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May 02, 2024

People

Harvey Weinstein faces New York retrial after 2020 rape conviction overturned

Manhattan district attorney, Alvin Bragg, says his team is determined to retry case against the disgraced movie mogul

By Editors Desk

Harvey Weinstein in court in New York on 1 May 2024. Photograph: David Dee Delgado/AFP/Getty Images

May 01, 2024

Middle East

Why You’re Hearing All About Chaos at Columbia and Not Brown

Two other universities showed that the school clearly had other options.

By Editors Desk

Columbia University’s campus in New York City on Tuesday night. Kena Betancur/AFP via Getty Images

April 20, 2024

United States

The new 62-story tower set to transform New York City’s skyline

By Editors Desk

The skyscraper will be 62 stories high. Foster + Partners

April 15, 2024

Society

New York’s Vessel to reopen with steel-mesh safety measures after suicides

Climbable sculpture in Hudson Yards in Manhattan closed in 2021 after four people died by suicide

By Editors Desk

The Vessel, in this 2019 picture. Photograph: Mark Lennihan/AP

April 05, 2024

Science & Environnement

Magnitude 4.8 earthquake strikes New Jersey, shaking felt across Northeast

People felt the earth shake and buildings moved in the New York City area

By Editors Desk

A view of the skyline of Lower Manhattan is seen during sunrise on March 11, 2024. (Angela Weiss/AFP/Getty Images)

April 02, 2024

Justice

Donald Trump posts $175 million appeal bond he owes in NY civil fraud case

Donald Trump has posted a $175 million bond following an appeal court's decision in his New York civil fraud case.
In total, Trump and three top Trump Organization execs owe New York nearly half a billion dollars.
But they'll only have to pay the full amount if they lose their appeal.

By Editors Desk

Former President Donald Trump Scott Eisen/Getty Images

March 19, 2024

Justice

Trump’s lawyers say it is impossible for him to post bond covering $454 million civil fraud judgment

A state appeals court judge ruled last month that Trump must post a bond covering the full amount to pause enforcement of the judgment, which is to begin on March 25

By Editors Desk

Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at the Forum River Center in Rome, Georgia, U.S. March 9, 2024. ALYSSA POINTER (REUTERS)

March 18, 2024

Justice

Trump unable to get $464m bond in New York fraud case, his lawyers say

Donald Trump cannot find a private company to guarantee the $464m (£365m) he has been ordered to pay in a New York civil fraud case.

By Editors Desk

Getty Images Mr Trump's lawyers say they have approached dozens of bond companies but cannot secure one

March 12, 2024

Odd News

Brooklyn’s ‘bling bishop’ found guilty of wire fraud, extortion and lying to FBI

Lamor Miller-Whitehead first attracted media scrutiny when he was robbed of $1m in jewelry during a livestreamed church service

By Editors Desk

Prosecutors had argued that the preacher also exaggerated his ties to the New York City mayor, Eric Adams. Photograph: Mary Altaffer/AP

February 27, 2024

Society

NYC mayor doubles down on call for 'sanctuary' status changes as migrant crisis rages

Adams said: 'It is a right to live in this city… and you should not be committing crimes in our city'

By Editors Desk

January 02, 2024

Society

The Brooklyn Bridge Is Not for Sale, or for Selling Souvenirs Anymore

Illegal trinket vendors flooded the pedestrian walkway over the East River during the pandemic. The city has banned the stalls as of this week.

By Editors Desk

January 02, 2024

Society

New York upstate car crash that left two dead investigated as terrorism – report

Suicide note and journal reportedly discovered after crash outside music venue in Rochester kills two and injures five people

By Editors Desk

A suspect in the crash has been identified as Michael Avery of Syracuse, New York, CNN reported. Photograph: JasonDoiy/Getty Images

January 01, 2024

World

Fireworks, weapons light skies across the world in first hours of 2024

Fireworks illuminated skies over Paris, Rio and Sydney to celebrate the entry to 2024, while in Israel, Gaza and Ukraine, rockets and strikes marked the year's earliest hours.

By Editors Desk

Fireworks illuminate the sky over the Arc de Triomphe during the New Year's celebrations on the Champs Elysees avenue in Paris, France, January 1, 2024. © Benoit Tessier, Reuters

December 24, 2023

Society

New York governor vetoes bill to make conviction challenges easier

Bill would have expanded opportunity for people who have pleaded guilty to crimes to challenge convictions

By Editors Desk

Kathy Hochul said the bill would would ‘upend’ the judicial system Photograph: Yuki Iwamura/AP

December 23, 2023

Business

Prada Is Expanding Its NYC Presence With Pair of Building Purchases

Property next to Fifth Avenue store purchased for $410 million

The Prada store on New York’s Fifth Avenue.Photographer: Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto/AP Photo

December 22, 2023

Personal Finance

I'm a millennial who wants to experience life, not have my money sit in the bank. So I spent $2.4 million on a vacation home in the Hamptons.

She's spent $57,000 on house upkeep this year, and continues to rent a New York City apartment.

By Editors Desk

Emilie Gerber, 34, purchased a $2.4 million Hamptons house this year. Courtesy of Emilie Gerber

December 21, 2023

Politics

Rudy Giuliani files for bankruptcy after $148 million defamation judgment

Rudy Giuliani has filed for bankruptcy, days after being ordered to pay $148 million in a defamation lawsuit brought by two former election workers in Georgia who said his targeting of them led to death threats that made them fear for their lives.

By Editors Desk