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Plans were discussed in a meeting Tuesday night in Brooklyn, where participants wore masks and only identified themselves by their Signal handles.

Harvey Weinstein ’s #MeToo retrial opened Wednesday, giving a new jury a fresh look at familiar rape and sexual assault allegations — plus a newly added claim from a former model. For the first time, prosecutors publicly identified Kaja Sokola and detailed her account of what unfolded between her and the Oscar-winning movie producer in the early 20...

Fleet Week New York has announced the schedule of ships arriving in the New York Harbor next month. The celebration of the armed forces will take place May 21-27 and include two U.S. Navy ships, two Coast Guard Cutters and five U.S. Navy Academy Yard Patrol boats, according to an announcement. This year’s theme is “Honoring the Past, Defendin...

New York Knicks star Jalen Brunson won the 2024-25 Clutch Player of the Year award, the league announced Wednesday.

San Lorenzo, Pope Francis’ favorite Argentine soccer club, paid a moving tribute to its renowned fan. In a video posted on social media by the club, San Lorenzo refers to Pope Francis as “siempre Cuervo,” Spanish for “always a crow” as fans for the club are known as. The video narrator recounts that when he was named p...

Video from the New York Port Authority shows the moment an accused stowaway boarded a flight to Paris.

Ahead of the opening of the highly-anticipated Epic Universe theme park in Orlando later this spring, New Yorkers can participate in the fun. A replica of the park’s “Chronos” portal will be at Rockefeller Center’s North Plaza from April 23-26 available to take in for pictures or videos. The portal is a 30-foot replica of th...

The identity of one of the first victims to be found in a possible connection to the Gilgo Beach killings was revealed by police Wednesday morning. Investigators have identified the woman who has become known as “Peaches,” due to a tattoo found on her body when her remains were found in 1997, as Tanya Denise Jackson. She was a Jane&#823...

Manhattan prosecutors say the case is the first to bring federal racketeering charges, which were famously used to bring down the Mafia, against the Venezuelan street gang. The more than two dozen accused also face charges including sex trafficking, drug trafficking, robbery, and firearms possession.

When is the annual event and how did it get its start?

The event that football fans and hopeful professional athletes are waiting for is almost here: the 2025 NFL Draft! Elite college athletes are close to finding out what team they will call home. The annual event in essence is when the National Football League teams come together to select newly eligible players.  Here is what you need to know about&...

Executive orders are signed directives from the president that instruct the government to take action. Here’s what you need to know.

A dozen states, led by Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes and Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield, sued the Trump administration over its global tariff policies.