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The biotech BridgeBio just made its stock market debut, marking the biggest biotech IPO of the year so far, according to Renaissance Capital's IPO Pro data platform. Shares of the genetic disease-focused company surged 62% in Thursday trading, giving the c…

Boîte: Paradise Club Times Square Times Square may be the crossroads of the world, but in terms of night life it might as well be the Bermuda Triangle: a place where big dreams go to vanish. So leave it to Ian Schrager, the hotelier and former Studio 54 co…

ABC easily won Sunday night — all without a net! Highwire Live in Time Square with Nik Wallenda had audiences sitting at the edge of their seat as they watched circus troupe members Nik Wallenda and Lijana Wallenda walk the highwire 25 stories above street le…

Nobody has to tell anyone that the streets of New York City look like what they are blobs of asphalt in some locales, pummeled by age and excessive traffic, smashed by snowplows, frozen by extreme cold and seared by face-melting heat year in, year out. Still,…

NEW YORK (AP) Nik Wallenda says he freaked out when his balancing pole slipped during a high-wire walk with his sister above New Yorks Times Square. Nik and Lijana Wallenda spoke Monday on ABCs Good Morning America, just hours after their harrowing feat. Ni…

Lijana Wallenda and Nik Wallenda walk a high wire over Times Square, June 23, 2019 in New York City. Getty New York -- Two siblings from the famed Flying Wallendas safely crossed Times Square on a high wire strung between two skyscrapers 25 stories above th…

JOHANNES EISELE/Getty Images Nik and Lijana Wallenda successfully completed their high-wire walk from 25 stories up in New York City's Times Square on Sunday. According to CNN's Theresa Waldrop, they traveled 1,300 feet from 1 Times Square to 2 Times Square…

In 2006, the illusionist and endurance performer David Blaine spent seven days submerged in a water-filled sphere at Lincoln Center in Manhattan. But alas, times are tougher these days for performers seeking city approval for such stunts. In 2013, Mr. Walle…

The northern hemisphere celebrated its summer solstice on June 21. For those living in the northern hemisphere, it is the longest day of the year. It also signals the end of spring and the beginning of summer. From Stonehenge stone circle to Macedonia t…

Photographs of tennis star Arthur Ashe stand in front of the Virginia Museum of History & Culture in Richmond on Thursday as part of the exhibit Determined: The 400-Year Struggle for Black Equality, scheduled to open Saturday.  (Photo: Steve Helber/AP) …