Friday, December 9, 2016

Donald Trump Cancels New York Times Meeting and Pursues ... and other top stories.

  • Donald Trump Cancels New York Times Meeting and Pursues ...

    Donald Trump Cancels New York Times Meeting and Pursues ...
    Meeting with The Times is abruptly canceled.With reporters and editors set to go, the president-elect announced via Twitter around 6 a.m. that he would not be taking questions from The New York Times, which were to be mostly on the record, unlike his meeting with television news executives on Monday. I cancelled today's meeting with the failing @nytimes when the terms and conditions of the meeting were changed at the last moment. Not nice — Donald J. Trump (@realDo..
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  • To Snag Snapchat Spectacles in New York, a Long, Cold Wait

    To Snag Snapchat Spectacles in New York, a Long, Cold Wait
    Photo Snapchat Spectacles are sunglasses that record short videos. Credit YouTube New Yorkers have been known to queue up for many a hot-ticket item: dinner reservations, iPhones, Cronuts.On Monday, Snapchat Spectacles joined that list as hundreds of people lined up for a chance to buy the eyewear. And after six hours of waiting — first in the wintry cold, and then in a sparsely decorated pop-up store off Fifth Avenue — I finally claimed mine.First, a primer. Spectacles..
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  • Protecting Donald Trump costs New York City more than $1 million a ...

    Protecting Donald Trump costs New York City more than $1 million a ...
    Protecting President-elect Donald Trump and his family is costing New York City more than $1 million a day, according to three city officials. And those costs won't necessarily drop significantly once he moves to the White House. That's because Melania Trump and their 10-year old son Barron expect to stay at their home at Trump Tower in midtown Manhattan, at least until the end of the school year. And Donald Trump has indicated he plans to return home regularly, especially while they're s..
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  • Man Tried to Join ISIS, Talked About Wanting to Attack Times ...

    Man Tried to Join ISIS, Talked About Wanting to Attack Times ...
    What to KnowMohamed Rafik Naji, 37, faces charges of providing material support for terrorismHe allegedly traveled to Yemen in 2015 in an attempt to join ISIS, but returned after several months when he was unable to joinThe Yemen-born Brooklyn resident was arrested in his home boroughA permanent U.S. citizen who drove for a car service in New York City has been accused of traveling to the Middle East to join ISIS and talked about wanting to carry out an attack in Times Square.Mohamed Rafik Naji,..
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  • New York Today: Welcome Back, Felix

    New York Today: Welcome Back, Felix
    Photo A cool cat. And a big one. Credit Dave Kotinsky/Getty Images Updated, 7:49 a.m.Good morning on this frigid Tuesday.He’s black and white. He grins. And this week, he’ll be puffing out his chest again.An inflatable version of Felix the Cat, the cartoon character created in the silent-film era, will return to the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade on Thursday, nearly 90 years after his first appearance.The parade, which began in 1924, originally included a procession of ..
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  • Trump, on YouTube, Pledges to Create Jobs

    Trump, on YouTube, Pledges to Create Jobs
    Video Trump Announces Policy Plans President-elect Donald J. Trump vowed in a YouTube video to focus on creating jobs and reducing regulations as soon as he takes office. By TRANSITION 2017, VIA YOUTUBE on Publish Date November 21, 2016. Photo by Transition 2017, via YouTube. Watch in Times Video » WASHINGTON — President-elect Don..
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  • With a Meeting, Trump Renewed a British Wind Farm Fight

    With a Meeting, Trump Renewed a British Wind Farm Fight
    Mr. Wigmore headed communications for Leave.EU, one of the two groups that led the Brexit effort. He said in an email that he and Mr. Banks would be “campaigning against wind farms in England, Scotland and Wales.” Mr. Wigmore said that Mr. Banks had previously opposed wind farms and that they had been studying the issue on their own. However, he said, Mr. Trump "did suggest that we should campaign on it” and “spurred us in and we will be going for it.”His account of the meeting was previously r..
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  • Kanye West Is Hospitalized for Exhaustion Hours After Canceling Tour

    Kanye West Is Hospitalized for Exhaustion Hours After Canceling Tour
    Photo Kanye West in New York in October. Credit Michael Loccisano/Getty Images The rapper Kanye West was hospitalized on Monday in Los Angeles for exhaustion, hours after he canceled the remainder of his 2016 tour, his representative said.The Los Angeles Police Department said that it had responded to a call in the West Hollywood area at 1:20 p.m., but that the encounter became a “medical emergency” and was handed off to the Los Angeles Fire Department. Mr. West’s repre..
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  • Woman Shoves 88-Year-Old Woman to Ground Outside Brooklyn ...

    Woman Shoves 88-Year-Old Woman to Ground Outside Brooklyn ...
    Authorities are looking for a woman who sneaked up behind an 88-year-old woman standing in front of a Brooklyn deli last week and pushed her to the ground before running off, fracturing the victim's wrists. The 88-year-old victim was taken to a hospital in stable condition after the attack outside Esther's Deli on Nostrand Avenue Friday afternoon. Her sister told NBC 4 through a translator that the woman is in pain and not well. No one else was hurt, and a motive for the attack is under investig..
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  • Will it snow in New York City? When to expect this season's first ...

    Will it snow in New York City? When to expect this season's first ...
    Winter is fast approaching, and many Americans felt colder temperatures across the nation this weekend. Several parts of the country had reports of accumulating snowfalls, but the Northeast especially saw some huge numbers. Parts of Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Massachusetts and upstate New York got hit hard, with snow accumulation reaching into the double digits in inches. Winter Storm Argos hit much of the Northeast with heavy snow totals, including Susquehanna, Pennsylvania, with more than 15 i..
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