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In a potential windfall for New York’s film industry, Lionsgate Studios is now open for business. And when the $500 million Yonkers, N.Y., operation expands to a million square feet and 12 soundstages by mid-2023, it will become one of the largest production facilities in the East Coast. Great Point…

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon election officials ruled Thursday that former New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof is ineligible to run for governor because he does not meet the state’s three-year residency requirement. Secretary of State Shemia Fagan, a Democrat, said it was obvious Kristof had been a New Yorker…

NEW YORK (AP) — Peter Bogdanovich, Oscar-nominated director of ‘Last Picture Show,’ ‘Paper Moon,’ dies at 82. Read More

Just months after Delta fueled hospital failures and funeral pyres, India’s leaders again offer a mixed message: Their political rallies are packed even as they order curfews and work closures. Collecting a test swab at a railway station in New Delhi on Wednesday. The number of daily infections in the…

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The Albany County District Attorney's office said Tuesday it won't proceed with a misdemeanor sex crime charge against former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo. Driving the news: "While we found the complainant in this case cooperative and credible, after review of all the available evidence, we have concluded that we…

The Ford F-150 Lightning pickup truck is seen during a press event in New York May 26, 2021. — Reuters pic NEW YORK, Jan 4 — Amid a surge of interest, Ford announced today that it will nearly double production capacity for the electric version of its top-selling F-150 pickup…

David Fahrenthold will leave the Washington Post this month to join the New York Times as an investigative reporter, the papers announced Monday. Since joining the Post in 2000, Fahrenthold broke major stories about former President Donald Trump including the infamous “Access Hollywood” tape ahead of the 2016 election. In…

New York City's charismatic new mayor, Eric Adams, was sworn in just after midnight on New Year's Day, promising to bring a fresh set of eyes to a thankless job in a crime-ridden and COVID-weary town. Why it matters: New York's urban problems — always a national bellwether — have…

Africa|South African Parliament Buildings ‘Gutted’ After Large Fire https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/02/world/africa/south-africa-fire-parliament.html Officials warned that the damage to the buildings would be extensive. A man was arrested on Sunday morning inside the parliamentary complex, Parliament’s spokesman said. Video transcript transcript Large Fire Ravages South Africa’s Parliament BuildingsOfficials said a man was arrested in…