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Music

Taylor Swift leads 2023 MTV Video Music Award nominations with 8

Posted on August 8, 2023

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Arts & Entertainment

Mayor Adams unveils hip hop imagery installation in City Hall Rotunda to mark 50 years of genre

Posted on August 8, 2023

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Jamaica woman gets 10-year sentence for trafficking illegal firearms using the ‘Iron Pipeline’ to Queens: DA

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Gay City News

Vandal attacks The Flea Theater after complaining about LGBTQ content

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Bronx Times

Second-ever Bronx Poet Laureate Kay Bell ready to teach and learn

Business

US inflation has softened but still above Fed’s target rate

Posted on August 8, 2023

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New York

Funeral to be held in Philadelphia Tuesday for O’Shae Sibley, killed in confrontation with teens

Posted on August 8, 2023

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Woman in critical condition following shark bite off Rockaway Beach

Posted on August 8, 2023

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Public school occupational and physical therapists will be revoting on their contract: United Federation of Teachers

Posted on August 8, 2023

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Ozone Park Dollar Tree forced to shutter due to ‘appalling’ rat infestation

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Adams admin is erecting migrant shelter on Randall’s Island, less than a year after tearing the last one down

Posted on August 7, 2023

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Astoria Post

Astoria doctor accused of being sexual predator, ‘serial rapist’ allegedly abused his patients: DA

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Labor, advocacy groups pen letter calling on feds for migrant work permits

Posted on August 7, 2023

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Massive $937 Kew Gardens Interchange reconstruction project lands second transportation infrastructure award

Business

Trucking giant Yellow Corp. declares bankruptcy after years of financial struggles

Posted on August 7, 2023

Politics

Indictment ignored and Trump barely mentioned as GOP candidates pitch Iowa voters to challenge him

Posted on August 7, 2023

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Bronx man charged with murder in shooting of Richmond Hill smoke shop employee

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Motorcyclist killed by hit-and-run driver in Cambria Heights: NYPD

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Cops looking for teens who trashed cars during Union Square riot

Posted on August 7, 2023

The EPA’s ambitious plan to cut auto emissions to slow climate change runs into skepticism

Posted on August 7, 2023

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New York

One man is dead, another wounded in shooting in Washington Heights: NYPD

Posted on August 7, 2023

Riot breaks out in Union Square on Friday, Aug. 4. One man sets off fire extinguisher.

Stream of destruction: Timeline of Union Square riot that broke out around promised gaming giveaway

Posted on August 6, 2023

Newly minted NYPD First Deputy Commissioner talks crime stats with amNewYork Metro

Posted on August 6, 2023

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Queens

Firefighters knock down afternoon fire in Queens

Posted on August 6, 2023

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Suspect sought for slugging straphanger, hurling ‘anti-ethnic’ remarks: cops

Posted on August 6, 2023

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Gay City News

Hundreds gather at Brooklyn gas station to remember O’Shae Sibley

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Gay City News

Suspect arrested in fatal stabbing of O’Shae Sibley

Business

Fewer Americans got jobs in July than anticipated, although US may avoid recession

Posted on August 5, 2023

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Brooklyn

Brooklyn subway cops nab another pistol-packing fare evader at station

Posted on August 5, 2023

Hundreds of teenagers brawl at Union Square Friday afternoon.

Union Square riot: 65 teens and YouTube influencer arrested after afternoon of pandemonium

Posted on August 5, 2023

World

Global food prices are on the rise after Russia ends grain deal and India restricts rice exports

Posted on August 5, 2023

Music

Russian soprano star sues Met Opera over its decision to cut ties following Ukraine invasion

Posted on August 5, 2023

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Cops on Roosevelt Island fatally shoot knife-wielding suspect who threatened family members in apartment: NYPD

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LIRR service will return to normal Monday after Queens train derailment

Posted on August 4, 2023

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Brooklyn Paper

Sunset Park rec center to house 100 asylum seekers as migrant crisis reaches new heights

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Corona EMT charged with theft from undercover investigator posing as patient

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Brooklyn Paper

Hungry swimmers brave 10-mile journey from Coney Island to Red Hook for annual Key Lime Pie Swim

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Harlem

Motorcyclist killed on Henry Hudson Parkway Thursday night in hit-and-run

Posted on August 4, 2023

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News

Giants place right tackle Evan Neal in concussion protocol after Friday practice

Posted on August 4, 2023

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New York

Migrants camped outside Roosevelt Hotel in Midtown relocated to Queens

Posted on August 4, 2023

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Jackson Heights Post

‘It’s chaos’: Councilman Moya voices concerns over unauthorized vendors, illegal prostitution in Corona

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Brooklyn

75-year-old woman fatally struck by dump truck in Brooklyn hit-and-run

Posted on August 4, 2023

Columbia University

City Council passes resolution that calls on state to prohibit legacy admissions at New York colleges and universities

Posted on August 4, 2023

Nation

Hunter Biden associate provides testimony giving new insight into their business dealings

Posted on August 4, 2023

Business

Unemployment dips below 3.5% as US employers add 187,000 jobs in June

Posted on August 4, 2023

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Brooklyn

NYPD: Man fatally shot on Brooklyn street, suspect remains at large

Posted on August 4, 2023

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St. Albans woman indicted in fatal 2021 collision on Van Wyck Expressway in South Ozone Park: DA

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Duo charged with impersonating FBI agents during armed robbery in Flushing: Feds

More from around NYC

U.S. Representative Ritchie Torres urged City Hall to follow through with social services and treatment plans for people who frequented Roberto Clemente Plaza to use drugs that were displaced when the city cleared the notorious open air drug market last month. Local South Bronx residents say the city isn't doing enough to help and that drug use isn't truly being addressed, only relocated.

EXCLUSIVE: Torres calls for treatment plans for those city is chasing away from Roberto Clemente Plaza

New York State District Attorney Letitia James held a press conference on Thursday Aug. 7, detailing the first criminal case under recently passed legislation that criminalizes deed theft.

AG James files landmark criminal charges after elderly Queens woman’s home stolen in deed theft scheme

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‘A space for kids’: Brooklyn Children’s Museum to celebrate Caribbean culture with family festival

Ace's Place, a new transitional housing program for trans New Yorkers, opened this summer in Long Island City, Queens.

New transitional housing program for transgender New Yorkers opens in Long Island City