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I’m trying to explain to Arthur I. Miller why artworks generated by computers don’t quite do it for me. There’s no human being behind them. The works aren’t a portal into another person’s mind, where you can wander in a warren of intention, emotion, and perception, feeling life being shaped…

A man was arrested on hate-crime and assault charges after a Filipino American woman was attacked near New York City's Times Square, police said early Wednesday. Read More

Posted by Lainey on "/Date(1617199451003)/" Dear Gossips,  I got an email yesterday with the sender including a link to the video of the 65-year-old East Asian woman who was beaten in New York City while walking past an apartment building and told that “you don’t belong here”, while the people in…

This image taken from surveillance video provided by the New York City Police Department shows a person of interest in connection with an assault of an Asian American woman, Monday, March 29, 2021, in New York. The NYPD is asking for the public's assistance in identifying the man. (Courtesy of…

Two and a half years ago, at a naturalization ceremony for newly minted Americans, Ruth Bader Ginsburg asked: “What is the difference between a bookkeeper in New York City’s garment district and a supreme court justice?” Her answer: “One generation … the difference between opportunities available to my mother and…

NEW YORK (AP) - A 55-year-old man died Saturday after hitting his head on the pavement during a fight outside a New York City bar. An off-duty firefighter is charged with assault. Officers responding to a 911 call found Devin Deegan lying outside the Terrace Inn Bar in Queens with…

Much of Julius’ remains unchanged from that era, including the long wooden bar with a century’s worth of “scratchitti” carved into it. Jacob Ruppert Brewery beer barrels serve as tables and stools. Chandeliers dangling overhead are made from wagon wheels of horse-drawn carriages that once delivered ice. Julius’ had started…

Convicting the All-Time Affable Carmine De Sapio: The Last Chief of Tammany Hall, a new book by Paul K. Rooney, has been released by Dorrance Publishing Co., Inc. Convicting the All-Time Affable Carmine De Sapio describes the prosecution of Carmine De Sapio, who was a political boss in New York…

March 26, 2021 | 2:55am | Updated March 26, 2021 | 10:04am Four people were wounded in a pair of double shootings across two New York City boroughs on Thursday night, police said.  The gunplay kicked off in Washington Heights at about 6:15 p.m., when a gunman opened fire in…

Racially motivated crimes against Asian-Americans rose by 149 per cent in 2020 in 16 major cities compared with 2019 Anyone dialling emergency services can now utter a single English word in their native language – such as Mandarin – and operators will help access translators Published: 4:58am, 26 Mar, 2021…