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Mariah Carey Came Back to Redeem Herself From Last Year’s New Year’s Eve Disaster
We all know that Mariah Carey had some technical (and movement … and singing) difficulties during her New Year’s Eve performance in New York City’s Times Square last year. Well, bishes—the diva has redeemed herself! Carey performed at the Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve With Ryan Seacrest 2018, and although, as one of The…
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Bronx, NY, Fire: At Least 12 Dead, More Injured
A fire in a 100-year-old building in New York City’s Bronx borough Thursday evening has left at least 12 dead and numerous people injured, according to Mayor Bill de Blasio. It is said to have been the deadliest fire in New York City in more than 25 years. According to the New York Times, the…
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#MeToo Creator Tarana Burke Will Kick Off New Year’s Eve Countdown in NYC’s Times Square
Sixty seconds before the clock strikes midnight on New Year’s Eve this year, #MeToo founder Tarana Burke will push the Waterford crystal button that signals the ball drop in New York City’s Times Square and starts the official countdown leading us into 2018. Burke announced the appearance on her personal Twitter account Monday morning. “Welp!…
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Family Searching for Answers After Young, Aspiring NYC Model Is Killed in the Country of Jamaica
The mother of a 26-year-old aspiring model is searching for answers after her daughter was found brutally killed in the country of Jamaica. According to CBS New York, Desiree Gibbon, whose father is from Jamaica, had traveled in October from the Hollis section of New York City’s Queens borough to Montego Bay, where she was…
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And Some Say Protests Don’t Matter: LeBron James Vowed Not to Stay at Trump Hotels; Now the President’s Name Is Being Removed From Trump SoHo
The king will always trump the president. The greatest basketball player in this decade just happens to be one of the most socially conscious, and as such, when the dictator with the little hands was gifted the presidential election by his Russian cousins and 53 percent of white women, LeBron “King” James decided that he…
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Black Lives Matter Leader Plans to Sue NYPD for Viciously Slamming Him During Peaceful Protest
What could be more ironic (or horrible) than an activist against police brutality being brutalized by police? Just another day, apparently. A Black Lives Matter leader from the Bronx, N.Y., says he plans to sue the city because he says cops with the New York City Police Department went HAM on him when they arrested…
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4 Underrated Things About NYC From a Guy Who Doesn’t Hate It There as Much as He Used To
So, the title is somewhat misleading. Even though every time I’m there it’s cold and hot and wet and generally smells like a lit candle stuck in a pigeon’s ass, I never actually hated New York City. I just felt uneasy, awkward and overwhelmed. Basically, visiting New York City is like watching Funny Games. But…
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NYC Mom Arrested for Leaving Children in Car at LaGuardia Airport While She Interviewed for a Job
A mom from New York City’s Brooklyn borough was arrested earlier this week after Port Authority cops said she left her two young daughters alone in a car at LaGuardia Airport for more than an hour while she went inside an airport terminal for a job interview. According to the New York Daily News, authorities…
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Man Convicted in Infamous ’80s Racial Slaying in NYC Commits Suicide: Report
The perpetrator in one of the most notorious race-related killings in New York City—a case that many say catapulted Al Sharpton to national fame and made the neighborhood of Howard Beach in the city’s Queens borough go down in infamy—has died at age 48. More than 30 years ago, 17-year-old Jon Lester was convicted of…