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This past week in New York City, fifteen inches of snow fell and more than twenty-two hundred snowplows pushed it away. Twelve thousand miles of sidewalk were shovelled. Two hundred and nine million pounds of salt were spread, and, after it got really bad, two hundred thousand gallons of calcium…

"It's great to ratify a fair contract that makes it easier to see a long-term career in this work" Quality assurance workers at Blizzard in Albany, New York, and Austin, Texas, have overwhelmingly voted to ratify a union contract at parent company, Microsoft. The Communications Workers of America (CWA) said…

Racing in the very heart of New York City will become a reality this autumn. On October 10, athletes will line up for the first-ever Big Apple Triathlon, a brand-new event that takes competitors along the Hudson River and straight through Central Park – right in the middle of The…

New York City got hit with a hell of a snowstorm last week. And, inevitably, when I’m watching the snow fall, wandering the oddly quiet streets after dark, people hiding inside and staying warm, I put on M83’s sophomore record, Dead Cities, Red Seas & Lost Ghosts . Before Nicolas…

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Somehow, the start to the 2025 offseason felt even worse than the New York Mets' stunning collapse to finish the 2025 campaign. It had gotten off to such a bad start in Queens that Mets fans wanted David Stearns fired and were even fed up with owner Steve Cohen. Now,…

Convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein connected New York Giants chairman and co-owner Steve Tisch with multiple women, according to newly released emails, and Tisch received scouting reports on women from Epstein and the two men discussed whether women were “pro or civilian” or a “working girl.” The emails, sent in…

HBO HBO has handed out an eight-episode, straight-to-series order for Emmy-winner Damon Lindelof’s new limited series “The Chain” based on Adrian McKinty’s acclaimed New York Times bestseller. Details are under wraps, but Lindelof is said to be expanding the mythology of the novel that was inspired by McKinty’s chain letters…

A$AP Rocky says he’s testing the waters for a potential 2029 run for New York City mayor, revealing his ambitions during a new Esquire video interview. The Harlem-born Grammy winner pitched himself as “for the people,” calling out everyday issues like transit costs, inflation, and housing, and even floated the…

Founded in stealth in New York's Flatiron District, Fauna Robotics spent two years building Sprout as a different kind of platform – one that treats robots not as laborers but as companions and collaborators. Its debut this week marks the company's attempt to define a new category of "approachable" humanoids:...Read…