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New York state comes under air quality alert amid Canadian wildfires

According to the National Weather Service, rampant wildfires in the Canadian province of Quebec brought widespread haze and smoke to the Northeast and Great Lakes areas of the US

New York tops the world's 20 most expensive cities for expats in 2023

Soaring inflation and rising accommodation costs were cited as reasons for New York topping ECA International's Cost of Living Rankings for 2023

NY to pass legislation on making Diwali, Lunar New Year as federal holidays

The New York State Assembly intends to pass a legislation to observe Diwali and the Lunar New Year as federal holidays, bringing to fruition yearslong efforts by lawmakers and members of the diaspora in making festivals formal holidays in the state. Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie said in a statement on Wednesday that it is important to recognise New York's rich and diverse culture. Therefore, it is the intention of the Assembly to pass a legislation to observe Lunar New Year and Diwali as holidays in New York State before the close of our legislative session. We will continue discussions with stakeholders as to how this affects the school year calendar, he said. Action on the bills is expected to be taken by June 8, when the legislative session concludes. Congresswoman Grace Meng, representing New York's 6th Congressional District - parts of West, Central and Northeast Queens, and First Vice Chair of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus, will on Friday announce the ...

Wasn't like movie car chase: Indian-origin cabbie who rescued Harry, Merkle

Indian-origin taxi driver rescued Prince Harry and Meghan Markle from a scrum of paparazzi pursuing them on the streets of New York, according to media reports

Indian-origin police officer becomes highest-ranking Asian woman in NYPD

Captain Pratima Bhullar Maldonado, an Indian-origin police officer has become the highest-ranking South Asian woman in the New York Police Department, a position she was promoted to recently. Maldonado runs the 102nd Police Precinct in South Richmond Hill, Queens. She was promoted to the rank of Captain last month, CBS News reported on Monday. The mother of four was born in Punjab and lived there until she was 9 before moving to Queens in New York. "It feels like coming home. I spent more than 25 years of my life in this precinct when I was growing up," Maldonado said. South Richmond Hill is home to one of the largest Sikh communities in the country. "Going to the same Gurdwara that I did as a child, and now as a captain, I love it," Maldonado said as she visited the Gurdwara. She told CBS 2 her new role will help with community policing. "There are language barriers, people who can't speak the language, English is a second language. I've seen that firsthand growing up here," sh

Prince Harry, Meghan in 'near catastrophic' car chase with paparazzi in NYC

Prince Harry and his wife Meghan were involved in a "near catastrophic car chase" involving "highly aggressive" paparazzi for over two hours in New York, a spokesperson for the couple said on Wednesday. The incident happened after the Duke and Duchess of Sussex attended an awards ceremony in New York on Tuesday. The couple were in the city for the Women of Vision Awards and were accompanied by Meghan's mother Doria Ragland. Harry's mother Princess Diana and her close friend Dodi Fayed were killed in a horrific car crash in Paris in August 1997 while being chased by paparazzi. The couple's spokesperson said last night, The Duke and Duchess of Sussex and Ms Ragland were involved in a near catastrophic car chase at the hands of a ring of highly aggressive paparazzi." "This relentless pursuit, lasting over two hours, resulted in multiple near collisions involving other drivers on the road, pedestrians and two NYPD officers, the CNN reported. The statement added that the couple underst

Trump appealing New York jury's sexual abuse verdict, $5 million award

Former President Donald Trump is appealing a New York jury's verdict awarding $5 million to a magazine columnist after the jurors concluded Trump had sexually abused her in the 1990s and defamed her last October. A notice of appeal was filed Thursday in Manhattan federal court, the first step in a process that will move the civil case brought against Trump by writer E Jean Carroll to a three-judge panel of the 2nd US Circuit Court of Appeals. The notice was signed by Trump attorney Joe Tacopina, who said after Tuesday's verdict that he believed there were multiple strong grounds for appeal. The nine-person jury concluded after less than three hours of deliberations that Carroll had failed to prove it was more likely than not that Trump had raped her in the dressing room of a Bergdorf Goodman store in early spring 1996. But it did find that she had been sexually abused. It also said in its verdict that Trump defamed Carroll in a social media statement last October. Carroll sued Tru

LinkedIn co-founder defends funding rape accuser suit against Trump

"I want to be clear that I've never taken any steps to hide the financial support that I have provided to this lawsuit after it started," he said

New York world's richest city with most millionaires in 2023: Report

China has two of its cities (Beijing and Shanghai) in the list. The report covers 97 cities across nine regions worldwide

Secret Chinese police outpost revealed in New York; 2 men arrested

Two men have been arrested on charges that they helped establish a secret police outpost in New York City on behalf of the Chinese government, and more than three dozen officers with China's national police force have been charged with using social media to harass dissidents inside the United States, the Justice Department said Monday. The cases, taken together, are part of a series of Justice Department prosecutions in recent years aimed at disrupting Chinese government efforts to locate in America pro-democracy activists and others who are openly critical of Beijing's policies. One of the cases concerns a local branch of the Chinese Ministry of Public Security, which operated inside an office building in Manhattan's Chinatown neighbourhood before closing last fall amid an FBI investigation. The two men charged with establishing the outpost were acting under the direction and control of a Chinese government official, and deleted communication with that official from their phones ..

Donald Trump's House GOP allies take fight to Manhattan DA's turf

Republicans upset with Donald Trump's indictment are escalating their war on the prosecutor who charged him, trying to embarrass Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg on his home turf partly by falsely portraying New York City as a place overrun by crime. The House Judiciary Committee, led by Ohio Republican Jim Jordan, held a field hearing Monday near Bragg's offices to examine the Democrat's pro-crime, anti-victim policies. New York City has "lost its way when it comes to fighting crime and upholding the law," Jordan said. Here in Manhattan, the scales of justice are weighed down by politics. For the district attorney justice isn't blind it's about advancing opportunities to promote a political agenda a radical political agenda. Democrats said the hearing was a partisan stunt aimed at amplifying conservative anger at Bragg, Manhattan's first Black district attorney. It is really troubling that American taxpayers' dollars are being used to come here on this junket to do an ...

Trump heads to NY to face civil trial after suing ex-lawyer for $500mn

Cohen had acted as Trump's "fixer" paying $130,000 to adult film actress Stormy Daniels to buy her silence after she claimed to have had an affair with the former President

Donald Trump faces 'legal tsunami' post New York court arraignment

Now the legal tsunami that Trump faces after the arraignment and his outburst, could see him behind bars for a 100 years

Trump legal woes likely to go beyond 2024, says Indian-American attorney

The legal battle of former US president Donald Trump is unlikely to end soon and could go even beyond the 2024 presidential elections, a leading Indian-American attorney has said, observing that a presidential pardon also cannot be applied in this case. Trump, 76, on Tuesday, was arraigned in a criminal case in New York. He became the first former US president to be indicted, arrested and arraigned on criminal charges. The Republican, the leading candidate from the party for the 2024 race for the White House, pleaded not guilty to 34 criminal charges of falsifying business records in person before State Supreme Court Justice Juan M Merchan. It wouldn't be unusual if this case took two years or more to try, which means by next summer of 2024 when the conventions are being held, this case will not have been tried. In fact, it may not even be tried before the election takes place (in November 2024), Indian-American attorney from New York Ravi Batra told PTI after Trump's arraignment in

Trump pleads not guilty to 34 criminal charges in hush-money case

Former US President Donald Trump on Tuesday pleaded not guilty to 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in a Manhattan court during his arraignment on history-making criminal charges related to paying hush money to a porn star before the 2016 presidential election in exchange for her silence. The 76-year-old former president, who ruled the country for four years till January 2021, was arrested when he arrived to surrender at the Manhattan criminal court. This is for the first time that a former US president has been under arrest and arranged for criminal charges. Trump pleaded not guilty to 34 criminal charges of falsifying business records before State Supreme Court Justice Juan M Merchan. He entered the plea during a brief arraignment as prosecutors unsealed a grand jury indictment. The former president earlier arrived at the specially secured Manhattan courthouse in an eight-car motorcade. He was arrested as he arrived at the court. Shortly after Trump was put under ..

Donald Trump to appear in New York court today: What happens next?

Donald Trump has denied all wrongdoings in connection with the payments made to Stormy Daniels, 44, ahead of the 2016 presidential election

Donald Trump heads to New York amid tight security ahead of his surrender

Former President Donald Trump boarded his private plane on Monday and flew from Florida toward New York ahead of his expected booking and arraignment, as the nation's largest city bolstered security and warned potential agitators that it is not a playground for your misplaced anger. Trump's ground journey from his Mar-a-Lago club to his red, white and blue Boeing 757, emblazoned with TRUMP in gold letters was carried live on national television and took him past supporters waving banners and cheering the former president. Trump and his supporters criticize the case against him - stemming from hush money payments during his 2016 campaign -as politically motivated. The scene was quite different in New York, where Trump built a national profile in business and entertainment but became deeply unpopular as he moved into politics. His return to the city opens an unprecedented chapter in American history, with Trump being the first former president to face criminal charges even as he is in

Donald Trump faces setbacks in other probes as New York case proceeds

Former President Donald Trump faces the most urgent legal challenge of his life this week in New York, where he's set to be arraigned Tuesday on charges arising from hush money payments during his 2016 campaign. But as much of the attention will be on the courthouse in lower Manhattan, investigations from Atlanta to Washington will press forward, underscoring the broad range of peril he confronts as he seeks to reclaim the presidency. The vulnerability Trump faces in Washington alone has become clear over the past month, as judges in a succession of sealed rulings have turned aside the Trump team's efforts to block grand jury testimony including from his own lawyer and his former vice president from witnesses who were, or still are, close to him and who could conceivably offer direct insight into key events. The rulings directing advisers and aides to testify don't suggest that the Justice Department is close to bringing criminal charges, nor do they guarantee that prosecutors can

NY judge overseeing Trump's criminal case faces a challenge like no other

Trump, who in 2016 famously attacked the federal judge in his Trump University civil case as biased because of his Mexican ancestry, has shown no reluctance to criticize judges

Donald Trump may surrender in New York on April 3 in tax fraud case

Former US President Donald J. Trump has prepared to surrender to prosecutors in Manhattan next week