Taliban fire in the air to control crowd at Kabul airport
The Taliban fired in the air and used batons to make people line up in orderly queues outside Kabul airport on Sunday, witnesses said, a day after seven people were killed in a crush at the gates. On...
View ArticleCalm after the storm: Cuomo vows to step down on schedule Monday night
Governor Andrew Cuomo still plans to leave office Monday, Aug. 23, despite ramping up his public presence in the lead up to Tropical Storm Henri. "Yes, my final day is tomorrow, Tuesday morning," said...
View ArticleHelp your business grow by entering Top NYC Workplaces competition
As New York City continues to recover, there’s never been a better time to highlight your business and the reasons why your company is a great place to build a career. And there’s no better way to do...
View ArticleU.S. military evacuated 10,000+ people from Kabul Sunday; firefight erupts at...
The U.S. military flew approximately 10,400 people out of Kabul over 24 hours on Sunday, and 61 coalition planes helped evacuate approximately 5,900, a White House official said on Monday. Since Aug....
View ArticleSex Pistols’ Johnny Rotten loses court battle over songs in TV show
Former Sex Pistols front-man John Lydon lost his legal battle on Monday to prevent other members from using their music in a planned television series about the rise of the punk rock band which shocked...
View ArticleBigot sought for assaulting woman in anti-Asian attack on East Side
Detectives are looking for the hate-filled man who attacked a 52-year-old woman on a rain-soaked East Side street Sunday afternoon in yet another bias crime targeting Asian New Yorkers, police...
View ArticleU.S. FDA grants full approval to Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Monday gave full approval to the COVID-19 vaccine made by Pfizer Inc and German partner BioNTech SE for use in people over the age of 16, in first such approval...
View ArticleBREAKING: NYC to issue vaccine mandate for Department of Education teachers...
All Department of Education staff will have to get at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine by Sept. 27, The New York Times [1] reported Monday morning. In late July, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced...
View ArticleMarcus Stroman adopting role as Mets ace in stride
It's impossible to fully fill the shoes of Jacob deGrom, but Marcus Stroman is certainly doing his best to keep the New York Mets' starting rotation moving forward down the stretch of the 2021...
View ArticleAbsolutely soaked: Henri dumps record-setting rainfall across New York City
New York City avoided the worst of Tropical Storm Henri [1] — but the big rainmaker [2] seriously saturated the Five Boroughs along the way. Central Park saw 7.16 inches of rainfall associated with...
View ArticleJavier Baez back with a bang, but how will Mets align once Francisco Lindor...
The Mets missed Javier Baez. In desperate need of a spark amid the now-famed 13-game gauntlet against the Los Angeles Dodgers and San Francisco Giants, the Mets got just that when their star...
View ArticleHits keep coming for Jets, lose LB Jarrad Davis for up to two months
New York Jets first-year head coach Robert Saleh hit the nail on the head this weekend when he said that the "NFL train stops for nobody," regardless of the adversity a team is facing. Well, the NFL...
View ArticleDaniel Jones to start Giants’ final preseason game Sunday vs. Patriots
New York Giants quarterback Daniel Jones is finally going to see some live-game action this preseason. Head coach Joe Judge admitted that the third-year passer will make his exhibition slate debut on...
View ArticleFauci says he expects more COVID vaccine approvals in coming weeks
Further full U.S. approvals for COVID-19 vaccines could come within weeks, with separate approval for children under 12 as soon as mid-autumn, the nation's top infectious disease official said on...
View Article‘Trying to survive’: Scrap metal recycling brings cash in Haiti post-earthquake
After a devastating earthquake leveled tens of thousands of homes in Haiti, some residents have started to pick up the pieces, collecting scrap metal from the rubble to resell and make ends meet....
View ArticleFormer Super Bowl-winning Giants coach Tom Coughlin announces wife is...
Former New York Giants head coach and two-time Super Bowl winner Tom Coughlin announced in a New York Times op-ed [1] Tuesday that his wife, Judy, is battling progressive supranuclear palsy, an...
View ArticleRangers add Gord Murphy, Mike Kelly, Jim Midgley as assistant coaches under...
Gerard Gallant, the new head coach of the New York Rangers, officially rounded out his coaching staff on Tuesday as general manager Chris Drury announced that the team has brought on Gord Murphy, Mike...
View ArticleMaterials for the Arts brings annual shopping spree for New York City...
An annual tradition for teachers to stock up on free supplies for the school year is going curbside this year. On Aug. 24 and 31, members of Materials for the Arts (MFTA) [1] participate in the...
View ArticleParalympics set to open in Tokyo amid worsening COVID-19 crisis
The 2020 Paralympic Games kicked off in Tokyo with the opening ceremony on Tuesday as Japan struggles with its worst COVID-19 outbreak so far, record daily cases, and an overwhelmed medical system. The...
View ArticleGovernor Hochul says she wants New Yorkers to believe in government again at...
Governor Kathy Hochul said her number one goal in office is for New Yorkers to believe in their government again, after she took over as the first woman in the state's highest office [1], following...
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