences will finally get to see the story unfold in theaters and...
View ArticleNYC advocates say homeless supplement program doesn’t go far enough
City residents getting Family Homelessness & Eviction Prevention Supplements (FHEPS) will be able to breathe easier if they are facing eviction after city council members enacted a bill [1] that...
View ArticleDisney’s recovery ride hinges on Delta as theme parks swing to profit
Walt Disney Co's path to a sustained recovery in its theme parks business will rest on one question: Can the entertainment giant keep its parks open for the rest of the year? Disney's chief financial...
View ArticleTikTok reinforces privacy controls for teenagers
Chinese-owned short video-sharing app TikTok on Thursday announced stricter privacy controls for teenagers, seeking to address criticism that it has failed to protect children from hidden advertising...
View ArticleFor Haitians, quake reawakens trauma of disaster a decade ago
When Lydie Jean-Baptiste saw her neighbors running from their homes on Saturday and felt the ground begin to shake beneath her feet, the 62-year-old Haitian was flooded by terrifying memories of the...
View ArticleTaliban enter Afghan capital as US diplomats evacuate by chopper
Taliban insurgents entered Afghanistan's capital Kabul on Sunday as the United States evacuated diplomats from its embassy by helicopter and a government minister said power would be handed over to an...
View ArticleBrutal Bronx beatdown caught on camera as trio slashes and mauls man
Detectives in the Bronx are looking for the three men responsible for a brutal beating caught on camera earlier this month. Police said the terrible trio attacked the man after getting into a...
View ArticleWho is eligible for a third COVID-19 vaccine dose in the U.S.? An explanation
U.S. health officials have authorized [1] a third dose of COVID-19 vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna for people with compromised immune systems, based on evidence that the standard two shots offered...
View ArticlePreseason debut vs. Giants a solid first step for Jets’ Zach Wilson
Chalk up Zach Wilson's debut in a New York Jets uniform as a success. It wasn't flashy or headline-stealing, but the No. 2 pick of the 2021 draft out of BYU put together a strong showing in the Jets'...
View ArticleDesperate Afghans throng Kabul airport, stalling U.S. evacuations
Thousands of Afghans desperate to leave the country thronged Kabul airport where five people were killed on Monday after Taliban insurgents seized the capital, prompting the U.S. military to suspend...
View ArticleU.S. cannabis firm PharmaCann plans IPO as New York weed legalization lifts...
PharmaCann, one of the 10 original cannabis licensees in New York, has confidentially filed for an initial public offering that could value it at well over $1 billion, sources familiar with the matter...
View ArticleTough guy sought for randomly punching senior man on Chelsea street
Detectives are looking for the brute who sucker-punched a 66-year-old man on a Chelsea street earlier this month. The NYPD released video footage on Aug. 15 of the suspect wanted for the attack, which...
View ArticleHigher inflation target could trigger jobs boom, former Fed staffers say
The Federal Reserve may be wrestling with an inflation problem, but two former senior staffers at the U.S. central bank argue that continued higher prices in the future may be what is needed to shift...
View ArticleNicole Kidman calls TV’s ‘Nine Perfect Strangers’‘trippy and crazy’
Don't ask the cast to describe "Nine Perfect Strangers," the new Hulu TV series based on the 2018 best-selling book by Liane Moriarty. "It is so trippy and crazy. ... I dare you to ask any of us what...
View ArticleMets season in danger of capsizing with punchless offense leading plunge
New York Mets manager Luis Rojas is sounding like a broken record. Probably because he has no logical answer for a team that simply refuses to answer the bell in threatening offensive situations. The...
View ArticleMedics, aid workers rush to reach Haiti quake zone before storm
Doctors and aid workers rushed to get flights or transport to southwestern Haiti ahead of a storm on Monday to reach areas flattened by a major earthquake that killed at least 1,297 people and injured...
View ArticleOne dead, another injured in daring daytime shooting in Bronx
Two men were shot — one was killed — in broad daylight in the Bronx Sunday, according to police. At 1:10 p.m., on Aug. 15, two people were struck by gunfire in the area of East 149th Street and Brook...
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