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Times Square screens 'displays' images captured by NASA's Webb telescope
Giving the deepest view of the Cosmos, the first full-colour images from the world's most powerful space telescope were on display at Times Square Screens in New York City on Tuesday
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New York, Miami, Los Angeles, 13 other cities to host 2026 FIFA World Cup
Other cities that will host the mens' matches include Seattle, Dallas and Atlanta, according to an announcement Thursday by FIFA, soccer's global governing body.
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After mass shooting, New York City explores gun detectors in subways
In the aftermath of a mass shooting on a New York City subway train, the mayor floated a high-tech idea: deploy scanners that can spot someone carrying a gun into the transit system
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New York declares state of emergency amid infant formula shortage
New York City has declared a state of emergency due to the shortage of infant formula supply in the US.
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Apple workers in New York City seek 30 dollar per hour minimum wage
The Apple workers' union, called Fruit Stand Workers United wants pay calculated using a "matrix based on role, tenure, and performance"
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Brooklyn subway attack suspect Frank James ordered held without bail
Frank James, 62, spoke only to answer yes to standard questions during the brief proceeding in a federal court in Brooklyn
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New York City to drop key pandemic control measures amid declining cases
The decision is based on a sharp drop of new Covid-19 cases and hospitalisations as well as 96 per cent of vaccination rate among adults in the city
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Joe Biden frees $7 billion in Afghan assets for relief, 9/11 victims
President Joe Biden signed an order Friday to free $7 billion in Afghan assets now frozen in the US.
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19, including 9 children, dead in an apartment fire in New York City
Nineteen people, including 9 children, have been killed in an apartment fire in New York City, in what the city's fire commissioner called one of the worst blazes in recent memory. A fire official who was not authorised to speak publicly confirmed the death toll on Sunday, while a city official who was not authorised to speak publicly confirmed the number of children dead. Dozens of people were injured in the Bronx fire, and at least 32 people were hospitalised. According to the FDNY, approximately 200 firefighters responded to the scene on Sunday at the Twin Park apartments, a 19-story building on East 181st Street. Sunday's fire comes just days after a house fire in Philadelphia left 12 people, including eight children, dead.
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Eric Adams sworn in as New York City mayor in a Times Square ceremony
Eric Adams is New York City's new mayor, with the Democrat being sworn into office in a Times Square ceremony shortly after the nation's largest city rang in the new year Saturday.
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Revelers await return to New York City's Times Square to usher in 2022
New York City readied to embrace the new year and bid good riddance to another pandemic-marred 12 months as it prepared to revive its annual New Year's Eve celebration in Times Square
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New Year's Eve in Times Square still on, with smaller crowd
Viewing areas that normally accommodate about 58,000 people will be limited to about 15,000 to allow for more distancing
'No more shutdowns' says New York City Mayor De Blasio as Covid cases rise
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said he's committed to keeping the city open as it grapples with a huge spike in coronavirus cases
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Keechant Sewell to be 1st woman, 3rd Black person to lead NYC police
New York City Mayor-elect Eric Adams named Keechant Sewell, a Long Island police official, as the city's next police commissioner, making her the first woman to lead the nation's largest police force.
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NYC to ban natural gas in new buildings in a bid to shift to clean energy
The New York City Council is expected to vote to ban natural gas in new buildings, following in the footsteps of dozens of other smaller US cities seeking to shift to cleaner forms of energy.
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New York City lawmakers pass bill giving noncitizens right to vote
Noncitizens in New York City would gain the right to vote in municipal elections under a measure approved by the City Council
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New York City to impose Covid vaccine mandate on private sector employers
From multinational banks to corner grocery stores, all private employers in New York City will have to require their workers to get vaccinated against Covid, the mayor announced
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Hurricane Ida aftermath delivers deadly lesson on climate change
New York City and its suburbs, which rebuilt power grids, subways and tunnels after 2012's Hurricane Sandy flooded lower Manhattan, again saw similar scenes
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Some Twitter employees return to offices in New York, San Francisco
After more than 16 months of working from home, some Twitter Inc employees in San Francisco and New York returned to the office on Monday as the company reopened its corporate campuses at 50% capacity
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