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One year since Nick Jonas last performed live, the multi-hyphenate took the stage at the famed Studio 8H in New York City to both host and serve as the musical guest on late-night sketch comedy show “Saturday Night Live” and was joined by his brother Kevin Jonas for part of…

Retired firefighter Dennis A. Farrell died Tuesday after battling a 9/11-related illness, the New York City Fire Department announced on Friday. "We lost another FDNY brother to 9/11 illness," the Ray Pfeifer Foundation, a nonprofit helping firefighters and police officers who responded to the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the…

By Adam Rosenberg2021-02-27 18:31:31 UTC MTV's The Real World is typically credited for laying out the blueprint of what we now call reality television. The show's first season, set in New York City, ran in 1992 and now, almost 30 years later, that cast is getting back together for a…

Dr. Oni Blackstock finished seeing patients one day in late December, and then she became the patient for a few minutes: She rolled up her sleeve and got her first Covid-19 shot. But as she chatted with the nurses—both at work that day and while filling out paperwork for the…

The Wikipedia article for the Covid-19 pandemic didn’t exist until January 2020. By June, it was one of the site’s most visited entries of all time. It became, according to Wikipedia’s project page of article rankings, “the biggest phenomenon Wikipedia has ever known.” Today, with 86 million page views, the…

What to KnowThe NYT reported, in part citing unpublished research from Columbia University, that a new variant seemed to be popping up in the city with a mutation that could weaken the effectiveness of vaccinesNeither city nor state officials had previously spoken publicly about the research; Dr. Jay Varma, the…

Note that some links may require registration or subscription. A new coronavirus variant, B.1.526, is spreading in New York City. (New York Times) Moderna said it sent a new COVID-19 vaccine targeting variant B.1.351 to the NIH for clinical testing. Pfizer/BioNTech will also test a third dose of its injection…

Local Businessman Neil Hershman to Open Co-Branded Store by April, Adding to Portfolio of Dessert Brands in NYC New York, NY  (RestaurantNews.com)  America’s favorite flash-frozen beaded ice cream treat Dippin’ Dots will now be available on the streets of New York through a new co-branded Dippin’ Dots/Doc Popcorn flagship store…

Scott Pelley reports from hospitals in New York City, the new epicenter for COVID-19. Doctors describe how some patients with the disease can deteriorate suddenly and require lifesaving intensive care. Read More

Halfway through a recent New York Times story about Governor Andrew Cuomo’s long (but perhaps not widely known) history of governance-by-bullying, an ally tried to defend his signature political style. He didn’t say that Cuomo’s behavior was ethical, or reasonable, or even responsible. He just said that people liked it.…