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A court-appointed monitor is urging a judge to begin contempt proceedings against New York City over conditions at the troubled Rikers Island jail complex, setting the stage for a potential federal takeover of the jail system in the nation’s most populous city. In a report filed Monday in Manhattan federal…

A rare flash flood warning was in place for much of New York City into the early hours of Monday after heavy rains in the Northeast caused at least one death. The warning, issued by federal forecasters Sunday night, applied to the boroughs of Manhattan, Queens and the Bronx. In…

Burna Boy Breaks Another Record as First African Artiste to Sell Out U.S. StadiumRead More

Summer Walker and Lil Meech's budding relationship has taken an unexpected turn as a New York City-based model, Tiffany Marie, claims to be pregnant with the BMF star's child. The drama unfolded when Marie contacted the R&B singer via Instagram DMs, revealing her alleged four-month relationship with Lil Meech and…

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Wow, you’re zipping through space, in a large ship as big as 3 New York City Central Parks. There’s a lot of commotion going on. No, it’s not some alien invading the spaceship... it’s a very important day. The date is January, 22nd, 2700. You’ve just been born, outside of the Earth’s atmosphere. Happy Birthday! There’s a medical team attending to everything, futuristic…

Dozens of people were injured in a collision Thursday night between a double-decker tour bus and a New York City bus, with at least 32 requiring hospitalization, according to reports. RELATED: VIDEO: 10 Dead, 25 Injured After Bus Carrying Guests Of ‘Fairytale’ Wedding Crashes In Australia Transit President: Tour Bus Hit…

Leave it to Gigi Hadid to make a controversial trend look new again. On July 6, the model stepped out wearing capris for her friend Leah McCarthy's's birthday in New York City. The calf-length denim pants immediately elicited flashbacks to the early aughts, drawing to mind some of the more…

FILE — Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, left, and New York City Mayor Eric Adams, speak at a News conference in New York's Times Square, Oct. 11, 2022. Bragg has announced an indictment of several people who allegedly participated in a straw donor scheme to raise money for Adams, Friday,…

More than three decades after a serial killer began preying upon gay and bisexual men at bars in New York City, the victims and their families, as well as the activists who fought to bring the elusive murderer to justice, are the subjects of a four-part docuseries that premieres Sunday…