Local·16d ago
7 things to watch as New York’s budget battle heats up
“Today is the end of the beginning,” state Senate Majority Leader Stewart-Cousins said. It's budget time in Albany.
Gothamist
New York
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Local·16d ago
Ex-State Trooper Convicted of Manslaughter in Death of Girl After Chase
Christopher Baldner, then a New York State trooper, rammed a family’s car during a high-speed chase in 2020, killing 11-year-old Monica Goods.
The New York Times Local
Local·16d ago
NYC is looking to hire a 'jails czar' to help close Rikers
The high-ranking role, which was posted by the mayor's office on Friday, comes with a $180,000 to $230,000 salary. The search represents Mayor Mamdani's latest step to address the situation at the Rikers Island jail complex.
Gothamist
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Region·15d ago
Two teens, construction worker injured in Newark gas line explosion; neighbors evacuated
Newark officials say utility workers who were working on a water line on Magazine Street and accidentally hit a gas line just after noon, resulting in an explosion that propelled the front facade of a private house -- onto the street. ---------- * Get Eyewitness News Delivered * More New Jersey news * Send us a news tip * Download the abc7NY app for breaking news alerts * Download our connected TV app Have a breaking news tip or an idea for a. NEWARK, New Jersey (WABC) -- Two teens and a construction worker were injured in an explosion on a residential street in Newark on Saturday afternoon.
ABC7 New York
Crime·16d ago
'I Don't Have Feeling Anymore': Mother speaks after husband charged in Queens dismemberment murder
Sequea has been at a loss for months now, but she certainly felt something about her daughter's relationship with a 75-year-old man she first met while he was visiting Trinidad in 2022 and later married. Sequea said she believed everything he was saying until the detectives called her on October 23 and asked her to identify some tattoos. And when I saw the tattoos with her three daughters' names, then I knew she died," she said.
ABC7 New York
World·16d ago
Russian strike on Kyiv region kills 4 and wounds 15, with peace talks stalled
The strikes comes after the United States paused ceasefire talks between Russia and Ukraine due to the war with Iran.
NPR World
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World·16d ago
Explosion at Amsterdam Jewish school 'a deliberate attack' says mayor
This is a cowardly act of aggression towards the Jewish community," Halsema said, stressing that Amsterdam "must be a place where Jews can live safely". An explosion has damaged a Jewish school in the Dutch capital Amsterdam, in what the city mayor condemned as a "deliberate attack against the Jewish community". Halsema said: "I understand the fear and anger of Jewish Amsterdammers.
BBC World
Region·16d ago
Five arrested in Cuba after protest at local Communist party office
Rare action began peacefully but ‘degenerated into vandalism’ according to state-run newspaper Five people have been arrested in Cuba for acts of “vandalism” after a small group of protesters broke into a provincial office of the Cuban Communist party and set fire to computers and furniture. Although protests are rare in Cuba, the country is enduring a US oil blockade and other intense pressure from the US president, Donald Trump , who has stated openly he would like to see regime change in Havana. Trump has said Cuba will be next on his agenda after the Iran war and the US overthrow of.
The Guardian
World·15d ago
Russia exploiting Iran war, Zelensky says after fresh bombardment
Zelensky wrote on social media: "Russia will try to exploit the war in the Middle East to cause even greater destruction here in Europe, in Ukraine." The Ukrainian leader noted that the attacks were a reminder to Kyiv's partners that air defences were a "daily necessity. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has accused Russia of attempting to exploit the war in the Middle East to cause "even greater destruction" in his country. The 430 drones and 68 missiles do not constitute the largest Russian bombardment Ukraine has seen, but it is among the more sizeable ones launched in recent months.
BBC World
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Sports·16d ago
Rescuers blame weather and 'underprepared skiers' for rise in Alps avalanche deaths
That's why you need to have all the rescue equipment on you, and to be in a group, but sometimes you can just be in the wrong place at the wrong time," he adds. There was no sound, but then we heard the emergency rescue team arrive; helicopters, ambulances, and the police." "It's amazing what nature can do and then you realise it can kill you and you can't do anything. If you are trapped under just 50cm of snow of this density, you already have more than a quarter of a tonne on top of you," explains Bornet.
BBC World