Category Archives: New York

Kenyans sweep NYC Marathon but Do Nascimento collapses in record heat

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  • Evans Chebet and Sharon Lokedi take titles for Kenya
  • Temperatures surpass previous record set in 1993

Evans Chebet of Kenya won the New York City Marathon men’s race and Sharon Lokedi of Kenya won the women’s race on Sunday, both of them making a splash in their debuts.

Daniel Do Nascimento, who had been leading the entire men’s race, collapsed around the 21-mile mark. Chebet finished in 2hr 8min 41sec, which was 13 seconds ahead of second-place finisher Shura Kitata of Ethiopia.

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Backlash after 500 drones light up New York City sky to celebrate Candy Crush

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Drones show marked game’s 10th anniversary but some argued it threatened birds and ‘spoiled’ the skyline

Was it a bird, was it a plane, a UFO? No, it was free advertising and sky pollution – but it was also unmissable and, to some, a reminder of the little obsession on their phones that is the game Candy Crush Saga.

On Thursday evening under clear skies, 500 lighted drones were flown in a synchronized show against the Manhattan skyline to mark 10 years of the wildly popular cellphone game.

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Judge orders independent monitor to oversee Trump’s real estate empire

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Move will restrict his company’s ability to freely make deals, sell assets and change its corporate structure

A Manhattan judge said Thursday that he would appoint an independent monitor to oversee Donald Trump’s real estate empire.

The move will restrict his company’s ability to freely make deals, sell assets and change its corporate structure.

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Trump sues New York attorney general, claiming ‘war of intimidation’

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The former president claims civil suit mounted by Letitia James could cause ‘great harm’ to his company and reputation

Donald Trump has sued the attorney general of New York state, Letitia James, over what he claims is a “relentless, pernicious, public, and unapologetic crusade” against him, in the shape of her recent civil lawsuit against the former president and three of his adult children, Donald Jr, Ivanka and Eric.

Filed on Wednesday in a circuit court in Florida, the lawsuit says James’s suit, which she announced in a dramatic press conference in September, will cause “great harm” to the company, brand and reputation of the thrice-married, oft-sued, twice-impeached and extensively legally imperiled former president.

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AOC vows to champion LGBTQ+ rights after hecklers storm New York event

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Hecklers were attacking a policy providing affordable housing for LGBTQ+ people

The progressive congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has said she will stand up for LGBTQ+ rights after an attack by hecklers caused chaos during a recent speaking event in the Astoria neighborhood of Queens, New York.

The Democrat from New York met the heckles at the back of the Boys and Girls Club with dancing, the video of which has gone viral on social media.

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US court drops Libor rate-rigging charges against ex-UBS trader

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Judge dismisses case against British former trader Tom Hayes, who was jailed over interest rate scandal

A New York court has dismissed a criminal indictment against Tom Hayes, the British former trader at UBS and Citigroup who served five and a half years in a UK prison for rigging the Libor lending benchmark.

Prosecutors in the US filed a motion to dismiss the case against Hayes and another former UBS trader, Roger Darin.

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New York to pay $36m for wrongly convicting two men of Malcolm X killing

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Payments to follow exoneration of Muhammad Aziz and the late Khalil Islam who both spent decades in prison

The city of New York is settling lawsuits filed on behalf of two men who were exonerated last year for the 1965 assassination of Malcolm X, agreeing to pay $26m for the wrongful convictions that led to both spending decades behind bars.

The state of New York will pay an additional $10m. David Shanies, an attorney representing the men, confirmed the settlements on Sunday.

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New York still vulnerable 10 years after Hurricane Sandy, protesters warn

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Storm in 2012 had devastating impact on US’s biggest city but insufficient government action risks a repeat, demonstrators say

In marking the 10th anniversary of Hurricane Sandy smashing into New York City, campaigners are warning that insufficient action by governments to tackle the climate crisis risks a repeat of such damaging and increasingly fierce storms.

Sandy made landfall with a huge impact on the New Jersey shore on 29 October 2012, before taking an unusual and destructive path into New York causing death, flooding and extended mass power cuts.

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Man killed by New York City subway train after clothes got caught in car

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Victim’s harrowing death comes after two people were pushed in front of trains, seemingly at random, in recent weeks

A 20-year-old man was killed on Monday after his clothes were caught in a New York City subway car, which dragged him onto the tracks in front of an oncoming train, police said, in the latest grim episode for the largest transit system in the United States.

The victim’s harrowing death comes just three days after David Martin, 32, was shoved in front of a train on Friday, seemingly at random, suffering a broken collar bone. A convicted felon identified as Lamale McRae, 41, was arrested Monday in that attack.

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Trump Organization to face criminal tax fraud charges in New York court on Monday

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Former CFO is expected to testify about off-the-books compensation scheme to evade paying payroll taxes

The Trump Organization is set to face criminal tax fraud charges on Monday in New York in a trial that could start to tease out the many allegations against the company and by extension its patriarch, Donald J Trump.

It comes as the former US president faces a maze of legal troubles and mounting costs – by some estimates running at close to $4m a month to his leadership PAC – over his attempts to overturn his 2020 election loss, the removal of government documents from the White House when he left office and a defamation case relating to a rape allegation.

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New York attorney general seeks special monitor to oversee Trump firm

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Tish James asks court to bar Trump Organization from offloading assets while civil fraud case against ex-president plays out

The New York state attorney general, Letitia James, on Thursday urged a court to appoint an independent monitor to oversee Donald Trump’s family company before a civil fraud case – against the former president, three of his adult children and the family’s real estate firm – goes to trial.

James’s injunction also sought to bar Trump’s company from conducting “significant fraudulent and illegal business” of precisely the kind described in the lawsuit filed by her office against him in September.

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Proposed New York law aims to protect fashion models from exploitation

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The Fashion Workers Act would curb abuses ranging from enforced financial dependency to sex trafficking

Kaja Sokola was a shy teen from Wroclaw, Poland, when she received news that changed her life: modeling agents saw her photo during an open casting call, and they wanted her to walk at a show in Warsaw.

Sokola had done one or two walks in a dress or skirt, but the show was mostly underwear. She was 14.

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Two New York hospitals agree to pay more than $165m to 147 abuse victims

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Robert Hadden, a former gynecologist, was accused in 2016 of sexually abusing female patients for over two decades

Two New York hospitals have agreed to pay more than $165m to 147 former patients who have accused a former gynecologist of sexual abuse and misconduct.

Columbia University Irving Medical Center and NewYork-Presbyterian announced the agreement Friday. Last year, the two hospitals reached a settlement to establish a $71m compensation fund with 79 former patients.

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Trouser snakes: US man accused of smuggling three reptiles in his pants

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New Yorker accused of hiding large Burmese pythons in trousers while crossing from Canada in July could face 20-year sentence

A New York City man faces up to 20 years in prison for allegedly attempting to smuggle three large snakes across the US-Canada border – in his pants.

Queens resident Calvin Bautista, 36, is accused of hiding three Burmese pythons while on a bus crossing into the US at the Champlain port of entry in New York state on 15 July 2018, the Associated Press reported.

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Family of Black man who died after police held him down wins $12m payout

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Daniel Prude died from ‘complications of asphyxia in the setting of physical restraint’ in Rochester, New York, in March 2020

City officials agreed to pay $12m to the children of Daniel Prude, a Black man who died when police who encountered him running naked through the snowy streets of Rochester, New York, put him in a hood and held him down until he stopped breathing.

A federal judge approved the settlement in a court document filed on Thursday. The Rochester mayor, Malik D Evans, said in a statement the agreement was “the best decision” for the city.

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Kevin Spacey trial begins in New York, five years after sexual abuse accusations

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Anthony Rapp alleges Spacey acted to gratify sexual desire during an encounter in 1986, when he was 14 and the Oscar winner was 26 or 27

Actor Kevin Spacey faces the first of a series of sexual abuse claims dating back decades on Thursday in New York in a trial that may come to overshadow a glittering career on stage and screen that included two Oscars and numerous other top awards.

The case against the 63-year-old American focuses on accusations by Anthony Rapp, a star of the Broadway musical Rent, who five years ago publicly accused Spacey of sexual assault when he was a teenager.

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Russia’s consulate in New York vandalized in apparent protest

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Building defaced hours before Putin announced annexation of Ukrainian territories and Russian forces killed 30 civilians

The Russian consulate in New York has been vandalized with red spray paint, in an apparent protest against Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine.

Officers said they responded to an emergency call just after 1.30am on Friday reporting that paint had been sprayed across the facade of the consulate on Manhattan’s Upper East Side.

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New York City mayor plans giant tents to house migrants sent by Republicans

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City is also considering cruise ships and summer camps as it struggles to house an estimated 13,000 asylum seekers

New York’s mayor says he plans to erect hangar-sized tents as temporary shelter for thousands of international migrants who have been bussed into the city as part of a campaign by Republican governors to disrupt federal border policies.

The tents are among an array of options – from using cruise ships to summer camps – the city is considering as it struggles to find housing for an estimated 13,000 asylum seekers who have wound up in New York after being bussed north from border towns in Texas and Arizona.

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New York attorney general lawsuit accuses Trump of ‘staggering’ fraud

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Letitia James’s civil suit accuses ex-president of inflating his net worth by billions in order to ‘enrich himself and cheat the system’

The attorney general of New York state has filed a civil fraud lawsuit against Donald Trump and three of his children involved in the family real-estate business, for falsely inflating his net worth by billions in order to enrich himself and secure favorable loans.

Announcing the suit in New York on Wednesday, Letitia James also said referrals had been made to federal prosecutors and the Internal Revenue Service – a move sure to anger the former US president and increase consternation among his inner circle about the depth of his legal predicament.

The Associated Press contributed reporting

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