Wednesday, March 22, 2017

Local New York City reporter shoved by masked man while on air and other top stories.

  • Local New York City reporter shoved by masked man while on air

    Local New York City reporter shoved by masked man while on air
    A New York City reporter covering an attempted rape was ambushed by a man in a hockey mask live on the air, officials said Saturday. CeFaan Kim, a WABC-TV reporter, was about to wrap up his live shot when the man in the mask put an arm around Kim’s neck Friday night, video showed. “Put the camera on me!” the man said as Kim was about to wrap up his shot. “What’s up! What’s up!” The masked man and Kim fought for a second and then the unknown assailant pushed Kim to the ground. Kim, a U.S. Army R..
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  • Hundreds Support President in 'March 4 Trump' Rally in NYC

    Hundreds Support President in 'March 4 Trump' Rally in NYC
    With American flags waving and chants of "We love Trump," hundreds of people supported the president Saturday in a "March 4 Trump" rally outside his Manhattan home.Many wore red hats and held signs that read "Make America Great Again" at the rally in front of Trump Tower, which was one of many demonstrations staged across the nation to support President Donald Trump. Organizers say they were intended to show unity in the face of what they call "a seditious fringe" aiming to sabotage his vision f..
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  • Five tombstones damaged at historic Jewish cemetery in New York

    Five tombstones damaged at historic Jewish cemetery in New York
    Story highlightsIt comes amid bomb threats and vandalism targeting Jewish institutionsA hate-crime task force is investigating A hate-crime task force is investigating whether the damage to the granite and marble tombstones at Washington Cemetery in Brooklyn was intentional. The latest destruction comes amid a series of bomb threats and vandalism targeting Jewish institutions, including cemeteries, schools and community centers. Last week, at least a dozen headstones were toppled at a Jewish cem..
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  • Cuomo calls anti-Semitic attack in New York 'reprehensible'

    Cuomo calls anti-Semitic attack in New York 'reprehensible'
    The Governor of New York Andrew M. Cuomo lays a wreath at the Hall of Remembrance at the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial in Jerusalem, Sunday, March 5, 2017. (Dan Balilty/Associated Press) By Associated Press By Associated Press March 5 at 8:14 AM JERUSALEM — Visiting New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Sunday that a recent rash of anti-Semitic acts in the United States was “reprehensible” and his state would have no tolerance for them. In a visit to Israel, Cuomo made his first comments fol..
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  • When college hoops ruled NYC — in a different, forgotten MSG

    When college hoops ruled NYC — in a different, forgotten MSG
    The people walk past and they don’t know, because they can’t know, because New York City flies past all of us in a blur — the years and the decades speeding by. The 778-foot tall building at 350 W. 50th St. is a fine ole structure but hardly stops people in their tracks, not in a city that houses 241 skyscrapers. This is One Worldwide Plaza. Once upon a time it was a massive parking lot. Once upon a time it was the fictional site of the Peterman building on “Seinfeld.” Once upon a time, it was ..
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  • Prosecutors: New York man willing to sacrifice self for jihad

    Prosecutors: New York man willing to sacrifice self for jihad
    A New York man was being held without bail on terrorism charges after federal authorities said he was prepared to strap on a bomb and sacrifice himself for jihad and persistently tried to join the Islamic State or another extremist group in Syria.Elvis Redzepagic, 26, was charged Saturday with attempting to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization. Police on suburban Long Island arrested Redzepagic on Feb. 2 on a minor, unrelated charge, and he told them: "I'm going to leave..
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  • Supporters Gather For 'March 4 Trump' Rallies Around US

    Supporters Gather For 'March 4 Trump' Rallies Around US
    NEW YORK (AP) — From Colorado’s state Capitol to Trump Tower in New York and the Washington Monument, groups of hundreds of people rallied for President Donald Trump on Saturday, waving “Deplorables for Trump” signs and even carrying a life-size cutout of the president. Chelsea Thomas, an accountant from Thornton, Colorado, brought her family to the March 4 Trump rally in Denver — and the life-size cardboard cutout of Trump. She said the family has taken it with them on camping trips, boat ride..
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  • Trump, Offering No Evidence, Says Obama Tapped His Phones

    Trump, Offering No Evidence, Says Obama Tapped His Phones
    But a senior White House official said that Donald F. McGahn II, the president’s chief counsel, was working to secure access to what Mr. McGahn believed to be an order issued by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court authorizing some form of surveillance related to Mr. Trump and his associates. The official offered no evidence to support the notion that such an order exists. It would be a highly unusual breach of the Justice Department’s traditional independence on law enforcement matters ..
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  • Surveillance shows 'Wolverine Man' charging police with knives

    Surveillance shows 'Wolverine Man' charging police with knives
    A deranged naked man with two fists full of knives was tased after rushing a group of cops in Flatbush Saturday morning, according to police. Cops responded to a call from a neighbor in the Flatbush Gardens apartment complex at 1414 New York Avenue about 8 a.m. and went to knock on his door. That’s when he burst out the door in the buff, armed to the teeth. Surveillance footage obtained by the Post shows the pasty, pot-bellied lunatic holding at least five different kitchen knives out to his ..
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  • NYC's Latest Homelessness Strategy: Major Work, Modest Goal

    NYC's Latest Homelessness Strategy: Major Work, Modest Goal
    New York has tried for years to solve one of its most stubborn and visible problems: tens of thousands of homeless people a night packed into shelters and thousands of others camped out on sidewalks and subways and in bus stations.Mayor Bill de Blasio questioned aloud whether the problem of homelessness even can be solved as he unveiled a latest proposal with a decidedly modest goal. His $300 million plan would open 90 new shelters in five years and ultimately shrink the homeless population by 2..
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