NEW YORK—New York City Mayor Eric Adams on Wednesday appointed sanitation chief Jessica Tisch as police commissioner. A city government stalwart and ex-NYPD official, she’ll be just the second woman in the high-profile, high-pressure post. The move comes at a critical time for the nation’s largest police department, shoring up its leadership after a tumultuous […]
NEW YORK—Gautam Adani, the billionaire chair of Indian conglomerate Adani Group and one of the world’s richest people, has been indicted in New York over his role in an alleged multibillion-dollar bribery and fraud scheme, U.S. prosecutors said on Wednesday. Authorities said Adani and seven other defendants, including his nephew Sagar Adani, agreed to pay […]
President-elect Donald Trump’s attorneys argued on Nov. 19 that New York Justice Juan Merchan should dismiss the ongoing case against their client, arguing that doing so was required by federal law and the U.S. Constitution. “Immediate dismissal of this case is mandated by the federal Constitution, the Presidential Transition Act of 1963, and the interests […]
A second teenager was charged with intentionally setting a wildfire in a New Jersey suburb of Philadelphia as “significant” rainfall was expected to help douse a stubborn wildfire burning on the New Jersey-New York border Wednesday. Many parts of the Northeast have been under red flag alerts, with firefighters responding to hundreds of brush fires […]
NEW YORK—A federal judge ordered prosecutors Tuesday not to use papers taken from the jail cell of Sean “Diddy” Combs until he rules on defense claims that they are trial preparation materials protected by attorney-client privilege. Judge Arun Subramanian made his ruling at a Manhattan federal court hearing after lawyers fiercely disputed the circumstances and […]
NEW YORK—A man has been charged with three counts of first-degree murder in the fatal stabbings of three people in a string of random attacks across Manhattan, police said Tuesday. Ramon Rivera, 51, was taken into custody after he was found with blood on his clothes and the two kitchen knives, authorities said. “Three New […]
The latest in a string of attacks by The New York Times against Shen Yun Performing Arts—the world’s premiere classical Chinese dance company—is not only factually inaccurate, but misrepresents the company’s culture, according to current and former staff members. In its latest article, published on Nov. 17, The New York Times misrepresents a practicum arrangement […]
NEW YORK—Lawyers for Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs accused prosecutors on Monday of engaging in “outrageous government conduct” by using materials seized from his jail cell to try to keep him incarcerated before a May trial. They said information gathered in a raid on Combs’ cell at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn were cited in papers […]
NEW YORK—A man fatally stabbed three people across a swath of Manhattan on Monday morning, carrying out a series of random attacks without uttering a word to his victims, officials said. The 51-year-old suspect was in police custody after being found with blood on his clothes and the two kitchen knives he was carrying, authorities […]
NYPD Police Commissioner Thomas G. Donlon at the 17th Precinct provides updates on several investigations in Manhattan on Nov. 18. The NYPD says an attacker stabbed three people, killing two, in a violent Manhattan spree.
Steve Bannon, a former adviser to President Donald Trump during his first term, is due back in court in New York on Nov. 18 for a hearing over what evidence can be admitted in his fraud trial scheduled to start next month. SCHEDULE: 8:30 ET – Monitor for arrivals 9:30 ET – Start of hearing
NEW YORK—A model who has appeared in campaigns for Calvin Klein and Levi’s has been formally charged in the stabbing death of a man in New York City, prosecutors said Saturday. Dynus Saxon was arraigned in Bronx criminal court late Friday in connection with the Nov. 10 killing of Kadeem Grant, according to Bronx District […]
NEW YORK—New York City politicians are calling on Whoopi Goldberg to apologize for suggesting on air that a local bakery had declined to make “The View” co-host a batch of desserts for her birthday because of her political beliefs. Staten Island Borough President Vito Fossella was among the local leaders and supporters who joined Holtermann’s […]
NEW YORK—Jon Jones had just knocked the breath out of the heavyweight challenger he pummeled into retirement when UFC’s greatest fighter broke out a herky-jerky dance inside the cage and dedicated the groove to President-elect Donald Trump. As a defeated Stipe Miocic gamely tried to recover on all fours, Jones posed and played to the […]
Social media platform Ganjing World held an event in Times Square to promote their campaign and the message that “Kindness is Cool.” The platform’s users can submit video entries to the Kindness is Cool video competition, where they could win a $10,000 prize while helping to spread positivity and compassion around the world.
The New York Times is preparing to again attack New York-based performing arts company Shen Yun and the spiritual discipline Falun Gong, The Epoch Times has learned. For nearly two decades, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has targeted Shen Yun, whose mission is to revive traditional Chinese culture. The company was founded in 2006 by […]
The leader of the Grammy Award-winning National Children’s Chorus is celebrating 20 years with the group. With over 1,400 singers, this Los Angeles-based choir is the fastest-growing and most renowned youth arts group in the United States. NTD with Luke McEndarfer, the artistic director, president, and CEO of the group.
NEW YORK—A fire on the roof of a 44-story luxury apartment building sent plumes of dark smoke into the New York City skyline on Thursday. The fire in the Hudson Yards mixed-use development on Manhattan’s west side was first reported at about 11:30 a.m., the city fire department said. It was declared under control about […]
NEW YORK CITY—After months of legal wrangling over the issue, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced on Nov. 14 that she has decided to remove the pause she placed on congestion pricing in New York City and that implementation of the program, with $9 tolls instead of the $15 originally envisioned, will begin on Jan. […]
