[Want to get New York Today by email? Here’s the sign-up.] It’s Thursday. Weather: Cooler and partly sunny, with a high in the mid-80s, but afternoon thunderstorms could bring gusty wind and heavy rain. Alternate-side parking: In effect until Sunday (Independence Day). The goal was to offer additional insight into the mayor’s race. The result […]
To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a webbrowser thatsupports HTML5video At least 17 people were injured after a bomb disposal squad tried to safely detonate 5000lbs of illegal fireworks – causing a massive explosion. The violent blast rocked a neighborhood in south Los Angeles, California, on Wednesday evening; damaging cars, […]
Donald Trump’s family business and its head of finance have been indicted on criminal charges, according to reports. The Trump Organization has been the subject of an investigation by New York authorities for more than two years over claims it falsely reported property values to secure lending and tax benefits. But now its longstanding chief […]
The actor James Franco has agreed to pay more than $2.2 million to settle a pair of lawsuits, including one from two former students of his acting school who said he had subjected them to sexually exploitative auditions and film shoots. The proposed settlement, which awaits a judge’s approval, would also settle a class-action lawsuit […]
WASHINGTON – Three years ago, United States investigators produced a 15,000-page analysis of atrocities committed in 2017 against the Rohingya, an ethnic Muslim minority group in Myanmar. That was not enough to convince the State Department during the Donald Trump administration that the US should officially proclaim the Rohingya to be victims of genocide and […]
“One-quarter isn’t equality. Equality is one-half.” — Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, executive director of U.N. Women In Her Words is available as a newsletter. Sign up here to get it delivered to your inbox. World leaders don’t often gather with the sole purpose of investing money in women’s advancement. They don’t even typically gather for major discussions […]
The House has created a select committee to investigate the January 6 Capitol riot, a move engineered by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi a month after Senate Republicans blocked an independent bipartisan commission. In a vote mostly along party lines, the House approved the committee 222-190 on Wednesday afternoon. The only two Republicans who voted with […]
The House has created a select committee to investigate the January 6 Capitol riot, a move engineered by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi a month after Senate Republicans blocked an independent bipartisan commission. In a vote mostly along party lines, the House approved the committee 222-190 on Wednesday afternoon. The only two Republicans who voted with […]
Former President Donald Trump during a visit to El Paso on Wednesday afternoon said the US is ‘sick in the border’ and ‘sick in elections’. The 45th president also blamed the Biden administration for a ‘disinformation campaign’ on the border crisis. ‘We have a sick country in many ways,’ Trump said during a border security […]
By Troy Closson [Want to get New York Today by email? Here’s the sign-up.] It’s Wednesday. Weather: Hot and humid under mostly sunny skies. High in the mid-90s, with a heat index above 100. Chance of storms later in the day. Alternate-side parking: In effect until Sunday (Independence Day). As the spread of the coronavirus […]