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The mayor hasn't detailed how he plans to pay for the job, but city taxpayers could be on the hook for the bill whether or not they use the highway.
After decades as a coveted address in Syracuse, N.Y., the sprawling Nob Hill complex descended into neglect, squalor and death. One family paid a terrible price.
Here are your links: Brooklyn's Trinidad and Tobago Parade canceled over permit issues, “Dolly: A True Original Musical” will still come to Broadway, parents and teachers want answers on NYPS use of AI, and more. Because other creatures live here, too.
20, Includes certain B-Safe Gen 2, B-Safe Gen 2 Flexfit, B-Safe Gen 2 Flexfit Plus, B-Safe 35, B-Safe Ultra, and Endeavours child seats. More than 114,000 child car seats sold by Britax are being recalled, according to a notice from the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration. The agency said owners of the recalled car seats may also contact Britax customer service at 888-427-4829.
The rescue operation is continuing but with high alert, officials say Rescuers pulled out survivors caked in dark brown mud and helicopters lifted stranded people to safety Friday as Nepal and China raced to respond to catastrophic flash floods that killed more than 470 people and left more than 1,500 missing. China's state media previously said 558 people were missing and Nepal’s disaster management authority said Friday that 977 people were missing. “My mother said they were on their way towards the border area and said they’ll reach their hotel and call us,” he said.
WASHINGTON -- Parasitic illness cases linked to recalled iceberg lettuce have now been confirmed in 20 states, federal health officials said Thursday, expanding the scope of the largest outbreak of its kind in the U.S. agency said it “remains confident that all recalled iceberg lettuce related to this specific cyclospora outbreak is off the market.” Cyclospora is a microscopic parasite that commonly causes watery diarrhea “with frequent and sometimes significant bowel movements,” according to the CDC. Earlier this week, the CDC reported that there have been about 29,000 confirmed or suspected.
It is also displaying a countdown, after which it says it will begin auctioning off the data with a starting price of 30 bitcoin - the same amount of the cryptocurrency being sought from Berlin, the German. It has said on its website it intends to begin auctioning the 5.79 terabytes of data it was able to steal from Berlin in seven days' time, according to news agency Reuters. Berlin Mayor Kai Wegner said the German capital would not cave to the ransom demand Berlin is being blackmailed by hackers who were able to compromise city systems and steal data earlier this month, its mayor has said.
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As part of an $18bn settlement in a child-safety lawsuit, Meta announced new restrictions on its apps. We asked families what they thought.
In a video on YouTube, Jaggi Vasudev, known as Sadhguru, a spiritual leader who founded the nonprofit Isha Foundation, told followers at the foundation’s camp at Saga in Tibet , China, that 80 members of an Isha group returning from Kailash Mansarovar, a high-altitude site in Tibet revered by Hindus and Buddhists, were LIVE Updated 10m ago Tom. Desperate relatives trying to reach loved ones last seen in area where entire villages have been swept away Families are rushing to Nepal to search for the 33 British nationals who are still missing, as fears mount over the risk of a second wave of flooding in the region.
A crowd throws objects at NYPD officers during New York Knicks against San Antonio Spurs Game 5 of the NBA Finals on June 13, 2026 in New York City. Complaints rose 31.4% on the five nights the team played in June's NBA Finals, according to a new Vital City report.
Presented by Tri-State Cadillac, coverage of the 2026 New York Giants preseason schedule includes: New programming for this season includes 30-minute pre-game shows, presented by Quest®, airing on NBC 4 New York’s over-the-air and on digital platforms prior to each preseason game. (Note: Video player will be black until game time, and you will have to be physically located in the New York television market to watch the stream.) The official preseason home of the New York Giants, NBC New York is bringing three preseason games to tri-state viewers. NBC 4 New York lead sports anchor Bruce Beck.