Moped-Riding Thieves Frighten Diners at Upscale N.Y.C. Restaurants
In Williamsburg and Manhattan, robbers have stolen watches worth tens of thousands of dollars before fleeing on motorbikes.
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In Williamsburg and Manhattan, robbers have stolen watches worth tens of thousands of dollars before fleeing on motorbikes.
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Mr. Bertoletti won the title, succeeding the 16-time champion Joey Chestnut, who was barred from the July 4 spectacle. In the women’s contest, Miki Sudo ate 51 hot dogs, a record.
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At least 11 people who were celebrating the July 4 holiday were struck by the truck on the Lower East Side, the authorities said.
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Police officers arrived at an apartment in Jamaica to find a man holding his father at knifepoint and an 8-year-old mortally wounded.
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New York Moves to Clean Up Times Square After a Spate of Crimes
Despite highly publicized attacks, most major offenses are down. But quality-of-life problems tarnish the “Crossroads of the World,” the city says.
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Cuomo, in New Ad, Blasts Pro-Palestinian Demonstrators and Hamas
The one-minute commercial, which was created by a group formed by former Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, seeks to bring attention to atrocities linked to Hamas.
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Judge Delays Trump’s Sentencing Until Sept. 18 After Immunity Claim
Donald J. Trump’s lawyers want to argue that a Supreme Court decision giving presidents immunity for official acts should void his felony conviction for covering up hush money paid to a porn star.
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Giuliani Disbarred From the Practice of Law in New York
Rudolph W. Giuliani, the former mayor of New York and a longtime ally of Donald J. Trump, was at the center of the former president’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election.
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How a New York Democrat Lost a Progressive Ballot Line to a G.O.P. Proxy
A mysterious former Republican’s victory over Mondaire Jones in a third-party primary could help shape one of the nation’s most important congressional swing races this fall.
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A cover band from Toronto brings some 2000s nostalgia to the home city of their indie rock heroes.
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She painted and sculpted, but she was best known for her oversized still lifes, painted from photographs and crowded with color and detail.
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Easygoing days of drama and comedy are just a few hours away (or even closer) in New York, Connecticut and Massachusetts.
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Some lawmakers are trying to persuade Gov. Kathy Hochul to resurrect the program, which she stopped shortly before it was to begin.
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City officials said a pilot program had reduced the costs of feeding migrants, and that fraud prevention measures were ensuring that the cards were being used properly.
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Fireworks are coming back to the Hudson River for the first time in more than 10 years.
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Christine Fields’s family was tight-knit. But after she died in childbirth, grief and the prospect of a multimillion-dollar settlement threatened to tear it apart.
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Former President Donald J. Trump took the action hours after a U.S. Supreme Court ruling granted him immunity for official acts committed in office.
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Senator Robert Menendez’s sister testified that their father stored cash in a grandfather clock in Havana, Cuba.
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The campaign of Dao Yin, a Democratic candidate for State Assembly, submitted fake donations and forged signatures to obtain much of the matching funds he received.
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A kerfuffle erupts over sharing the street in Queens, New York, where new bike lanes have replaced some parking spaces in residential areas.
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After a second course of treatment, the tennis Hall of Famer is optimistic about life, and vocal about the importance of early testing.
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The passengers, including a 10-year-old and a 12-year-old, had traveled to Cooperstown for a baseball tournament, the authorities said.
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The New York City Pride March, now in its 54th year, attracted tens of thousands in Manhattan. It was interrupted by pro-Palestinian demonstrators.
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Rising cocaine use and a drug supply tainted by fentanyl have become a deadly combination in Erie County, which includes Buffalo.
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He carved out a niche by singing the music of living composers from his own country. He was praised by critics at home and abroad.
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Mayor Eric Adams and the City Council reached a $112 billion budget deal that restored some unpopular cuts to key programs.
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The center marks the history of the Stonewall Inn and the uprising there in 1969 that inspired a new era of gay activism.
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Behind the opaque process that just selected the next pastor at Abyssinian Baptist Church.
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“BOOP! The Betty Boop Musical” had a run in Chicago last year. It is slated to open at a Shubert theater in April.
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