times’ square
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Oh Snap, NYC Mayor Eric Adams Coming for the Gun Nuts Today
Not exactly in those words, but signing a bill banning guns from Times Square is close enough.
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Which Parts of Times Square Will Be ‘Gun Free Zones?” NY’s City Council Is Trying to Figure That Out
In light of a Supreme Court ruling that has struck down an ages-old concealed carry law, New York Governor Kathy Hochul has put some protections in place.
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LL Cool J Tests Positive for Covid-19, Cancels New Year’s Rockin’ Eve Performance
Rap legend LL Cool J has canceled his performance on the ABC New Year’s Eve staple due to a positive Covid-19 test.
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Cheers to the New Year!
Here’s a roundup of all the major New Year’s TV specials
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Watch: NYPD Escorts Pro-Trump Protesters Into Car Moments Before It Plows Through a BLM March in Times Square [Corrected]
In a scene that’s become all too familiar this year, a car rammed through a group of Black Lives Matter protesters in New York’s Times Square on Thursday night, hitting several pedestrians and cyclists. That news would have been grim enough, but as reporters and internet sleuths looked into the attack, which was widely shared…
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In Yo’ Face Like a Can of Mace: Kehinde Wiley Unveils Black Male Monument in Times Square
Finally, something we can look up to—literally. A powerful image of a black man has been immortalized as a monument—in New York City’s Times Square, of all places. Acclaimed artist Kehinde Wiley unveiled his biggest work to date on Friday night, a massive bronze statue of a young black man in urban regalia sitting astride…
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White Supremacist Who Vowed to Start Race War Pleads Guilty to Terrorism Charges in Murder of Black Man
For James Harris Jackson, the killing of Timothy Caughman was just “practice.” Jackson, a white man, had traveled up to Times Square in the days leading up to St. Patrick’s Day 2017 to start a race war. After stalking groups of black people for several days, Jackson came upon Caughman, a 66-year-old black man sifting…
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Car Drives Into Pedestrians in NYC’s Times Square, Killing 1, Injuring 22
A man who police say has a history of drunken driving arrests rammed his car into a crowd of pedestrians in New York City’s busy Times Square early Thursday, killing one person and injuring 22 others before being taken into custody. The maroon Honda that 26-year-old Richard Rojas was driving came to a stop after…
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Whites Need to Understand That White Supremacy Hurts Them, Too
Two weeks ago, I logged into my email to read a note written by the headmaster of my daughters’ school about the white supremacist terrorist who traveled to New York from Baltimore—one of the blackest cities on the East Coast—to find a black man to kill. The note said this terrorist had graduated from my…