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J.C. Penney Co. said late Thursday it will be closing 154 stores in the near future as part of its “store optimization strategy” after filing for bankruptcy protection last month.The closings will begin after a June 11 bankruptcy hearing in Texas, the company said. It makes sense to reduce its…

Screenshot: VimeoWatch This offers movie recommendations inspired by new releases, premieres, current events, or occasionally just our own inscrutable whims. This week: It’s the start of Pride Month, so we’re looking back at some major or influential highlights of queer cinema.Paris Is Burning (1990)The simple fact that “throwing shade” has…

Patricia Reed Scott, a pivotal figure in New York’s efforts to build its TV and film production industries, died May 23 in Neptune, N.J. of a subdural hematoma sustained in a fall. She was 86. Her death was reported by her son, Matthew Scott, to The New York Times. Scott…

Giza, Egypt Julian Obejas The travel restrictions that have been put in place to limit the spread of the infection from the COVID19 pandemic, have many of us dreaming of past travels and future plans. In most countries across the globe, regular travelers are missing their vacations, special family holidays,…

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo openly hypothesized on Tuesday about overthrowing NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio after rampant looting and destruction swept across Manhattan on Monday night, overwhelming the NYPD and leaving the city looking like a war zone. “I’m disappointed and outraged by what happened in New York City…

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A doubled police force and threats from President Trump did little to stop protests over the death of George Floyd in New York, where peaceful demonstrations gave way to looting and chaos across the city Monday night.Meanwhile, large gangs of white counter-protesters loitered unmolested in multiple neighborhoods of Philadelphia in…

Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here.New York City has shelled out roughly $15.5 million in taxpayer money to Texas travel management company Crewfacilities.com LLC in order to book more than 8,600 hotel rooms at an affordable rate for hundreds of vulnerable homeless shelter residents, front-line…

Here's the latest:De Blasio Now Condemns Police Driving SUVs Into ProtestersSoHo "Gutted" By Looting As NYPD Continues Aggressive Crackdown On ProtestsGovernor Cuomo says he supports allowing mayors to release police disciplinary records.The Manhattan DA is investigating reports that the NYPD assaulted a young, black journalist for the Wall Street Journal…