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Vigil Held for Queens Man Killed on New Year's Day
An emotional tribute was held Saturday for the young man killed on New Year’s Day, on the eve of his 21st birthday.
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New Year's Eve Street and Subway Closures Around Times Square (But Don't Go Anyway)
Don’t go to Times Square for the New Year’s Eve ball drop this year — there’s a pandemic, there are rules about crowds, and it’s supposed to rain anyway. But on the off chance you have some essential reason to be in the area, beware of extensive street and subway access closures. “Don’t come. Do not come to the...
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Times Square Preparations for New Year's Eve
Times square will be closed on New Years Eve, but the city is still preparing, Myles Miller reports.
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Workers Install 192 Crystals on Times Square New Year's Ball
This year’s celebrations in Times Square will be much smaller than usual due to the pandemic.
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Neiman Marcus Showcases Its 2019 Fantasy Gift Christmas Catalog
Neiman Marcus announced its annual fantasy gift Christmas catalog Thursday in New York.
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Historic California Floods in Photos
From the Great Flood of 1862 to the winter 2017 soaking rains in Northern California, take a look back at some of the state’s major floods.
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Pasadena's Rose Parade Is Canceled for the First Time Since 1945
The annual New Year’s Day Rose Parade has been canceled for 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic and concerns by organizers that it could become a potential super-spreader event. The Rose Parade, the signature celebration held annually on New Year’s Day during a week of festivities that draw large crowds to Pasadena, was last canceled in 1945. “The health and…
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Blind Love: Golden Retriever Gets His Own ‘Seeing-Eye' Puppy
Charlie is a blind, 11-year-old golden retriever who has turned his new puppy companion into his own tiny “seeing-eye” dog. Charlie and Maverick are two golden retrievers that are taking social media by storm with their story — a 4-month-old puppy helping a blind dog “see” again.
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Maryland Woman Sentenced to 180 Days for Keeping 66 Dogs in Squalid Conditions
A Maryland woman will spend 180 days in jail for keeping 66 dogs in deplorable conditions in her home.
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Incoming Philly Councilwoman Wants to Kick Mummers Off Broad Street
Incoming Philadelphia Councilwoman Jamie Gauthier says the Mummers have been given chance after chance to self-police their annual New Year’s Day parade. But after at least two Mummers with a wench brigade called Froggy Carr wore racist blackface while marching Jan. 1, 2020, Gauthier believes the entire event should be overhauled. She wants to stop giving the Mummers a permit…
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‘I Talk to Black People': Mummer in Blackface Defends Himself After Mayor Boots Brigade
Correction: This story has been updated to correct Kinkel’s name. A Mummers group was thrown out of Philadelphia’s annual New Year’s Day parade because at least one member marched down South Broad Street in blackface. Froggy Carr, a wench brigade that dressed in orange-and-black colored costumes in what was apparently a motif honoring the Flyers mascot Gritty, got booted...
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NYC Corrections Employee Allegedly Kills Uncle Near Central Park on New Year's Day
Two men in New York City were shot and killed at the start of the new year and decade — one of them allegedly by a Department of Corrections employee who shares the victim’s last name, according to police. Police say a woman found her 29-year-old boyfriend, identified by family as Rakeem Jennings, dead with gunshot wound to his neck…
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Suspect in Custody After Deadly Shooting Near Central Park
An identified 37-year-old man was shot in the chest near Central Park at the corner of 107st Street and Manhattan Avenue on New Year’s Day. NBC New York’s Katherine Creag reports.
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NYC Science Teachers, Students Honored at Ball Drop
New York City science teachers and their students took center stage in Times Square on New Year’s Eve. Anjali Hemphill reports.
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Houston Woman Ringing in New Year Killed by Stray Bullet
Authorities say a woman ringing in the new year was fatally shot by a stray bullet outside her Houston home.
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LI Residents Share Their New Year's Resolutions
It wouldn’t be the first day of a New Year without New Year’s resolutions. Greg Cergol spoke with Long Island residents about their resolutions for this year.
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Man, 29, Found Shot Dead on New Year's Day: NYPD
A 29-year-old man was found shot to death in the Bronx on New Year’s Day, the NYPD said. Police found the man unconscious and unresponsive inside a Bronx River Houses apartment building on East 174th Street in Soundview around 10:30 a.m. Wednesday. The man, who had gunshot wounds to his neck and head, was pronounced dead at the scene,...
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These 6 New Laws Take Effect in New York Wednesday
The newly Democratic-controlled Legislature passed 935 bills this year – a marked increase from typical years. Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo has approved 747 bills and vetoed 168 as of Monday, when about 20 bills remained. The pile of new laws marks a victory for Democrats who had long lacked control of the Senate. Some bills taking effect in January include:…
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New Year's Eve Street Closures and Subway Changes Around Times Square
If you’re trying to brave crowd on New Year’s Eve, or simply trying to avoid a Times Square subway transfer, the city and the MTA has issued a statement on some important changes.