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The NYC Marathon is here. Your guide to following along with 50,000 runners from home
NEW YORK (AP) — The New York City Marathon is Sunday, with more than 50,000 runners from over 150 countries expected to start the race. The winner of the men's and women's division will each earn $100,000. Here's a guide for the NYC Marathon, which starts in Staten Island and ends...
NYC declares a drought watch and asks residents to conserve water
NEW YORK (AP) — New York's mayor urged residents to take shorter showers, fix dripping faucets and otherwise conserve water, issuing a drought watch Saturday after a parched October here and in much of the United States. A drought watch is the first of three potential levels of...
NYC Mayor Eric Adams gets April 2025 trial date as his lawyers fight to get bribery charge tossed
NEW YORK (AP) — New York City Mayor Eric Adams’ federal corruption trial will begin next April, a judge ruled Friday, right in the thick of his promised reelection campaign. U.S. District Judge Dale E. Ho set the trial date as Adams returned to Manhattan federal court for a...
A makeshift goldfish pond beneath a leaky Brooklyn fire hydrant is reborn in a tree bed
NEW YORK (AP) — An urban pond where goldfish used to swim beneath a leaky New York City fire hydrant has been replaced by a new makeshift aquarium, days after the city unceremoniously paved over the old one due to safety concerns. Industrious Brooklynites have taken waterproof...
We are what we celebrate: America's holiday calendar is increasingly diverse
NEW YORK (AP) — John Albert's daughter isn't going to school on Friday. And he couldn't be happier about it. For the first time, the high school senior and all of New York City's public school students have the day off to mark the holiday of Diwali, celebrated in India and among...
No trick! Halloween temperatures soar above normal in Northeast
SCHENECTADY, N.Y. (AP) — Trick-or-treaters in the Northeast who in past years would bundle up under their Bluey or Beetlejuice costumes comfortably roamed neighborhoods in unseasonably mild temperatures Thursday. New York City hit 81 degrees (27.2 Celsius) on Halloween, with Boston...
Lawyers are allowed into Giuliani's NYC apartment after he misses a deadline for turning over assets
A moving company representative and lawyers were expected to be given access to Rudy Giuliani's Manhattan apartment on Thursday after the former New York City mayor failed to turn over belongings to two former Georgia election workers who won a $148 million defamation judgment against him. ...
Tamirat Tola and Hellen Obiri look to defend their NYC marathon titles against strong fields
NEW YORK (AP) — Defending New York City Marathon champions Tamirat Tola and Hellen Obiri are looking to be the first repeat winners in nearly a decade. “It was not easy to win New York; I know every athlete who is coming here is confident,” said Tola, who set the course record...
Police believe University of Bridgeport shooting stemmed from fight
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) — A fight between two young men appeared to have sparked a shooting at the University of Bridgeport dining hall that injured one person, police said Wednesday. Bridgeport police Chief Roderick Porter said two men who were not students of the college were...
Crossing against the light? You won't get ticketed now that jaywalking is legal in NYC
NEW YORK (AP) — Jaywalking — that time-honored practice of crossing the street outside of the crosswalk or against the traffic light — is now legal in New York City. Legislation passed by the City Council last month officially became law over the weekend after Mayor Eric Adams...
