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Donald Trump’s rally at Madison Square Garden, billed as a triumphant homecoming, turned into a political fiasco on Sunday night as a pro-Trump comedian’s racist diatribe drew furious condemnation, including from prominent Republicans. The rally, held just more than a week before Election Day, was intended to serve as a platform for Trump to make…
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The U.S. Route 66, a century-old highway spanning from Chicago’s Lake Michigan shores to the Pacific coast in Santa Monica, California, is known as the “Mother Road” under the pen of American writer John Steinbeck in his Pulitzer Prize-winning novel “The Grapes of Wrath.” The road symbolized mobility, freedom, and the American Dream, aiding many…
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Police in riot gear have raided Columbia University and arrested pro-Palestinian protesters occupying one of its buildings. Around 30 to 40 people have been removed from the Manhattan university’s Hamilton Hall, according to police The raid came hours after New York City Mayor Eric Adams said the demonstration at the Ivy League school “must end now”. He…
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A rare earthquake struck the Northeast on Friday morning, with the epicenter about 45 miles away from New York City. With no major damage or injuries reported, residents were quick to log on to social media and group texts to express and process their reactions together. New Yorkers, especially, seemed shocked about the 4.8 magnitude…
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Hunter Schafer was among dozens arrested at a pro-Palestinian protest in New York City. The actor, who is best known for playing Jules Vaughn in the hit HBO series, joined more than 100 demonstrators who gathered in the lobby of NBCUniversal headquarters at 30 Rockefeller Plaza on Monday to call for a ceasefire in Gaza, organizers…
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A bill in the New York State Legislature could alter how the foster care system operates in the state by ending the requirement for parents to pay for their child’s stay in foster care. New York collected more than 2 million in 2021 from low-income parents with children in foster care. The so-called “maintenance payments” include a 9 percent…
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A poster in an art class at a Brooklyn public elementary school showing a map of the “Arab world” is causing an uproar as it omitted Israel for “Palestine,” according to the New York Post. The poster, which has now been removed following a Free Press story published Thursday, was manufactured by Arab education company Ruman. It features Islamic landmarks…
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Chinese rock music festival themed Friends From The East kicked off on Saturday night in New York City and cheered up thousands of fans. The first leg of the two-day event attracted over three thousand people. The fans, mostly in their 20s or 30s, filled up Knockdown Center in Queens borough, and many were moved into tears…
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Below is the full transcript of Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s statement of resignation, delivered on August 10, 2021. Cuomo said he intends to step down within 14 days. Good morning. Let me begin by thanking Rita Glavin for that powerful presentation. I’d like to address several issues today. First, I’ve always started by telling New Yorkers…
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Lieutenant Governor Kathy Hochul will become the first woman to serve as governor of New York State when she replaces fellow Democrat Andrew Cuomo on his August 24 resignation date. Hochul, 62, has been the state’s second-ranking official since 2015 and will become its 57th governor. In 2011, she won a special election for…
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New York Governor Andrew Cuomo violated federal and state laws by sexually harassing multiple women through actions that included touching their “intimate body parts”, a report has found. Gov. Cuomo also allegedly retaliated against some of the victims and created a “toxic” and hostile work environment, officials said. The New York Post reports that the blockbuster announcements…
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The global death toll from the pandemic is nearing 280,000, with the United States and Great Britain topping the list of the worst-hit countries. At the same time, China has reported a plunge in new cases of the infection and no fatalities from the virus over the last several weeks. There are over 4,000,000 confirmed…
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US President Donald Trump’s claims during his daily White House coronavirus briefing on Friday that the ingestion of disinfectant could be an effective measure to prevent contracting Covid-19 has led to the hospitalization of at least 100 people in the US, according to reports. “I see the disinfectant that knocks it out in a minute, one minute,…
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Friday brought no shortage of pandemic news: New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and President Donald Trump publicly quarreled over coronavirus testing, China blamed a rising death toll on hospital errors, and stocks rebounded amid reports of possible emerging treatments for the virus. After the president criticized Cuomo in a tweet for “complaining,” Cuomo charged that the…
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New Yorkers just received another two weeks in lockdown mode. Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Thursday extended the state shutdown to May 15 as he revealed that coronavirus stats were still going in the right direction. Cuomo announced another 606 deaths from Wednesday to Thursday, a sharp drop from 752 the previous day, reports Forbes. It’s also…
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