As he hit the campaign trail early on Monday morning, Andrew Yang had a message for the supporters and campaign volunteers helping him greet commuters at the Staten Island ferry terminal. “We’re going to win New York by hustling,” he said, to claps and laughter. The hustle was on display on the last full day […]
The Supreme Court has unanimously sided with a group of former college athletes and ruled that the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) cannot bar small payments to them. In its ruling on Monday, the Supreme Court said that the NCAA’s limits on benefits related to education offered by colleges to athletes in Division I basketball […]
WASHINGTON (REUTERS) – Climate change risks and increasing access to credit are among the issues President Joe Biden is expected to discuss in a meeting with the administration’s slate of US financial regulators on Monday (June 21), the White House said. White House officials said Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, acting […]
[Want to get New York Today by email? Here’s the sign-up.] It’s Monday. Weather: Partly sunny, with a high around 90. Scattered storms beginning this evening. Alternate-side parking: In effect until July 4 (Independence Day). The last day of early voting saw the top Democratic mayoral candidates fanning out across the city to make their […]
WASHINGTON (BLOOMBERG) – China will risk international isolation if it fails to allow a “real” investigation on its territory into the origins of the virus that caused the Covid-19 pandemic, US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said. Sullivan’s comments follow last week’s call by Group of Seven leaders including US President Joe Biden for another […]
Mike Ferrari and Bob Plominski have lived in Eastland Cove, a small suburban development north of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., for about 10 years. “We call it our little oasis,” Mr. Ferrari said. Over the years, he said, the couple have flown various flags outside their home in Oakland Park, including flags for political candidates, the […]
WASHINGTON (REUTERS) – The United States said on Sunday (June 20) that it saw North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s comments as an “interesting signal” that he is ready for “dialogue and confrontation”. However, Washington was still waiting for direct communication from Pyongyang to start any talks relating to denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula. In his first […]
A man has been killed and another seriously injured after they were hit by a pick-up truck at a Pride parade in Florida. Police are keeping an open mind on the motive behind the incident on Saturday night while some witnesses said the crash appeared to be intentional. It happened during the Wilton Manors Stonewall […]
The driver of a pickup truck struck and killed one man and injured another as marchers were getting ready to begin a Pride parade in South Florida on Saturday, the police said. Justin Knight, president of the Fort Lauderdale Gay Men’s Chorus, which was participating in the parade, said in a statement that the driver […]
Standing at the site in Galveston, Texas, where on June 19, 1865, a Union general signed an order notifying enslaved African Americans that they were free, the artist Reginald C. Adams marveled at the moment he found himself in. What would a Black man of that era think about seeing him, another Black man, painting […]