[What you need to know to start the day: Get New York Today in your inbox.] On the night before Easter, a group of soon-to-be Catholics stood in flowing white robes holding candles, waiting to be summoned by the cardinal. One by one, under the cathedral’s soaring ceiling and stained glass windows, he dabbed oil […]
Late last week, Cyrus Vance Jr., the Manhattan district attorney, trumpeted what he clearly considered was a big win for his office — the conviction of Anna Sorokin, the fictitious heiress, the party-girl swindler, the Robin Hood tipper, the danger to minibars. A jury found her guilty of grand larceny in the second and third […]
DONNA, Tex. — Federal authorities have been struggling in recent months to accommodate the thousands of migrants arrested at the southern border, but what happens to them in the highly secure federal facilities along the border is often not known. Customs and Border Protection rarely invites outsiders in for a look. Some images have emerged […]
They were the biggest boyband on the planet, selling out arenas and shifting millions of records But while fans screamed and swooned over the five members of NSYNC, they were actually being swindled out of millions – by their own manager. Revered as the pop kingmaker in the 1990’s, Lou Pearlman had been the brains […]
HAWAII (NYTIMES) – A man survived a 21m fall into one of the most active volcanoes on Earth on Wednesday (May 1) after he climbed over a metal guardrail at Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, United States authorities said. The man, who was not publicly identified, was trying to get a better look at the cliff edge […]
Donald Trump has invited Hungary’s far-right leader Viktor Orban to Washington for a “working meeting”, according to a Hungarian government spokesman. Zoltan Kovacs tweeted yesterday that the country’s prime minister will travel to the US for formal talks with the US president on May 13. He said the pair would discuss energy security, defence co-operation, […]
NEW YORK (DPA) – US Vice-President Mike Pence got a friendly welcome aboard the USS Harry S. Truman on Tuesday (May 1). Maybe a little too friendly. Ahead of Mr Pence’s arrival on the Truman, docked at Norfolk Naval Station, Virginia, for maintenance and training, the more than 2,000 sailors aboard were instructed to “clap […]
Last month, US Vice President Mike Pence announced we are headed back to the moon. I am with him in spirit and aspiration. Having been there, I can say it is high time we returned. When Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins and I went to the moon 50 years ago this July, we did so with […]
A death row inmate who shot his ex-girlfriend in front of her son has been executed in the US. Scotty Morrow, 52, was sentenced to death for killing his former partner and her friend in front of a five-year-old boy. The murderer died by lethal injection at 9:38pm local time on Thursday after a last-minute […]
The #MeToo movement swept across North America in 2017 but was actually founded in 2006 as a way to help survivors of sexual violence find healing. Now, a Lethbridge initiative is looking to continue that work. “#uhavethepower is something that the staff actually brainstormed out together as a way to get some momentum, to get people […]