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Too many people in NYC are stopped, searched and frisked illegally, federal monitor says

Jun. 06, 2023 00:16 AM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — New York City's reliance on the tactic known as “stop and frisk" as part of a new initiative to combat gun violence is harming communities of color and running afoul of the law, a court-appointed federal monitor reported Monday. Monitor Mylan Denerstein said the...

'Jerry Maguire' star Cuba Gooding Jr. faces start of civil trial in rape case

Jun. 06, 2023 00:14 AM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Actor Cuba Gooding Jr. faces the start of a civil trial Tuesday on accusations that he raped a woman in a New York City hotel a decade ago, an encounter that he contends was consensual after the two met at a nearby restaurant. The trial was scheduled to begin with...

Speranza Scappucci to become Royal Opera's principal guest conductor

Jun. 06, 2023 00:00 AM EDT

Speranza Scappucci will become principal guest conductor of London’s Royal Opera starting with the 2025-26 season. Her appointment was announced by the company on Monday. The 50-year-old Italian, a graduate of the Santa Cecilia Conservatory in Rome and the Juilliard...

Trump's lawyers say defamation claim by NY writer must fail because jury agreed he never raped her

Jun. 05, 2023 23:47 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — A New York writer who won a $5 million jury verdict against ex-President Donald Trump can’t win a pending defamation lawsuit against him because the jury agreed with Trump that he never raped her, his lawyers told a judge Monday. The lawyers urged Judge Lewis A....

Mets cut catcher Tomás Nido, reinstate Omar Narváez from 60-day IL

Jun. 05, 2023 18:38 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Needing to make a difficult decision at catcher, the New York Mets cut light-hitting Tomás Nido on Monday when they reinstated fellow backstop Omar Narváez from the 60-day injured list. Nido was designated for assignment in a move that keeps catcher Francisco...

Ex-guard at NYC federal building indicted in sex assault of asylum seeker

Jun. 05, 2023 17:46 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — An asylum seeker was sexually assaulted by an armed guard at a federal building in New York City where the FBI has its offices, according to an indictment unsealed Monday. Jimmy Solano-Arias, 42, of the Bronx, was charged in Manhattan federal court with deprivation...

Sprinkler: Fiscal Q1 Earnings Snapshot

Jun. 05, 2023 16:38 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — NEW YORK (AP) — Sprinkler Inc. (CXM) on Monday reported fiscal first-quarter profit of $2.8 million. The New York-based company said it had profit of 1 cent per share. Earnings, adjusted for stock option expense and amortization costs, came to 6 cents per share. ...

Fox Sports ready for challenge of doing Belmont Stakes for first time

Jun. 05, 2023 09:21 AM EDT

Even though Saturday's Belmont Stakes marks the first time Fox Sports has carried one of horse racing's Triple Crown events, the network has a history of covering the sport. Fox has carried the New York Racing Association's summer meet from Saratoga Race Course since 2016 on FS1 and...

Belt hits tiebreaking homer in 7th, Blue Jays sweep Mets 6-4

Jun. 04, 2023 18:33 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Brandon Belt broke a seventh-inning tie with a two-run homer and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the New York Mets 6-4 on Sunday for a three-game sweep. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. also went deep for the Blue Jays, who blew a four-run lead but quickly recovered. Toronto has...

Copper, Williams help Chicago rally from 19-down to beat New York 86-82

Jun. 04, 2023 17:38 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Kahleah Copper scored 27 points and Courtney Williams added 12, including 10 in the fourth quarter, to help the Chicago Sky rally to beat the New York Liberty 86-82 on Sunday in the second meeting between the teams in three days. The teams played Friday night in...