Local·1h ago
The Obamas, Kim Kardashian and Other A-Listers Are Now Broadway Co-Producers
The latest trend on Broadway is celebrity co-producing: A-listers who now have credits as backers of plays and musicals.
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Local·1h ago
UPS Won’t Bring Packages to Their Doors. Some Are Fed Up.
The United Parcel Service will not deliver inside two buildings on Staten Island where its drivers were assaulted decades ago.
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Region·1h ago
Lawsuits accuse State Farm of secretly working to cut insurance payouts
The litigation is happening as homeowners face soaring insurance costs, partly due to threats from climate change. Lawsuits allege that State Farm tries to avoid paying what it owes for hail damage.
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Local·44m ago
Feeling lucky? NYC's first-ever table games casino opens Tuesday: What to know
Resorts World New York City (RWNYC) announced that Tuesday marks the official opening for the first live table games casino to operate in New York City. OZONE PARK, Queens (WABC) -- The Resorts World New York City casino in Ozone Park is now expanding to live table games, setting a new precedent. This is a transformational moment for Resorts World New York City, and we cannot wait to share it with our fellow New Yorkers." RWNYC also shared on Monday that the casino’s opening is pending the New York Gaming Commission’s final testing this week.
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National·2h ago
College classmate speaks about alleged correspondents' dinner attacker
NPR's Michel Martin speaks to Eliza Terlinden, who was in the same Christian fellowship group in college as the suspected attacker at the White House Correspondents dinner.
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World·4h ago
Taking power in Mali might be a stretch but insurgents can force hand of weakened regime
Coordinated attack by JNIM and the Tuareg minority inflicted significant casualties on government forces and Russian auxiliaries When al-Qaida-affiliated Islamic militants launched a series of attacks on military bases and raids into major towns in Mali and neighbouring Burkina Faso last summer, observers suggested they had been inspired by their counterparts in Syria, who had overthrown the regime of Bashar al-Assad and taken power six months or so earlier. This week few think the regime of Assimi Goïta, a soldier who seized power in Mali in 2021, will survive very long – even if most.
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World·3h ago
Russian superyacht sails through Strait of Hormuz despite blockade
The 142m-long (465 feet) Nord luxury boat, linked to sanctioned Russian billionaire Alexey Mordashov, travelled from Dubai to Muscat, Oman over the weekend, one of a few private vessels to transit through the strait in recent months. A superyacht linked to one of Russian President Vladimir Putin's key allies has sailed through the Strait of Hormuz, despite the ongoing blockade of the critical shipping channel. Russian President Vladimir Putin hosted an Iranian delegation in St Petersburg on Monday, where Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi hailed their "strategic relationship".
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Region·2h ago
Mexican special forces arrest top commander of powerful cartel
Audias Flores, known as ‘El Jardinero’, of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, captured in western state of Nayarit Mexican special forces have arrested one of the top commanders of the powerful Jalisco New Generation Cartel in the western state of Nayarit. Audias Flores, known as “El Jardinero”, is a regional commander in control of swathes of CJNG territory along Mexico’s Pacific coast.
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