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The board of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts voted for the second time Thursday to close the building for renovations, according to The New York Times. The decision would close the Kennedy Center’s main building, while the Reach, a new building on campus, would remain open for some events and keep…
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Wisconsin Democratic gubernatorial nominee David Crowley said he will not campaign with controversial left-wing streamer Hasan Piker — who previously backed his rival, Francesca Hong, in the primary. Piker, a commentator with a large following on the streaming platform Twitch, has promoted the Democratic Party’s several progressive-leaning rising stars — including New York City Mayor…
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Luigi Mangione, accused of fatally shooting UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in New York City two years ago, is expected to plead guilty to federal stalking charges on Friday, according to the New York Times.
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Dr. Jonathan Reiner, former Vice President Dick Cheney’s cardiologist, wrote Wednesday that President Trump “has not looked well” during his second term. Reiner, who is also a professor of medicine and surgery at George Washington University, penned an op-ed in The New York Times noting past presidents who have hidden the state of their health,…
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The congresswoman’s decision is an assertion of women’s freedom and dignity at a time when our status is rapidly eroding “Don’t be weird about this,” Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the progressive star and rumored 2028 presidential contender, said on her live video broadcast as she raised her shirt to angle the syringe into her abdomen. Then, with resignation, “even though I know all of you will be.” The New York Democrat is 36 years old, and this week she revealed that she is…
The Guardian
When Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) was asked Sunday about some of the more inflammatory comments and positions from the left flank of the Democratic Party, the congresswoman quoted a New York City Council member to make her point.  “Woke 1 was crazy,” Ocasio-Cortez said, echoing what the council member, Chi Ossé, has said, before laughing along with…
The Hill
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D) on Wednesday weighed in on the “Woke 1 was crazy” remark said by New York City council member Chi Ossé and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), echoing that “sometimes, what you believe can change.” Mamdani, while at an event breaking ground on the long-stalled Tremont Avenue busway in the Bronx,…
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Mortgage and student loan balances saw ‘small decline’ with increases elsewhere, says post alongside Fed report Credit card debt in the United States is growing close to a record high, having crept up from $54bn to $1.26tn between April and June compared with the same period last year, according to a report by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. That figure is just shy of last year ’s record high of $1.28tn. Continue reading...
The Guardian
The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced charges Wednesday against 11 people for their alleged involvement in a decadelong “multimillion-dollar marriage fraud scheme” that federal prosecutors said secured Chinese nationals permanent U.S. resident status.  In an indictment filed in the Southern District of New York, federal prosecutors alleged that these people participated in an “extensive” plot…
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Palestinian students, faculty and alumni are suing Columbia University for discrimination, alleging the school fostered a “hostile campus climate” and unfairly targeted them with disciplinary investigations following the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas-led attacks on Israel. In the lawsuit, filed Monday in New York County court, four students and one faculty member argue that Columbia deliberately…
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Trump admin claims New York suing Kalshi created "market emergency."
Ars Technica
A Sunoco station in Halfmoon, New York, is offering customers a 20% discount for showing off their best dance moves.
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