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The gospel according to Mr. Rogers
BY LENORE SKENAZY Mr. Rogers was the host of a half hour of calm for kids from 1968 until 2001. On other kid’s shows you could find flying squirrels, falling pianos, and grouches in garbage cans. But...
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Tomorrow’s trends today! Maybe…
BY LENORE SKENAZY Trends are something I wouldn’t say I’m great at predicting. Years ago, when I was passing the Empire State Building, two tourists asked me if I’d take their picture. “Sure,” I said....
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Our natural belief in the supernatural
BY LENORE SKENAZY Clay Routledge, author of the new book, “Supernatural: Death, Meaning, and the Power of the Invisible World,” was watching his university’s football team play a national championship...
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Reading is fundamental, but so is playing
BY LENORE SKENAZY Having arrived in New York as a young adult and not a bouncing bundle of joy, I missed out on what seems to be the crucial forging of a real New Yawker: Playing ringolevio with my...
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‘Backyard Wilderness’ shows unseen nature
BY LENORE SKENAZY Giving mice a re-think. That’s what I’m doing, having just watched the amazing new 3D film now playing hourly at the American Museum of Natural History: “Backyard Wilderness.” It is...
View ArticleHate crimes probe into anti-Semitic assault and robbery on Brooklyn street
Governor Andrew Cuomo directed the state police to help NYPD hate crimes detectives catch the suspects who attacked a Jewish man on a Brooklyn street early Friday morning. The Flatbush Shomrim Safety...
View ArticleCuomo scheduled for Saturday deposition in sex harassment probe: reports
Investigators for the New York state attorney general's office are expected to take a deposition from Governor Andrew Cuomo on Saturday as part of a sexual harassment probe, The New York Times...
View Article12 river tubing spots to check out near NYC
River tubing is a favorite New York pastime. It is also is one of the best ways to cool off on a hot summer day or just get away from the city by floating down a lazy river while enjoying what nature...
View ArticleBucks vs. Suns player prop bets and picks (Game 5)
The Milwaukee Bucks and Phoenix Suns will meet in a critical Game 5 matchup of the NBA Finals this evening. After taking an early 2-0 series lead, the Suns faltered on the road as Milwaukee stars Khris...
View ArticleU.S. judge rules DACA program illegal, suspends new applications
A federal judge in Texas on Friday blocked new applications to a program that protects immigrants who were brought to the United States as children from deportation, but said the hundreds of thousands...
View ArticleU.S. drug overdose deaths rise 30% to record during pandemic
A record number of Americans died of drug overdoses last year as pandemic lockdowns made getting treatment difficult and dealers laced more drugs with a powerful synthetic opioid, according to data...
View ArticleLawmakers push for more high-speed rail infrastructure spending
Faster than a speeding locomotive, the U.S. High Speed Rail Coalition (USHSRC) is ramping up the pressure for Congress to carve-out $205 billion from pending federal infrastructure legislation and...
View ArticleBox Office: Marvel’s ‘Black Widow’ debuts with dazzling $80 million in...
Disney and Marvel's superhero adventure "Black Widow" captured a massive $80 million in its first weekend, crushing the benchmark for the biggest opening weekend since the pandemic. In a first for the...
View ArticleVandal trashes pair of statues outside Queens church in heartless act
Police are investigating an act of vandalism that left two religious statues destroyed at Our Lady of Mercy Roman Catholic Church in Forest Hills early Saturday morning. According to the Diocese of...
View ArticleCreep sexually abuses two women inside Brooklyn’s Prospect Park: NYPD
Special victims detectives in Brooklyn need the public's help in finding the creep who sexually abused two women inside Prospect Park. The NYPD released on July 17 a sketch of the deviant behind the...
View ArticleIce-cool Morikawa wins blazing hot British Open
American debutant Collin Morikawa produced an ice-cool final round to win the British Open by two strokes on a blazing hot afternoon at Royal St George's on Sunday. The 24-year-old began the day a...
View ArticleNYPD shooting stats update due Monday as city leaders look to tackle...
The NYPD's set to release a new set of statistics Monday outlining the state of gun violence in New York City — something that's run rampant since just about last summer. After a steady decline over...
View Article‘It’s been pretty sh**ty’: Subway riders fume as on-time train performance...
Subway on-time performance continued to decline in June, with a decrease of 8.9% systemwide compared to the same time last year, as Metropolitan Transportation Authority officials wrestle with crew...
View ArticleMets return favor, overcome six-run deficit to defeat Pirates, avoid sweep
The Mets wrenched a silver lining out of a brutal series in Pittsburgh, overcoming a 6-0 first-inning deficit to defeat the Pirates 7-6 on Sunday afternoon — avoiding an embarrassing sweep after a...
View ArticleLabor of love: Gillibrand, Schumer call for passage of ‘Pro Act’ to expand...
New York Senators Kirsten Gillibrand and Chuck Schumer are fighting to give a voice to working people through the passage of the Right to Organize (Pro) Act. On June 18, both senators held a press...
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