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Most audience members at the Swedish Cottage Marionette Theater in Central Park politely turn off their cellphones before the curtain rises. But these days, at every performance, one all-too-typical Manhattan kid persists in texting, tweeting, posting, sharing, emailing and updating, completely oblivious to those around her.No one asks her to stop, however: She’s the star.In “Little Red’s Hood,” the latest marionette production from the City Parks Foundation, this fairy tale child has traded he..>> view originalNY / Region|Know English? For New York Cabdrivers, That's No ...
At a taxi school in Queens on Friday, even some students who were studying for the taxi exam and do not speak English as their first language conceded they thought the English test had been necessary.“You have to communicate with the customer,” Pasang Sherpa, 40, said as the students reviewed methods of finding a cross street. “You’re not working in a kitchen. You’re driving a cab; you’re dealing with the public.” Photo The sponsors of a City Council bill to remove the English test argued the ..>> view originalNew York Today: Results From Rio
And last night, Dalilah Muhammad from Queens won gold in the women’s 400-meter hurdles – the first time an American woman has earned the top spot in the event. Photo Behind Usain Bolt, a New Yorker. Credit Chang W. Lee/The New York Times On the mat:Travis Stevens of Glenville, N.Y., won a silver medal in judo.From the stables:The equestrian McLain Ward, from Brewster, N.Y., sprang to silver in team jumping.In the water:The Naples, N.Y., native Meghan Musnicki rowed with ..>> view originalUsain Bolt Leads Jamaica to Relay Gold; US Disqualified
“I’ll stay up late tonight.”“Usain need to be immortal and he is immortal,” his teammate Yohan Blake said, according to the BBC. “I will encourage him to come back for 2020.” Bolt said, “I told the guys if it didn’t happen tonight I would beat them up.”The American sprinters circled the track, too, draped with flags. But more than 10 minutes later they learned that the bronze was no longer theirs. On the Americans’ first exchange, between Mike Rodgers and Justin Gatlin, they were judged to have..>> view originalNYC Parks Department Mocks Donald Trump Statue's Tiny Man Parts
NEW YORK, NY — After a long morning being ogled and groped by hundreds of gleeful New Yorkers in Union Square, a fully nude, life-sized and woefully under-endowed Donald Trump statue installed by guerrilla street artists was ripped from its base and transported off site Thursday afternoon by employees with the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation. But the fun had just begun. (WARNING: A graphic image follows. Once you've seen it, there is no unseeing it.) #theemperorhasnoballs Naked ..>> view originalWhy did Jimmy Vesey take the New York Rangers' free agent pitch?
College free agent forward Jimmy Vesey tried not to pay attention to New York Rangers’ celebrity fans as they took to Twitter in droves to try to convince him to play for their team.Eventually Vesey’s friends got ahold of him to inform the Harvard grad that New York Mets pitcher Noah Syndergaard, actor Jerry Ferrara and local radio host and former NFL quarterback Boomer Esiason had sent their Rangers’ pitches into cyberspace.There was even a rumor that actor Liam Neeson shot a video, using a lin..>> view originalKanye West Opens NYC Pop-up Shop Friday in Tribeca
NEW YORK, NY รข€” This weekend, Yeezy fans will have the chance to "get Kanye fresh" at pop-up Pablo stores at a secret location in New York City. The rapper announced the New York City store will be at 393 Broadway in Tribeca at The Supermarket, an art space between White Street and Walker Street. It will be open Friday and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Last night, "Life of Pablo" singer Kanye West tweeted a picture of a map with different red dots indicating ..>> view originalJudge Orders Written Testimony From Hillary Clinton on Emails
Photo Judge Emmet G. Sullivan of Federal District Court in Washington made the ruling. Credit Charles Dharapak/Associated Press WASHINGTON — A federal judge on Friday ordered Hillary Clinton to provide written testimony under oath about why she set up a private computer server to send and receive emails while secretary of state, ensuring that the issue will continue to dog her presidential campaign until the eve of the election.In a brief ruling issued on Friday afterno..>> view originalWoman's funeral had no attendees, so 30 strangers showed up
August 19, 2016 | 8:13pm ORANGETOWN, N.Y. — About 30 people have paid their respects to a woman they never met after responding to a call for attendees for a suburban New York funeral at which no one was expected to show up. The Journal News reports the strangers served as Francine Stein’s pallbearers and also helped bury her during the service Wednesday at a cemetery in Orangetown. Stein died at the age of 83. Rabbi Elchanan Weinbach officiated..>> view originalNY / Region|Detached but Sympathetic: Prosecutor's Dual ...
Photo Many members of the Muslim community in Queens described the killings of an imam, Alauddin Akonjee, and his assistant, Thara Miah, as a hate crime. Credit Christopher Lee for The New York Times In a brief statement this week about the still mysterious murders of a Bangladeshi imam and his assistant, the Queens district attorney, Richard A. Brown, captured, perhaps unwittingly, the dueling imperatives a prosecutor faces in a case that strikes at an entire community..>> view original
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