Crunching the COVID-19 Numbers: Omicron setting new infection records every...
New York City has entered uncharted territory in the COVID-19 pandemic thanks to the fast-spreading Omicron variant, with more than 10,000 people a day, on average, testing positive for the virus....
View Article‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ becomes first pandemic-era movie to smash $1...
"Spider-Man: No Way Home" unwrapped the best Christmas gift of all, becoming the first pandemic-era movie to cross $1 billion at the global box office. Sony's comic-book epic has eclipsed that...
View ArticleRinging in 2022: Check out the lineup for the Times Square New Year’s Eve...
Times Square will again host the biggest New Year's Eve party in the world on Friday night with the famous ball drop to ring in 2022. Even with a scaled down crowd size amid the pandemic, [1] upwards...
View ArticleApparent Queens drive-by shooting leaves man dead, another injured: cops
Detectives are investigating an apparent Queens drive-by shooting on Sunday afternoon that left a man dead and another seriously injured. Law enforcement sources said the bullets rang out at about...
View ArticleEagles wake up in second half, beat down hapless Giants
Sunday afternoon's matchup between the Philadelphia Eagles and New York Giants provided one of the worst halves in football seen all season as the two teams entered the locker room tied at 3-3. Then,...
View ArticleIslanders add four more to COVID-19 list
As the New York Islanders returned to team facilities in preparations of returning to action following an extended holiday break, they ran into more COVID-19 issues. Anthony Beauvillier, Cal...
View ArticleZach Wilson steps up, Jets defeat Jaguars
Call it a Christmas miracle. The Jets held off the Jacksonville Jaguars in a 26-21 win on Sunday at MetLife Stadium, in a game where 20 New York regulars, including head coach Robert Saleh, were out...
View ArticlePolitical Odds & Ends, Dec. 27, 2021
Mayor-Elect Adams on Passing of Archbishop Desmond Tutu [caption id="attachment_60415" align="alignleft" width="192"] Mayor-Elect Eric Adams[/caption] Mayor-Elect Eric Adams mourned the passing of...
View ArticleWasn’t This Year Terrible? Nope! PBS Critic Bill McCuddy Picks Top ’11’ Films...
Great news. There was a lot of films to choose from in 2021. Don't listen to the haters. Streaming [1] has upped the quality game in Hollywood. And everyone has seen everything because, well, what else...
View ArticleReady to drop: New Year’s Eve Ball installed with new crystals in Times Square
It wouldn't be New Year's Eve in the Big Apple without the sight of a falling, glittering ball in Times Square and the sound of thousands counting down [1] the last seconds of one year to welcome in...
View ArticleHoylman floats new tech misinformation and hate speech bill as Jan. 6 attack...
State Sen. Brad Hoylman (D-Manhattan) on Monday announced new legislation (S.7568) to hold social media platforms accountable for knowingly promoting disinformation, violent hate speech, and other...
View ArticleNew York’s legendary proto-punk singer Patti Smith receives key to the city
Famed singer-songwriter and New Yorker Patti Smith received an honorary key to the city from Mayor Bill de Blasio during a post-Christmas press conference on Monday. Smith, who turns 75 on Thursday,...
View ArticleFauci suggests air travel vaccine mandate as Omicron grounds U.S. flights
The country's top infectious disease expert suggested Monday that the government consider a vaccine mandate for domestic air travel as skyrocketing COVID-19 cases hobbled U.S. airline staff on Monday,...
View ArticleCity promises $75M for Bushwick Inlet Park, including long-delayed demolition...
The city has allocated a bundle of money toward the fabled completion of Bushwick Inlet Park, promising $75 million for the development of the CitiStorage site on Kent Avenue. “A promise was made to...
View ArticleCDC cuts quarantine time for COVID-affected Americans to 5 days
U.S. health authorities on Monday shortened the recommended quarantine time for asymptomatic Americans with COVID-19 to five days from the previous guidance of 10 days. The Centers for Disease Control...
View ArticleNic Claxton’s confidence growing after successful stretch for Nets
Two days removed and the NBA world is still a buzz about Nic Claxton's posterizing of Lebron James on Christmas Day. The play, unsurprisingly, has created the most memorable moment in Claxton's career...
View ArticlePolitical Odds & Ends, Dec. 28, 2021
AM Rosenthal, Kavanagh Announce Bill Reforming Mitchell-Lama Housing Becomes Law [caption id="attachment_51165" align="alignleft" width="192"] Assemblymember Linda B. Rosenthal[/caption] [caption...
View ArticleNets can build momentum at home with upcoming stretch in Brooklyn
With a 13-3 record on the road, it's pretty safe to say that the Nets are quite comfortable playing outside of the Barclays Center. Their 10-6 home record isn't anything to scoff at either, but with...
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