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A violent riot broke out in Union Square in New York City on Friday. The cause was a popular Twitch streamer holding a giveaway for video game systems. Thousands of people mobbed the area, and things quickly got out of hand. Videos of people destroying cars and fighting each other…

Police in New York City detained an internet personality after his supposed video game console giveaway drew a crowd to Manhattan’s Union Square which devolved into chaos Friday. Kai Cenat, who is known as an influencer on Twitch and YouTube platforms, was taken into custody, New York police said. Police…

NEW YORK, Aug 4 (Reuters) - Thousands of people overran New York City's Union Square and the surrounding streets on Friday in a chaotic scene after a popular live streamer announced a "giveaway" event, with police struggling to contain fans throwing projectiles and injuring officers. The event was promoted by…

Hundreds in New York City showed up for a PlayStation giveaway organized by Twitch streamer Kai Cenat on Friday as the event turned chaotic and led to arrests. Photo by Sarah Yenesel/EPA-EFE Aug. 4 (UPI) -- A PlayStation giveaway organized by Twitch streamer Kai Cenat at New York City's Union…

NEW YORK — Police in New York City are struggling to control a crowd of thousands of people who gathered in Manhattan’s Union Square for an internet personality’s supposed videogame console giveaway that got out of hand. Aerial TV news footage Friday showed a surging, tightly packed crowd climbing on…

NEW YORK - Actor Jonathan Majors' domestic violence trial was postponed until at least Sept. 6 after New York City prosecutors asked Thursday for more time to prepare. Majors, 33, appeared in court for what was to have been the start of his trial on charges stemming from a March…

Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga‘s special friendship spanned many years. After a chance meeting at a New York City gala in 2011, the pair had their first musical collaboration singing “The Lady Is a Tramp” on Bennett’s Duets II album. Bennett and Gaga went on to release their first joint…

By BOBBY CAINA CALVAN Updated : , ,   NEW YORK (AP) — For days now, newly arrived international immigrants have waited night and day outside New York City’s Roosevelt Hotel, sleeping shoulder-to-shoulder on the sidewalk in hopes of a bed in the city’s shelter system. And for weeks, Mayor Eric…

Bebe Rexha’s personal life has made just as many headlines as her three-time Grammy-nominated music career. June and July 2023 were two particularly rough months for the singer, who was not only pelted in the face by a phone — thrown on stage by a concertgoer at her New York…

A driver struck a group of pedestrians and injured 10 people in New York City on Tuesday while attempting to flee from police, authorities said. The incident occurred at an intersection in Midtown Manhattan, around 5:30 p.m. after the New York City Police Department responded to a report of a…