Woman and 2 of Her Children Are Killed in Brooklyn Car Accident
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Woman and 2 of Her Children Are Killed in Brooklyn Car Accident

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines “I heard the boom,” said Mr. Franco, 69. “It was really a big smash.” On the street, Mr. Franco arrived at a gruesome scene. A woman’s lifeless legs protruded from underneath the Audi, which was upside down. Just feet away, two girls and…

How Mahmoud Khalil, a Columbia Student Activist, Landed in Federal Detention
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How Mahmoud Khalil, a Columbia Student Activist, Landed in Federal Detention

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Crowds of masked student protesters raging against the war in Gaza filled the Columbia University lawns last spring, while counterprotesters and journalists surrounded the tent city that had been erected there. One man stood out. He was Mahmoud Khalil, a graduate student in…

Graydon Carter Looks Back on a Glossy Career of Parties and Feuds
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Graydon Carter Looks Back on a Glossy Career of Parties and Feuds

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Ms. Brown added that she accepted the job only after her mother agreed to move to New York to help with the children. “Never at any time throughout all this did Graydon’s name come up to me as a possible alternate candidate,” she…

Trump Administration Opens Investigation Into Shelters in New York
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Trump Administration Opens Investigation Into Shelters in New York

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The Department of Justice has opened a criminal investigation into the funding and management of New York City hotels operating as shelters for migrants, according to a copy of a federal subpoena sent to a Manhattan hotel. Federal prosecutors sent a subpoena to…

New Yorkers Protest as White House Defends Arrest of Mahmoud Khalil at Columbia
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New Yorkers Protest as White House Defends Arrest of Mahmoud Khalil at Columbia

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines As hundreds of demonstrators made their way through Lower Manhattan on Tuesday to protest the detention of a prominent pro-Palestinian activist at Columbia University, the White House defended the arrest and rebuked the school for what it called lack of cooperation. The activist,…

Ricardo Scofidio, Boldly Imaginative Architect, Is Dead at 89
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Ricardo Scofidio, Boldly Imaginative Architect, Is Dead at 89

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Son of a Jazz Man Ricardo Merrill Scofidio was born on April 16, 1935, in New York City to Earle and June (Matthews) Scofidio. He had a brother, Basilio. His father, a jazz musician who played the alto saxophone and the clarinet, was…

A Black Studies Curriculum Is (Defiantly) Rolling Out in New York City
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A Black Studies Curriculum Is (Defiantly) Rolling Out in New York City

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Late last fall at the Hugo Newman School in Harlem, two social studies teachers handed out pages of hip-hop lyrics to their seventh graders, and then flicked off the lights. The students appeared surprised. They had been studying ancient matriarchal societies, including Iroquois…

One Hopped Turnstile, 9 Police Bullets, 4 People Shot. Does It Add Up?
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One Hopped Turnstile, 9 Police Bullets, 4 People Shot. Does It Add Up?

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines “I’m not the most pro-police guy,” he acknowledged in an interview later. In May 2020, Mr. LaFauci protested in Brooklyn after the police in Minnesota killed George Floyd. He later claimed in a lawsuit against the city that the officers had broken his…

Roosevelt Hotel Shelter, Symbol of NYC Migrant Crisis, Will Close
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Roosevelt Hotel Shelter, Symbol of NYC Migrant Crisis, Will Close

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The Roosevelt Hotel, a century-old building in the heart of Midtown Manhattan, became the improbable symbol of New York City’s migrant crisis, nicknamed “the new Ellis Island” for its role as an arrival center for migrants seeking shelter in the city. Images of…

DOGE Cuts 9/11 Survivors’ Fund, and Republicans Join Democrats in Rebuke
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DOGE Cuts 9/11 Survivors’ Fund, and Republicans Join Democrats in Rebuke

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines In a rare sign of pushback against President Trump, a coalition of congressional Republicans from the New York area rebuked the president for cuts to a federal program that administers aid to emergency workers and others suffering from toxins related to the terrorist…