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Gilgo Beach murders: Suspected serial killer arrested in connection to Long Island slayings
After a years-long manhunt that has confounded police, a suspected serial killer is in custody in connection to the string of murders and bodies found along Gilgo Beach on Long Island, according to a law enforcement official and two government officials.
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What's in Trump's indictment? Read the 49-page document
Read the 49-page indictment detailing the federal charges Donald Trump now faces.
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New York's 474-Day COVID Emergency Is Officially Over (and So Is To-Go Alcohol)
It might be the only executive order born out of the COVID-19 emergency that New York restaurants and bars appreciated.
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Shake Shack Manager Sues NYPD Cops, Unions After False Poisoning Accusation
A Shake Shack manager has filed a lawsuit against police unions and New York City police officers who claimed last year that they were deliberately poisoned by the burger chain’s employees.
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Man Threatens to Bomb NJ Palestinian Community Center in Over 2 Dozen Hateful Calls
Workers at a Palestinian Community Center in New Jersey were left on edge after a man made over two dozen phone calls to the center, threatening to bomb them. The hateful phone calls started Tuesday after staff returned from Memorial Day weekend, the Palestinian American Community Center in Clifton said. Abire Sabbagh, the center’s community engagement coordinator, picked up...
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NYC Transit Union Reports 3 Incidents Involving People With Mental Illness in 24 Hours
New York City transit workers are once again calling on the city to provide more mental health services after three people halted train services on the same day. Video from the Broad Street subway station shows an emotionally disturbed man who had locked himself inside a train operator’s cab, refusing to open the door for workers and yelling profanity....
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NYC Woman Makes It Her Mission to Visit Every City Museum
There are nearly 200 museums in New York City and Jane August has made it her mission to visit all of them. With the coronavirus pandemic limiting things August could do around the city for fun, she thought museums would be a great idea and she took her friends, and thousands of people on TikTok, along for the trips. “In…
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Broadway Dancer Stirred by Anti-Asian Violence Speaks Out About Getting Pelted With Rocks
Despite a record number of racist and violent attacks against people of Asian descent in the U.S., many victims don’t come forward and Alex Wong was one of them. The Canada-born ballet dancer, whose career span Broadway shows, “So You Think You Can Dance” and blockbusters like “The Greatest Showman” and “In the Heights,” says he has been shaken...
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NJ City Launches ‘Guaranteed Income' Pilot That Will Give Residents $400 Per Month
Universal basic income is coming to a city in New Jersey but only for select residents, for now. Paterson Mayor Andre Sayegh on Thursday announced the launch of a pilot program called Guaranteed Income where 110 people will be given $400 in cash payments each month for one year regardless of their employment status. Sayegh said similar programs have been…
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Queens Soccer Coach Allegedly Abused Student for Over 5 Years: Prosecutors
A New York City soccer coach accused of sexually abusing an underage student for several years has been indicted, prosecutors said Wednesday. The Queens District Attorney announced that Jose Claros, 57, was charged with sexual conduct against a child and sex abuse. Claros allegedly began abusing a 12-year-old boy in his Richmond Hill home up until the victim was 17…
