NEW YORK (AP) — It took nearly four decades to find and try a suspect in the haunting disappearance of first-grader Etan Patz. The trial itself spanned three months of testimony and 18 days of deliberations before a jury finally deadlocked. Now it’s about to unfold all over again. Manhattan state Supreme Court Justice Maxwell … Continue reading
U.S. stock indexes drifted between small gains and losses in early trading Wednesday following mixed signals from Europe and Asia overnight. Technology and health care stocks were among the biggest gainers, while consumer-focused stocks and utilities companies were among the laggards. KEEPING SCORE: The Dow Jones industrial average slipped 16 points, or 0.1 percent, to … Continue reading
NEW YORK (AP) — Thousands of police officers packed rain-swept streets on Wednesday, remembering a slain New York Police Department officer — a “hero” whose commitment to policing the city’s police commissioner says should serve as an example for all New York officers. As Officer Randolph Holder’s coffin was wheeled inside a Queens church, the … Continue reading
NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — A 27-year-old New York City man has pleaded guilty in Virginia to a drug distribution conspiracy. The U.S. attorney’s office says Luis Perdomo on Wednesday admitted conspiring to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine and one kilogram or more of heroin. He faces up to life in prison when he … Continue reading
NEW YORK (AP) — There was the blind man who had the disastrous experience of regaining his sight. The surgeon who developed a sudden passion for music after being struck by lightning. And most famously, the man who mistook his wife for a hat. Those stories and many more, taking the reader to the distant … Continue reading
NEW YORK (AP) — New York’s sanitation department has its very own anthropologist-in-residence, a garbage guru who studies the refuse along the curbs of the nation’s biggest city as a mirror into the lives of its 8.5 million residents. “What does trash tell you about us?” asks New York University professor Robin Nagle, who frequently … Continue reading
NEW YORK (AP) — Madonna, Rihanna, Beyonce and Jay Z are among the A-List musicians who are co-owners of Tidal, a streaming service being billed as the first artist-owned platform for music and video. The membership-based service — similar to subscription service Spotify — will provide music and video content that users can stream on … Continue reading
NEW YORK (AP) — Firefighters on Friday used high-powered water towers to extinguish pockets of fire at the site of an apparent gas explosion in Manhattan’s trendy East Village as authorities reported that two people were still unaccounted for. Nineteen people were injured, four critically, after the powerful blast and fire sent flames soaring … Continue reading
NEW YORK (AP) — One family of six was living in a homeless-shelter apartment where a dead rat festered on the floor for days. Another family had no living-room furniture and had been without electricity for days. At another family homeless shelter, a puddle of urine soiled the only working elevator. And at yet another, … Continue reading
NEW YORK (AP) — Ariana Grande’s NBA All-Star performance wasn’t a slam dunk, but more like a layup: It was good, but you won’t remember it tomorrow. Grande’s 11-minute halftime set on Sunday highlighted the pop-star year the singer’s had on the charts: She sang the four Top 10 hits from her latest album, … Continue reading
NEW YORK (AP) — New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio says the snowstorm bearing down on the Northeast could be among the worst the city has ever seen. The National Weather Service has a blizzard warning in effect for the New York and Boston areas starting Monday night. Forecasters say a massive storm … Continue reading
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