Sunday, August 27, 2017

10 Things to Do in NYC Now and other top stories.

  • 10 Things to Do in NYC Now

    10 Things to Do in NYC Now
    10 Things to Do in NYC NowIt’s a big city, with plenty to do, see, hear and watch. Here’s a sampling of cultural highlights this weekend and over the week ahead.The folk musician Olivia Chaney, at keyboard, performing with members of the Decemberists (from left, Nate Query, John Moen and Colin Meloy) at Brooklyn Steel in April.CreditAmanda HatfieldPop & RockTwo Folk Mavericks Forging Ahead, TogetherOffa Rex at the Town HallTwo years ago the Oregon songwriter and performer Colin Meloy heard, and ..
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  • Sean Spicer Resigns as White House Press Secretary

    Sean Spicer Resigns as White House Press Secretary
    “I think there’s been, at times, a disconnect between the way we see the president and how much we love the president and the way some of you perhaps see the president,” Mr. Scaramucci said during a news conference that kicked off with his announcement of Ms. Sanders’s new job. Photo Anthony Scaramucci at Trump Tower last year. Mr. Scaramucci, who founded the global investment firm SkyBridge Capital and is a Fox News contributor, is known for his spirited on-air defense of President Trump. Cr..
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  • New York City FC vs. Chicago Fire | 2017 MLS Match Preview

    New York City FC vs. Chicago Fire | 2017 MLS Match Preview
     New York City FC vs. Chicago Fire 2017 MLS Match Preview Yankee Stadium – Bronx, N.Y. Saturday, July 22 – 2 p.m. ET WATCH: MLS LIVE Two of the Eastern Conference's top clubs meet for the first time this season, when New York City FC host the Chicago Fire at Yankee Stadium in a match that could ultimately sway the Supporters' Shield race. Toronto FC (39 points) just re-took the top spot with a Wednesday draw vs. NYCFC, with Chicago a point back and New York City trailing by four. The visitors en..
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  • Paid Petsitting in Homes Is Illegal in New York. That's News to Some ...

    Paid Petsitting in Homes Is Illegal in New York. That's News to Some ...
    But the recent arrival of a new breed of dogsitting service in the city has led the department to dust off the rule.The newcomers are large, app-based pet-care businesses, with names like Wag and Rover, that operate in a similar style to Airbnb, enabling New Yorkers to open their apartments and dog beds as à la carte dog hostels.The battle has echoes of those waged by ride-sharing companies like Uber, and apartment-sharing services like Airbnb, in which new technology bumps against existing reg..
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  • Terror Suspect Brought to US for Trial, Breaking From Trump Rhetoric

    Terror Suspect Brought to US for Trial, Breaking From Trump Rhetoric
    Mr. Damache, 52, was arrested in Ireland in 2010, but he was released after an Irish judge rejected a request from the United States to extradite him. He was arrested again in 2015 in Spain. Under Mr. Obama, the Justice Department began seeking his extradition, and that effort continued under Mr. Trump. Photo Attorney General Jeff Sessions previously said that trials of terrorism suspects were too dangerous to hold on American soil. Credit Tom Brenner/The New York Times ..
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  • Bill Lawrence Unharmed After Plane Crash In New York City

    Bill Lawrence Unharmed After Plane Crash In New York City
    Scrubs and Spin City creator Bill Lawrence has taken to social media to let everyone know all is OK after a plane crash Friday in New York City. Lawrence, his daughter and five others were aboard a seaplane that made an emergency landing Friday evening in the East River. No one was hurt. The seven, who were wearing life vests and sitting in the plane after it went down, were rescued by an NYPD Harbor Unit, according to NBC 4 New York. The flight was leaving New York Skyports Marina at East 23r..
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  • Trump Says He Has 'Complete Power' to Pardon

    Trump Says He Has 'Complete Power' to Pardon
    “A new INTELLIGENCE LEAK from the Amazon Washington Post, this time against A.G. Jeff Sessions,” Mr. Trump wrote. “These illegal leaks, like Comey’s, must stop!”The president was equating the report in The Post, which is owned by Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon, to a decision by James B. Comey, the F.B.I. director Mr. Trump fired, to leak contents of a memo he wrote describing a conversation he had with the president. Mr. Comey has said the memo was unclassified and therefore not illegal to d..
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  • Curtis Granderson leaves door open to Mets' return

    Curtis Granderson leaves door open to Mets' return
    Curtis Granderson pedaled a Citi Bike from 41st Street and Madison Avenue toward the New York Public Library on Friday afternoon, but he just as easily could have been riding off into the sunset of his career. The 36-year-old outfielder, who has spent eight seasons in New York with the Yankees and Mets, told The Post’s Howie Kussoy on Wednesday that he “made peace” with the possibility of retirement after this season. “You know obviously, I’m not going to get a chance to play baseball forever..
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  • Experience Old New York in these Historic Spaces Turned into ...

    Experience Old New York in these Historic Spaces Turned into ...
    Among the New York City new high-rise apartments and skyscrapers are treasures of history. Experience the elegance of old New York in these historic buildings turned into venues, with some spaces even dating back to 1761. These five structures have been restored to highlight their original glory, while also providing the latest technology and upgrades to give patrons a contemporary experience surrounded in old-world splendor. Capitale Nael Samara Capitale was originally Bowery Savings Ban..
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  • A Constitutional Convention for New York?

    A Constitutional Convention for New York?
    Photo Speakers waiting their turn at the opening session of the New York State Constitutional Convention in 1967 included, seated from left, Senator Jacob K. Javits, Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller, Chief Justice Earl Warren and Senator Robert F. Kennedy. Credit Bettmann, via Getty Images To the Editor:Re “A Chance to Change New York’s Constitution” (news article, July 6):I supported a constitutional convention 20 years ago, the last time voters were called upon to consider ..
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