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NYPD find UK couple who lost ring in drain
Police in New York have found the couple who got engaged in Times Square on Friday but lost the ring down a grate. The NYPD tweeted on Sunday that arrangements were being made to return the ring to the pair, who are from the UK. CCTV images showed the couple unsuccessfully trying to retrieve the piece of jewellery.
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NYC mayor announces plan to assist 12,000 veteran students at risk of eviction
The VA says the delay is a result of technical issues that occurred last year after the president signed the Forever GI Act.
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Nearly 200 ‘zombie’ raccoons die in New York City
At least 176 raccoons have died from a disease that has left the animals in a zombie-like state before their deaths in Central Park. The death toll could soon rise, too, as more raccoons are identified as having the disease in New York City. Authorities believe that the animals have the canine distemper virus, which could affect unvaccinated dogs but is not known to impact humans. All of the animals that were found with the disease are being humanely euthanised, according to officials.
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Swarm of 20,000 bees attack New York City hotdog stand
Productivity came to a halt across New York City offices on Tuesday afternoon, as hordes of people eagerly followed the removal of 20,000 bees from a hotdog stand. The bees had swarmed the hotdog stand, a block south of Times Square, around 1pm. Thousands watched a Reuters livestream – the stand is located outside the news agency’s New York headquarters – and followed on Twitter as a police officer was called in to remove the bees. With a vacuum cleaner.
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New York Public Library Is Now Lending Out Ties and Other Accessories for Job Interviews
Not everyone has a closet full of business-appropriate or semi-formal clothing, and the cost of spiffing up your look for a job interview, a graduation, or another important event on your calendar can be pretty high. So in New York City, the public library is opening its closet to anyone who needs to borrow fancier accessories—like ties.
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How an Aspiring ‘It’ Girl Tricked New York’s Party People — and Its Banks
Somebody had to foot the bill for Anna Delvey’s fabulous new life. The city was full of marks.
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'I am not a racist,' says lawyer behind racist New York cafe rant
It’s a dance as old as time. First comes the racist outburst filmed by a passerby and shared across the world, then comes the sheepish Twitter apology and the promise that a piece of unedited footage doesn’t reflect the “real me”. Aaron Schlossberg, who became the most villainous man in New York last week after he verbally abused workers for speaking Spanish in a midtown Manhattan restaurant, has finally commented on his outburst.
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Why Do Some Parts of New York Have So Many Subways While Others Have None?
In a word: history
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Above NYC - Filmed in 12K
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This late actress had the best rent deal in NYC
When Patricia O’Grady moved into the top floor of a Greenwich Village walk-up in 1955, she and her three roommates helped sweep the hallway in exchange for a discounted rent of $16 a month. The uni…
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'Myth of the ISP': Volunteers aim to blanket Big Apple with cheap, fast Wi-Fi
The volunteer community group NYC Mesh is working to bring affordable internet with lightning-quick downloads to New York, one building at a time.
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Gertrude Jeannette, Actor, Director and Cabdriver, Dies at 103
Believed to be the first woman to drive a taxi in New York City, she also overcame a speech impediment to work on Broadway, in film and on television.
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A Filthy History: When New Yorkers Lived Knee-Deep in Trash
It's tempting to think of sacred tombs and ancient monuments as our best window into other cultures. But nope. Just look at the history of sanitation in NYC.
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Immaculately Restored Film Lets You Revisit Life in New York City in 1911
Other than one or two of the world's supercentenarians, nobody remembers New York in 1911. Plenty of living historians and enthusiasts of the city have paid intensive attention to that booming time period when the city's population fast approached five million, but none experienced it first-hand.
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Vulfpeck 4K - Kid Charlemagne w/Bernard Purdie - 9/8/16 - Brooklyn Bowl NYC
That's real boys and girls,
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247,977 stories in the Vacant City, priced out of reach for most
There’s a hidden city in the five boroughs.
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Paul McCartney Remembers John Lennon During March For Our Lives: Watch
Paul McCartney was among the massive throng of people out marching Saturday morning (March 24) for gun control. Stopped by CNN while he was with a crowd in New York for comment, the living Beatles legend paid tribute to the late John Lennon. Watch the clip below.
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Secret NYPD Files: Officers Can Lie To Juries Or Brutally Beat Civilians And Still Keep Their Jobs
Internal NYPD files show that hundreds of officers who committed the most serious offenses — from lying to grand juries to physically attacking innocent people — got to keep their jobs, their pensions, and their tremendous power over New Yorkers' lives. A BuzzFeed News investigation.
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NYC rape case highlights loophole that allows police to dodge sex assault charges
The 18-year-old woman was driving with two friends near Coney Island in September when the two plainclothes detectives pulled her over and found marijuana. The officers released the two male passengers, handcuffed the woman and told her she was under arrest, prosecutors say. Then, investigators say, detectives Eddie Martins and Richard Hall repeatedly sexually assaulted her before releasing her on Sept 5. The woman went to the hospital, where prosecutors say DNA was obtained that matched both men.
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Driving a Car in Manhattan Could Cost $11.52 Under Congestion Plan
New York could become the first U.S. city with a pay-to-drive system. Trucks and for-hire vehicles would cost more, but key bridges would stay free.
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