One crisis averted: House, Senate approve spending bill to avoid government...
A majority of the U.S. House of Representatives voted on Thursday to approve a Senate-passed measure that avoids a partial government shutdown by funding federal agencies into the new fiscal year that...
View ArticleSheinkopf Speaks: Speaking out for Rikers’ blue-collar workers
So it is was how many New Yorkers felt when they heard outraged members of our highly paid government expressing shame and shock after they visited Rikers Island. It was possibly the first time some...
View ArticleDisney resolves dispute with Scarlett Johansson over ‘Black Widow’ movie
Walt Disney Co and actress Scarlett Johansson have resolved their legal dispute stemming from the release of her Marvel superhero movie "Black Widow," the company and the performer said jointly on...
View ArticleEminem, Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Kendrick Lamar, Mary J. Blige to perform at...
Rappers Eminem, Kendrick Lamar, Dr Dre and Snoop Dogg, along with R&B singer Mary J. Blige will play the halftime show at next year's Super Bowl in southern California, the National Football League...
View ArticleOp-Ed | CUNY Graduate School leads push for health equity during pandemic and...
Aiyana Braswell was a college student in Houston when COVID-19 reached the U.S. in the spring of 2020. Aiyana, who is Black, began working as an EMT, saying she wanted to work on the front lines and...
View ArticleBronx Times Reporter, partnering with local businesses for 40 years — and...
Since its launch in 1981, the Bronx Times Reporter has been committed to hyper-local journalism with a formula that combines the hard-hitting with the feel-good. Forty years later, the paper and its...
View ArticleMerck COVID-19 pill success slams Moderna shares, shakes up healthcare sector
Positive clinical trial results for Merck & Co's experimental antiviral COVID-19 pill reverberated through the healthcare sector on Friday, sending the drugmaker's stock price soaring while denting...
View ArticleNew York French Cinema festival is giving emerging French filmmakers a...
Burning Brighter, a French Cinema festival, is celebrating the diversity of emerging voices in French Cinema this weekend at Florence Gould Hall. The French Institute Alliance Française’s Burning...
View ArticleBuy Instagram Followers From These 7 Safe Websites (2021)
Are you thinking about buying Instagram followers? Maybe you work as an influencer, or you want to use social media to improve the brand awareness of your small business. Having an Instagram account,...
View ArticleMTA ridership continues rebound with another record day reaching 3.1 million...
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority has again set a post-pandemic ridership record, logging over 3.1 million riders on Thursday, Sept. 30, as straphangers continue to return to the system. MTA...
View Article90% of DOE staff now vaccinated against COVID-19, no say on how many will not...
Mayor Bill de Blasio revealed Friday that 90% of all roughly 148,000 Department of Education employees have gotten at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine including 93% of the city's 78,000 public...
View ArticleQueens man shot to death after dice game: cops
Detectives in Queens are looking for the shooter who murdered a 31-year-old man following a dice game early Saturday morning. Cops said the fatal shooting happened at about 1:32 a.m. on Oct. 2 near the...
View ArticleSupreme Court’s Sotomayor allows New York school vaccine mandate
Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor on Friday refused to block New York City's requirement that its public school teachers and employees be vaccinated against COVID-19. Sotomayor denied a challenge...
View ArticleThe Great Jack O’Lantern Blaze returns in the Hudson Valley and Long Island!
Everyone’s little pumpkins are sure to glow with delight at the The Great Jack O’Lantern Blaze! [1] Families will enjoy this fall feast for the eyes, admiring thousands of breathtakingly beautiful,...
View ArticleKickback scheme puts three current, former NYPD officers in Queens on wrong...
Two active NYPD officers, and one retiree, wound up being indicted on federal bribery charges Friday in connection with a kickback scheme tied to their assignments to a Queens precinct, law enforcement...
View ArticleThe Top Buccaneers vs. Patriots Player Props Picks
In what is one of the most heavily discussed, highly anticipated matchups in recent NFL history, Tom Brady makes his return to New England to face Bill Belichick and Brady’s longtime team, the New...
View ArticleDerailed Biden infrastructure package could mean loss of $10B for New York...
[1] This article was originally published [2] on Oct. 1 by THE CITY [3] A massive federal plan to spend $550 billion on public transit, bridges and highways stalled in Congress late Thursday, spurring...
View ArticleCaesars Sportsbook Has Football Bonuses, Odds Boosts, and $5,000 Risk-Free Bet
College football and the NFL are kicking off Week 5 and Week 4 of their seasons, respectively, and Caesars Sportsbook is offering a ton of odds boosts, promos, and specials. Caesars Sportsbook has...
View ArticleSinger Gloria Estefan reveals sexual abuse at age 9
Latin singer Gloria Estefan has revealed that she was sexually abused at the age of 9 by a music teacher who was part of her family. The "Turn the Beat Around" singer spoke for the first time about the...
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