Tuesday, March 28, 2017

Prosecutors charge man with murder as an act of terrorism in New ... and other top stories.

  • Prosecutors charge man with murder as an act of terrorism in New ...

    Prosecutors charge man with murder as an act of terrorism in New ...
    Surveillance footage allegedly shows a man New York City police say is accused of a stabbing attack on a black man. (New York Police Department) Prosecutors in New York have upgraded the charges against a white man who police say admitted to fatally stabbing a black man in a burst of racial hatred, indicting him on two new charges of murder as an act of terrorism. Police say James H. Jackson, a 28-year-old from Baltimore, admitted to traveling to New York specifically to target and kill b..
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  • Two Men Tried to Use a Dog to Smuggle Heroin Into New York

    Two Men Tried to Use a Dog to Smuggle Heroin Into New York
    Two New York men were arrested and charged with drug possession and conspiracy for hiding 22 lb. of heroin in the crate of a dog flying into John F. Kennedy airport from Puerto Rico, authorities said Monday."It’s alleged that man’s best friend was used in an attempt to smuggle drugs into the city," Queens District Attorney Richard Brown said.The monetary value of the drugs, Brown said in a release, could total over $1 million.If convicted, the men, whom the District Attorney's Office identified ..
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  • UTC Picks New York City For $300 Million Expansion

    UTC Picks New York City For $300 Million Expansion
    Once again, a Connecticut company making a major investment in its digital business has been lured by another state offering tax breaks and the chance to succeed in a big city.United Technologies Corp. said last week it would spend $300 million and hire 250 software engineers to create a digital research and development center in a tech-savvy neighborhood of Brooklyn, N.Y. Last year, General Electric Co. moved its headquarters from Fairfield to Boston, crediting the city's concentration of tech..
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  • House Democrats Ask Devin Nunes to Recuse Himself From Russia ...

    House Democrats Ask Devin Nunes to Recuse Himself From Russia ...
    “The public cannot have the necessary confidence that matters involving the president’s campaign or transition team can be objectively investigated or overseen by the chairman,” Mr. Schiff said on Monday night. Still, Mr. Schiff stopped short of pulling the panel’s Democrats out of the investigation. Doing so could jeopardize Democrats’ influence over the inquiry and, importantly, their access to intelligence on possible ties between Trump associates and Moscow.The House Intelligence Committee ..
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  • New York Today: Film Festival Frenzy

    New York Today: Film Festival Frenzy
    (If you’re keeping track: Sundance starts in January; Berlin in February; Cannes in May; Venice in August; and Toronto in September. That leaves March and April up for grabs.) Award shows factor into the timeline, too, said Cara Cusumano, director of programming at the Tribeca Film Festival.“There is a pretty clear distinction between the fall festival season and the spring festival season,” Ms. Cusumano said. “Those coming out in the fall are award season films, and a lot of films then are lau..
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  • Facing Gators and Detours, First of New York's New Ferries ...

    Facing Gators and Detours, First of New York's New Ferries ...
    He did not seem to mind that he was bunking each night with the other men in the passenger compartment of a commuter ferry, eating food stored in an ice chest and sleeping on an inflatable mattress.The concession stand in the rear of the compartment was stocked with cereal, fruit, granola bars, and microwaveable macaroni and cheese. The microwave and a coffee maker were strapped to a table with bungee cords. Despite the makeshift quarters and the lack of a shower, the only hardship any of the m..
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  • World's longest building? Skyscraper planned for New York looks ...

    World's longest building? Skyscraper planned for New York looks ...
    In London, they've had the Gherkin, the Walkie Talkie and the Cheese Grater, so if New York’s latest skyscraper isn’t nicknamed the U-Bend, we’ll be sorely disappointed. For now, the architects who have masterminded the new arched building are calling it "The Big Bend." The structure has been described as "the longest building in the world," because the skyscraper would be built upwards, before curving around, allowing a second connecting tower to then continue back down to ground level. DUBAI ..
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  • Investor burned by Madoff leaps to death off Sofitel hotel

    Investor burned by Madoff leaps to death off Sofitel hotel
    A hedge-fund executive who lost millions in Bernie Madoff’s infamous Ponzi scheme jumped to his death from the luxury Sofitel New York Hotel on Monday afternoon, authorities said. Charles Murphy, 56, whose fund at Fairfield Greenwich invested more than $7 billion with Bernie Madoff, leaped from a room he had rented on the 24th floor at around 4:42 p.m. and landed on a fourth-floor terrace, according to police sources. The financier was at the helm of the prestigious hedge fund when the firm pou..
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  • NY fights 'sanctuary cities' crackdown

    NY fights 'sanctuary cities' crackdown
    CLOSE Cities across New York are taking different stances on how to deal with President Trump’s recent immigration orders. Joseph Spector, Albany BureauALBANY -- New York will continue to fight efforts by the federal government to revoke federal aid from cities that refuse to comply with federal immigration enforcement laws, state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman said Monday.The reaction came after U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions said the Department of Justice will claw back portio..
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  • Meet the First Customers at Every New York Restaurant Opening

    Meet the First Customers at Every New York Restaurant Opening
    Back in 2014, Chau began uploading pictures of his children alongside buzzy New York City food fads — anything from towering cylinders of violet ube soft ...
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