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The New York Knicks have selected Obi Toppin with the No. 8 overall pick in the 2020 NBA Draft. Toppin, the consensus National Player of the Year after a stellar season at Dayton, is one of the lottery's more unorthodox prospects. He didn't play for a blue-blood collegiate program, and…

New York City schools close as U.S. coronavirus deaths surpass 250,000; Public can pick a name for this adorable panda cub at the National Zoo.  Read More

The rendered fat of dead animals may seem like an unlikely aphrodisiac, but the scent adheres to a certain erotic memory for Dorothy Daniels, the narrator of Chelsea G. Summers’s new novel, A Certain Hunger. The book takes the form of an extended monologue about her life of violent crime,…

Rudy Giuliani is denying he has at least 20,000 daily reasons to oversee all of President Donald Trump’s failed court challenges to overturn the election that Joe Biden won two weeks ago. According to The New York Times, multiple sources say the former New York City mayor asked the Trump campaign…

A suspect is in custody in connection with the assault of actor Rick Moranis last month, the New York Police Department said on Twitter on Saturday. ‘Thanks to an eagle-eyed sergeant from @NYPDTransit, this suspect has been apprehended and charged,” the tweet read. According to the New York Post, the…

Skip to main content HomeCoronavirus Updates2020 Election ResultsElectionsNationWorldPoliticsFactcheckEducationInvestigationsHealthWeatherRace in AmericaImpeachmentJust the FAQsTracking 2020Register to VoteVoter GuideA huge Norway spruce arrived Saturday at New York City's Rockefeller Center to serve as one of the world's most famous Christmas trees. (Nov. 14)APRead More

Skip to main content HomeCoronavirus Updates2020 Election ResultsElectionsNationWorldPoliticsFactcheckEducationInvestigationsHealthWeatherRace in AmericaImpeachmentJust the FAQsTracking 2020Register to VoteVoter GuideEven as COVID-19 infection rate continue to rise, a museum in New York City is preparing to roll out a new exhibit this weekend. The Museum of Modern Art has spent the last six months…

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NEW YORK, Nov. 11 (Xinhua) -- The COVID-19 infection rate was 2.52 percent on a 7-day average in New York City, up from 2.31 percent one day earlier, tweeted Mayor Bill de Blasio on Wednesday. The rate has lingered over 2 percent for days, gradually edging toward 3 percent, the…

Joe Biden and Joe Flacco share the same first name. Both come from Delaware, one of the oddest places in America a person can come from. That isn’t a slight to Delaware. It can’t possibly be, because I lack the requisite information to slight Delaware, a place that manages to…