For months, Andrew Yang seemed like he was exactly what New York City was looking for in a mayor. He was relentlessly positive at a time when the city, still locked down during the pandemic, was somber. While other candidates were stuck in a loop of online mayoral forums, he seized attention by holding in-person […]
After a brutal wave of heat and humidity, it truly feels like summer in New York. I’ve personally surrendered to the sweat and inevitable sunburns, so I plan to spend my weekend outside watching fireworks, frying on the beach and stealing ribs from anyone I know who owns a grill. Macy’s, which canceled its massive […]
A mother has been sentenced to 64 to 102 years in prison for sexually assaulting her 11-year-old daughter’s friends during weekend sleepovers. Christina Greer, 38, gave her daughter and her friends alcohol and marijuana-infused gummy bears before having sex with at least one of the friends, aged 13, and sexually assaulting another, aged 12. The […]
SURFSIDE, FLORIDA (REUTERS) – Rescue crews toiling into a seventh day on Wednesday (June 29) combed through shattered ruins of a collapsed Miami-area condominium tower where 12 people were confirmed dead as hope faded for 149 people missing and believed trapped in the rubble. Authorities have left open the possibility that survivors might be found […]
The first opioid trial in US history to target the entire supply chain of the drug has opened in New York. Suffolk county, Nassau county and New York state attorney general Letitia James have brought legal action against seven defendants they claim have brought death and destruction to their communities. It is the first ever […]
By David E. Sanger President Biden officially notified Congress on Tuesday about his justification for recent American airstrikes against Iranian-backed militias in Syria and Iraq, declaring that he acted to “defend the safety of our personnel” and to “deter the Islamic Republic of Iran” and its proxies from further attacks. The notification, in compliance with […]
The National Weather Service issued another excessive-heat warning on Tuesday for much of Washington State and Oregon that will remain in effect for the next few days. There are also heat advisories in the Northeast, from Philadelphia to Boston. Here is what you need to know about these heat waves: What causes a heat wave? […]
SURFSIDE, Fla. — All around Magaly Ramsey a chorus of newly familiar strangers were shouting out the names of their loved ones, hoping their voices would penetrate the looming pile of debris. These were the people Ms. Ramsey had spent long days with, waiting for any news of their relatives buried under the fallen building. […]
The heat dome that settled over the Pacific Northwest over the weekend, shattering records in Portland and Salem, Ore., will linger for at least another day, with temperatures expected to reach the upper 90s by Tuesday afternoon, forecasters said. The National Weather Service issued another excessive-heat warning on Tuesday for much of Washington State and […]
Former President Donald Trump’s planned rally on the eve of Independence Day has been canceled as officials worried it would be too ‘partisan’. Trump’s rally was slated to take place at the USS Alabama Battleship Memorial Park on Saturday. ‘After the request was made, then there was contact with the Republican Party, they contacted us […]