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An almost-empty Times Square in April. | Kena Betancur/Getty Images NEW YORK — New York City will remain largely shut down at least into June, but could begin to ease some restrictions next month if progress in combating the coronavirus pandemic continues, Mayor Bill de Blasio said Monday. “We’re clearly…

One of the Charleston region’s largest technology employers was front and center in the heart of a mostly vacant Times Square in New York City last week in a convergence of finance and philanthropy.The Nasdaq stock market picked Blackbaud Inc. to participate in its virtual opening bell ceremony Tuesday to…

During the COVID-19 pandemic, independent news is more important than ever. You turn to Democracy Now! because you trust that when we're reporting on this global crisis, our coverage is not brought to you by the fossil fuel, insurance or weapons industries or Big Pharma. We're bringing you stories from…

, former boxer and owner of Times Square fixture Jimmy's Corner, has died from complications of the coronavirus. He was 89. The New York Daily News reports he was hospitalized in mid-April and never recovered.A South Carolina native, Glenn opened the bar just off Broadway on W. 44th St in…

May 6, 2020 (New York, NY) – “Insider Intelligence” is being announced today as the brand name of the newly-formed parent company of eMarketer and Business Insider Intelligence (BII), both subsidiaries of Axel Springer. Insider Intelligence’s mission is to become the world’s leading research company focused on digital transformation. “Insider…

As the novel coronavirus sweeps across the US, medical crises are the new norm, and hospital chaplains are playing a critical role.But the pandemic has introduced social-distancing rules that have forced chaplains to rethink the way they interact with patients and their families as well as with hospital workers who…

By Thanussha Priyah, 05 May 2020 Image via ShutterstockA topless lady wearing a reflective cat-like headgear was seen in Times Square on Monday. Strapped in a pair of thigh-high boots, the female held onto a kitchen knife while striking poses in the middle of the streets as a form of…

The New York Four Seasons is not the most welcoming hotel, architecturally speaking. Designed by I. M. Pei and situated on East Fifty-seventh Street, between Madison and Park, it greets visitors with an intimidating slab of limestone façade and a metal awning that seems to want to clobber you. Reviewing the…

The lights are on, but no one is home in the heart of Manhattan. Midtown, and Times Square in particular, has seen a drastic change since New York City went on PAUSE last month to help curb the spread of the coronavirus. While typically a bustling hellscape, the crossroads of…

A new study from the University of Utah Health (U of U Health) has revealed a rare bit of good news amid the coronavirus pandemic — namely, that the virus is showing no signs of being sexually transmitted.The research, published through the American Society of Reproductive Medicine, was a joint effort…