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Q&A: Kelsea Ballerini on her divorce EP and people throwing things at concerts

Posted on August 12, 2023

Police at Brooklyn shooting scene

Brooklyn

Early-morning Brooklyn shootings leave two men dead, cops searching for suspects

Posted on August 12, 2023

New York Giants

5 Thoughts from Giants 21-16 loss to Lions in preseason opener

Posted on August 11, 2023

Demonstrators protesting against the mayor’s plan to shift public-sector retirees to Medicare Advantage on Thursday, March 9, 2023.

Business

State judge blocks city plan to shift municipal retirees to Medicare Advantage plan

Posted on August 11, 2023

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Brooklyn Paper

Sunset Park locals raise funds for burial of homeless neighbor

MTA workers repair tracks after Queens LIRR derailment

Queens

Queens LIRR derailment blamed on faulty ‘misaligned’ switch, MTA says after preliminary investigation

Posted on August 11, 2023

Kings County Supreme Court in Downtown Brooklyn, where Jianqing Chen was sentenced on Friday. Brothel

Brooklyn

Brooklyn man pleads guilty to stealing $31,000 from victims in check theft scheme

Posted on August 11, 2023

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QNS

Lithium-ion battery sparked fatal two-alarm fire that killed elderly Ozone Park woman: FDNY

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QNS

South Queens lawmaker, MTA initiate enforcement operations at bridges to the Rockaways, with more crackdowns coming soon

Mayor Eric Adams celebrates hip-hop anniversary

Hip-Hop 50th Anniversary: Mayor Adams compares his Gracie Mansion celebration to late Mayor Dinkins hosting Nelson Mandela at City Hall

Posted on August 11, 2023

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Gay City News

Man slashed in alleged anti-gay attack in Brooklyn

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QNS

Knockdown Center in Maspeth hosts 50 Years of hip-hop celebration benefiting Boys and Girls Club of Metro Queens

City officials at gun violence media roundtable

What we learned about NYC’s Gun Violence Prevention Blueprint: Media roundtable with task force co-chairs

Posted on August 11, 2023

Politics

Attorney General Garland appoints special counsel to investigate Hunter Biden financial, business dealings

Posted on August 11, 2023

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Gay City News

Teen accused of killing O’Shae Sibley indicted on hate crime murder charge

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Brooklyn Paper

Firefighters battle all-hands blaze at East Flatbush apartment building with history of safety issues

Movies

What to stream this weekend: Gal Gadot, ‘Only Murders in the Building,’ and more

Posted on August 11, 2023

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QNS

Woman sought in Murray Hill jewelry heist that netted around $15K worth of loot: NYPD

New York Giants

5 Giants to watch in preseason opening battle against Lions

Posted on August 11, 2023

Jackson Heights Post

Thieves snatch $7,000 gold chain from Jackson Heights jewelry store: NYPD

Maui burning: With at least 55 dead in wildfires, residents say they had little warning as the inferno approached

Posted on August 11, 2023

Jets

Robert Saleh open to Jets’ offensive line shuffle before 2023 season begins

Posted on August 11, 2023

Jackson Heights Post

Man strikes up midnight conversation with woman on Corona street before getting mugged: NYPD

Chelsea sucker punch suspect and crime scene

Chelsea

Cops in Chelsea seek suspect who sucker-punched senior during conversation

Posted on August 11, 2023

Politics

Judge agrees to limited protective order, warns thrice-indicted Trump and lawyers of restraints regarding Jan. 6 conpsiracy case

Posted on August 11, 2023

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried goes directly to jail after federal judge revokes his bail for attempted witness harassment

Posted on August 11, 2023

Colin Donnell, Alex Brightman, Ian Shaw in THE SHARK IS BROKEN – Photo by Matthew Murphy

Theater

Review | You’re gonna need a bigger boat – or a better play

Posted on August 11, 2023

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QNS

LaGuardia’s new Terminal B win major international award for accessibility

Jets

5 Jets to watch vs. Panthers in second preseason battle

Posted on August 11, 2023

Suspects in brutal Bronx bus assault

Bronx

Suspects in brutal Bronx bus assault that left teen seriously injured still at large: NYPD

Posted on August 11, 2023

NYPD detectives at Brooklyn double shooting scene

Brooklyn

Brooklyn double shooting leaves man dead, another injured and suspect on the lam

Posted on August 11, 2023

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QNS

City completes pedestrian safety improvements along Parsons Boulevard corridor in downtown Jamaica

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LIC Post

Four-star hotel in Long Island City being converted into shelter for economic migrants: sources

Demonstrators demand Rikers Island closure

Lower Manhattan

Advocates rally for feds to take control of Rikers Island, argue city can’t ‘keep people alive’ there

Posted on August 10, 2023

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QNS

Edgemere man indicted for murder of 10-year-old school boy in 2021 Arverne shooting: DA

Hochul criticized Adams for the handling of Migrants, pictured here waiting online outside the Roosevelt Hotel.

News

65% of migrants handed notices of 60-day shelter limit say they want to leave system: NYC officials

Posted on August 10, 2023

A jail on Rikers Island.

Rikers still in flux: Judge declines a federal takeover of correctional facility – for now

Posted on August 10, 2023

Lucchese Crime Family boss Victor Amuso in surveillance image

Courts

Notorious Lucchese Family boss tied to nine mob murders denied compassionate release from federal prison

Posted on August 10, 2023

Nation

Biden calls on Congress to provide $13B to support Ukraine and $12B for disaster fund

Posted on August 10, 2023

Business

Inflation edges higher, with consumer prices up 3.2% from a year earlier

Posted on August 10, 2023

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Queens

NYPD hosts record-breaking summer youth job fair at Queens Police Academy

Posted on August 10, 2023

Drunk driver who allegedly killed cyclis

Drunk driver who allegedly killed cyclist, injured four others in Gramercy charged with vehicular homicide, manslaughter

Posted on August 10, 2023

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Chelsea

Two-woman art exhibit curated by Seph Rodney extended at Chelsea gallery

Posted on August 10, 2023

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Brooklyn Paper

With cyber crimes rising, Hochul announces ‘nation-leading’ statewide cybersecurity strategy

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QNS

Op-Ed: The clock is ticking, Queens! Re-enroll in health insurance now

Mayor Eric Adams

Politics

Mayor Adams appoints new officer tasked with making government run more efficiently

Posted on August 10, 2023

Soccer

Neymar to New York Red Bulls? Pursuit of Brazilian star deemed unlikely

Posted on August 10, 2023

‘Not cool’: Twitch streamer Kai Cenat acknowledges power of social media after Union Square giveaway led with riot

Posted on August 10, 2023

More from around NYC

Battle for District 13 heats up as Democrats aim to unseat Bronx GOP incumbent

demolition

City orders emergency demolition after partial building collapse in Corona

brooklyn mirage

Brooklyn Mirage CEO fired as venue continues to push back opening date

"Heightened Scrutiny" chronicles trans advocate and activist Chase Strangio arguing Supreme Court case United States v. Skrmetti about banning gender-affirming care for youth in Tennessee.

NewFest Pride features ‘Plainclothes,’ ‘Heightened Scrutiny,’ ‘Sally,’ and more