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NYPD: Paintball guns prompt USCG lockdown, security scare

The lockdown order was soon lifted at Coast Guard Sector New York, at Fort Wadsworth on Staten Island, New York. Heavily armed Coast Guardsmen could be seen securing that facility as well as nearby Coast Guard Station New York, a small-boat station ... >> view original

Chattanooga Gunman Spent Time in Jordan, Officials Say

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Federal investigators on Friday dug into the background and travels of the 24-year-old gunman who they say killed four Marines in an attack on two military sites here, focusing on a seven-month trip he made last year to Jordan and ... >> view original

Brush Fire Jumps Southern California Freeway

LOS ANGELES — Flames from a nearby brush fire on Friday afternoon quickly overtook a stretch of a packed highway that leads from Southern California to Las Vegas, causing pandemonium on a stretch of road that is routinely gridlocked at that time. >> view original

Maurice Ndour Has Chance to Carve Role with New York Knicks

Maurice Ndour's feel-good tenure with the New York Knicks doesn't have to end with the NBA's Las Vegas Summer League. The same cannot be said of others like Ndour. Dark-horse success stories are part and parcel of every summer-league installment. >> view original

'Personal Time' Obama Plans Private Weekend In New York City

President Obama has planned a weekend getaway in New York City beginning with a secret Democratic National Committee fundraiser on Friday night. “That is not particularly unusual,” White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest admitted to reporters this ... >> view original

City Room New York Today: A Family Still Shaken

Surf Pavilion, a new outdoor arena, opens to the public on Friday with live performances near the boardwalk and beach in Coney Island. 7 p.m. [$12 in advance; $15 at door]. • The annual Panasonic New York City Triathlon kicks off with triathletes ... >> view original

It's a dad-daughter overnighter in New York for the Obamas - New York's PIX11 / WPIX

NEW YORK — President Barack Obama was in New York to collect some cash for Democrats and enjoy a rare father-daughter weekend in the city with his daughters. Obama was headlining a Democratic fundraiser Friday night hosted by businessman ... >> view original

After outcry, Gawker removes post about media executive

Also present at the gathering were a number of media reporters who may cover or have covered the story of the post's removal—The Huffington Post's Michael Calderone and Alex Kaufman, the New York Observer's Kara Bloomgarden-Smoke, CNN's Brian ... >> view original

Spring 2016: Backstage in Briefs at Parke & Ronen for New York Men's Fashion ...

NEW YORK, NY – JULY 16: Models pose for a picture backstage at the Parke & Ronen mens fashion show at New York Fashion Week: Men's S/S 2016 at Skylight Clarkson Sq on July 16, 2015 in New York City. (Mike Coppola/ Getty Images for Parke ... >> view original

Michael Grimm, Former Congressman, Is Sentenced to 8 Months

In 2010, Mr. Grimm was elected to represent Staten Island and parts of Brooklyn, the only Republican in New York City's congressional delegation. Though he pleaded guilty to a single count of tax fraud, for filing a false return in 2009, he signed a ... >> view original