Pierre Audi, Eminent Force in the Performing Arts, Dies at 67
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Pierre Audi, Eminent Force in the Performing Arts, Dies at 67

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines He was educated at the University of Oxford, where he directed a production of Shakespeare’s “Timon of Athens” in 1977. A few years before, Mr. Audi had led a group that purchased an early-19th-century building in the Islington neighborhood of London that, over…

After Pro-Israel Crowd Assaults Woman, Protesters Rally in Brooklyn
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After Pro-Israel Crowd Assaults Woman, Protesters Rally in Brooklyn

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines A small group of pro-Palestinian demonstrators, shadowed by a heavy police presence, rallied in Brooklyn on Monday night to condemn the actions of a crowd of pro-Israel counterprotesters who verbally and physically assaulted a woman there last week. After gathering at Barclays Center,…

Protests Against Israeli Official Heat Up Outside Synagogue in Brooklyn
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Protests Against Israeli Official Heat Up Outside Synagogue in Brooklyn

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Dozens of pro-Palestinian demonstrators clashed on Sunday with the police and counterprotesters near a synagogue in Brooklyn, where a far-right Israeli national security minister had been expected to speak, according to the police and video footage of the protest. It erupted in front…

The Secret, Decaying Beauty of an Abandoned Railway in Queens
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The Secret, Decaying Beauty of an Abandoned Railway in Queens

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines This railroad track hasn’t carried a train across central Queens in 63 years, and it is more strange and more beautiful for it. The Long Island Rail Road’s Rockaway Beach Branch once offered a 30-minute trip from Manhattan to New York City’s ocean…

A Stunning New Pool in Central Park Helps Heal Old Wounds
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A Stunning New Pool in Central Park Helps Heal Old Wounds

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines For more than a century and a half, Central Park has been a leafy barometer of New York’s shifting fortunes. Projecting the city’s vast ambitions and ideals in the 19th century, it morphed into a Hooverville during the Depression, becoming a beehive of…

After Police Chase and Fiery Crash, an Agonizing Wait to Learn the Worst
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After Police Chase and Fiery Crash, an Agonizing Wait to Learn the Worst

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Carmen Colon felt a sense of dread when her stepson did not respond to her texts. Several days earlier, on April 2, a man in a stolen 2025 Honda CRV had been killed when the car smashed into a building and caught fire…

At James Earl Jones Memorial, Denzel Washington and Whoopi Goldberg Share Stories
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At James Earl Jones Memorial, Denzel Washington and Whoopi Goldberg Share Stories

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Denzel Washington called him his “northern star.” Whoopi Goldberg said “getting to see him onstage was heaven.” Some of the most notable names in show business gathered in Times Square on Monday afternoon for a starry, and sometimes emotional, send-off for James Earl…

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

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#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…