U.S. CDC urges Americans to wear ‘most protective mask you can’
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Friday revised its guidance for Americans on wearing masks to protect against COVID-19, recommending donning "the most protective mask you can"...
View ArticleGen Z investors shift focus from ‘meme-stocks’ to the ‘metaverse,’ report shows
Enthusiasm around "meme stocks" has eased for young investors a year on from the GameStop Corp trading frenzy, with Gen Z's attention shifting to companies in areas like electric vehicles and the...
View ArticleGet the FanDuel promo code for best NFL Wild Card bonus
The latest FanDuel promo code gives all new bettors, including those in the recently launched New York sports betting [1] market, some of the best NFL Super Wild Card Weekend odds available. Both...
View ArticleNew York braces for evictions with key renter protection set to lapse today
A ban on housing evictions is set to expire on Saturday in New York, ending a critical economic support put in place at the start of the pandemic and setting the stage for a possible rush by landlords...
View ArticleCaesars Sportsbook NY starts fast with 3 aggressive NFL promos
Caesars Sportsbook NY has surged out of the gates during the first full week of New York sports betting [1] and now turns its attention to a critically important NFL Super Wild Card Weekend. The...
View ArticleTake Five: U.S. bank earnings, BoJ and (another) virtual Davos
With U.S. earnings season well underway, banking heavyweights such as Goldman Sachs are lining up to report next. The Bank of Japan is the first major central bank to meet in 2022 and investors get a...
View ArticleGiants great Eli Manning finds freedom off the football field
Two-time Super Bowl champion and retired Giants quarterback Eli Manning is an expert at silencing critics from gridiron to the stands of his third-grade daughter's basketball game. The mild-mannered,...
View Article‘I did it because I’m God:’ Homeless man turns self in after shoving Asian...
A homeless man turned himself in to police on Saturday afternoon hours after he shoved an Asian woman into the path of an oncoming Q train in Times Square in a possible hate crime, police officials...
View ArticlePolice respond to ‘hostage situation’ at Texas synagogue
Police were negotiating with a man believed to have taken people hostage at a Texas synagogue during a religious service on Saturday that was being broadcast online. The Colleyville, Texas Police...
View ArticleCardinals vs. Rams: 2022 NFC Wild Card preview, odds, promos, more
Cardinals vs. Rams NFC Wild Card Round When: Monday, Jan. 17, 8:15 p.m. Where: SoFi Stadium, Inglewood, CA TV: ESPN An all-NFC-West clash will close out the NFL's Super Wild Card Weekend on Monday...
View ArticleBox Office: ‘Scream’ reboot debuts to bloody impressive $30.6 million
"Scream," a reimagining of a horror franchise that appeared to have run out of steam, dominated the box office, earning a scary good $30.6 million. The sequel is projected to earn $35 million over the...
View ArticleBronx firefighters battle heavy flames, extreme cold in stopping three-alarm...
Extreme cold complicated the efforts of Bronx firefighters in battling a three-alarm fire at an auto body shop on Sunday morning. Fire Department sources said the blaze ignited at about 10:25 a.m. on...
View ArticleThree questions facing the Nets with Kevin Durant sidelined
The Nets caught a break on Sunday with Kevin Durant's injury -- a sprained medial collateral ligament [1] -- but Brooklyn will still be without its cornerstone player for what could be at least a...
View ArticleWashington Heights man shot dead in apartment building lobby
Detectives in Washington Heights are looking for the gunman who shot dead a 44-year-old man in his apartment building lobby early on Sunday morning. Lamar Brown, 44, lived on third floor of 501 West...
View ArticleFifteen Bronx fire victims remembered at heartbreaking funeral service
The victims of New York City's deadliest fire [1] in three decades were laid to rest on Jan. 16 in a heart-rending ceremony. Thousands attempted to pay their respects Sunday to 15 of the 17 lives [2]...
View Article‘Remove the perception of fear’: Mayor Adams vows subways safe after horrific...
Mayor Eric Adams vowed Sunday that the city’s subways remain safe even after a man shoved a woman in front of a Q train at Times Square the day before. Adams said that his plan to make police officers...
View ArticlePioneering Tuskegee Airman Charles McGee dies at 102
Retired Brigadier General Charles McGee, part of the pioneering all-Black Tuskegee Airmen during World War Two and one of its most decorated pilots, died on Sunday at the age of 102, his family said in...
View ArticleLawmakers on the Move, Jan. 17, 2022
Persaud Pushes Resolution Proclaiming Jan 18 Thesaurus [caption id="attachment_31229" align="alignleft" width="192"] State Senator Roxanne J. Persaud[/caption] State Sen. Roxanne Persuad (D-Brooklyn)...
View ArticleEditorial | On MLK’s legacy, and democracy on the brink
We can only imagine what Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. would say were he to look upon America in the present day and see its political fracture. We would think that Dr. King, a man of unwavering courage,...
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