Topline A man convicted of murdering eight people on a Manhattan bike path in 2017 was sentenced Monday to life in prison on first-degree murder charges, after a New York City jury returned a split de...
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Black Panther, Fisher-Price Vets Team Up For ‘Judge Kim’ Book Series
Judge Kim and the Kid’s Court series features a diverse case of characters who also learn how the … [+] legal system works. Chris Jordan / Simon & Schuster New children’s graphic novel...
Kwame Onwuachi’s Afro-Caribbean Journey To Lincoln Center
Portrait Chef Kwame in Lady and Butler Designed Uniforms at the Lincoln Center for Performing Arts. Kwame Onwuachi Curries and peppers, garlic and ginger, mangos and carrots, and Egusi seeds and pimen...
Photographer Julia Gorton’s New Book Is An Essential Document Of No Wave
Anya Phillips pictured on the cover of ‘Nowhere New York’ by Julia Gorton. credit: Julia Gorton Growing up in Delaware during the 1960s and the mid-1970s, Julia Gorton got a sampling of Ne...
Maria Marino Discusses Leaving SNY For Action Network
Journalist Maria Marino interviews Connecticut women’s basketball coach Geno Auriemma. Photo via Maria Marino After nearly five years as a do-it-all reporter and on-air presence for SNY, Maria M...
Banksy’s Irreverent Works Highlight New NYC Show
‘Girl With Balloon’ by Banksy. credit: image courtesy of MetaMorfosi NY. Banksy is back in New York City—well, at least his art has. The famously mysterious British street artist’s w...
The Future Of Food Delivery Depends On Human Emotions: Not Speed
Since the beginning of the pandemic we have witnessed an unprecedented demand for food deliveries from supermarkets, restaurants and even fast food joints. Online ordering from the palm of our hand or...
Musket Room Team To Open Second New York City Restaurant, Raf’s
The future location of Raf’s Raf’s A Michelin-starred Manhattan restaurant is expanding within its own neighborhood. From the James Beard-nominated team behind The Musket Room, comes Raf’s...
Rapper Álvaro Díaz Dreams Of Love(s)
Alvarito WAIV Álvaro Díaz makes music people fall in love with. He makes people fall in love with music. And music brings people to the present moment, to gratitude. Everything that matters is found i...
The U.S. Cities Drowning In Debt [Infographic]
The average person in the U.S. is around $96,400 in debt. Now, if Americans would be charged by their hometowns and cities for the debt they have taken on in the name of their residents, a fairly big ...
These are the 10 most rent-burdened metro areas in the U.S.
Spencer Platt | Getty Images News | Getty Images New York is the most rent-burdened metro area in the U.S., according to a new report from Moody’s Analytics. A household with the median income i...
Why traffic can’t be solved with just adding more highway lanes
Traffic and congestion have been worsening in American cities for decades. The average American driver lost 51 hours and $869 in valued time by sitting in traffic in 2022, a 54% jump from the previou...
These Weather-Predicting Rodents, Armadillo And Quahog Forecast Early Spring
Topline Punxsutawney Phil, perhaps the most famous weather-predicting rodent, saw his shadow this year, indicating more cold days ahead, although several other famous groundhogs, an aardvark, armadill...
Walmart Raises Pay And Adds New Tech Positions
Mount Prospect, IL, USA getty Suddenly WalmartWMT is raising wages for store associates and is adding new tech positions. The move, initiated by Walmart’s U.S. president and CEO John Furner, is an eff...
Mid-Atlantic Faces Historic ‘Snow Drought’ As New York And Philadelphia Still Wait For First Measurable Snow
Topline Cities across the East Coast are still waiting to receive their first “measurable” snowfall this winter, as unseasonably warm weather pelts cities from Washington, D.C., to New York City with ...
Those Schools Banning Access To Generative AI ChatGPT Are Not Going To Move The Needle And Are Missing The Boat, Says AI Ethics And AI Law
Attempts to ban generative AI such as ChatGPT are not all they are cracked up to be. getty To ban, or not to ban, that is the question. I would guess that if Shakespeare were around nowadays, he might...
Zero-fare public transit movement gains momentum
Passengers boarding a Metrobus in downtown Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2022. Pablo Martinez Monsivais | AP Washington, D.C., is on the verge of eliminating bus fares for city residents, joining oth...
As Legacy Motor Club Takes Shape, Nascar Champion Jimmie Johnson Identifies His Own Legacy
Jimmie Johnson drove the No. 48 Carvana Chip Ganassi Racing Honda throughout the last two years … [+] before he announced his co-ownership role with Legacy Motor Club. (Photo by Logan Riely/Gett...
Babies R Us to open new flagship store at American Dream in New Jersey
A shopping cart sits in the parking lot at a Babies “R” Us store on January 24, 2018 in Chicago, Illinois. Scott Olson | Getty Images Babies R Us is trying to make a comeback. The baby pr...
New York City Nurses Go On Strike After Failed Contract Negotiations
Topline More than 7,000 nurses from two New York City hospitals went on strike Monday morning, after their union, the New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA), failed to reach an agreement with the t...
Sam Bankman-Fried pleads not guilty to fraud charges in New York
Former FTX chief executive Sam Bankman-Fried (C) arrives to enter a plea before US District Judge Lewis Kaplan in the Manhattan federal court, New York, January 3, 2023. Ed Jones | AFP | Getty Images...
Union Square Has A New 10,000 Square Foot Food Hall
A selection of dishes from vendors at Urbanspace Union Square Lizz Spano New York City’s food hall count keeps increasing. Urbanspace Union Square, a 10,000 square foot food hall with an expansive bac...
Marijuana black market undercuts legal business
A man smokes marijuana during a hip-hop performance at the 11th annual block party held by the Bushwick Collective in Brooklyn, New York, on June 4, 2022. Alex Kent | AFP | Getty Images Thriving, unre...
Workers around the world say this is the best U.S. city for expats
Around the world, people agree that the best U.S. city to try living and working abroad is Miami, Florida. The South Florida beach and nightlife destination ranks 12th out of 50 global cities as being...
NYC robotic parking systems cost luxury residents $300,000 per space
Hidden deep below some of New York City’s most luxurious apartment buildings is an exclusive world of futuristic parking spaces where high-end vehicles are parked and retrieved by robotic parkin...
United Airlines Plans Electric Air Taxi Service From Manhattan To Newark Airport With Archer
Archer’s Maker test vehicle. Archer Aviation In a few years, Wall Street bankers and other denizens of downtown New York City could get the speedy option to fly to and from Newark Liberty airpor...