Woodstock's 50th anniversary festival will be held at the original site
A celebration marking the 50th anniversary of the famed Woodstock Music and Art Festival will be held in August 2019 on the event's original site. Bethel Woods Center for the Arts announced a three-day...
View ArticleThe surprising reason we drop a ball on New Year's Eve
The dropping of the New Year's Eve ball in Times Square in New York City has been a tradition for over 100 years.We spoke with the agent for the ball, Jeffrey Straus, and climbed to the top of One...
View ArticleA black teacher who filed a racial discrimination suit against her New York...
Andrea Bryan, a high school English teacher at Commack High School on New York's Long Island, filed a racial discrimination lawsuit against her school district.She claimed a teacher told her a table...
View ArticleCathay Pacific accidentally sold $16,000 first and business class flights for...
Cathay Pacific briefly sold business and first class tickets at a fraction of their retail price because of a ticketing error.The Hong Kong-based airline tweeted on Wednesday that it would honor the...
View ArticleThis squirrel devouring an egg roll in an NYC park is the hero we didn't know...
A New Years resolution of eating healthy? Not for this squirrel, who was filmed eating an egg roll almost as big as its body in New York this week. The squirrel was filmed by a passerby as it sat in a...
View ArticleKnicks' Enes Kanter to skip London trip, fearing assassination ordered by...
New York Knicks center Enes Kanter is skipping the team's trip to London, fearing retribution from the Turkish government.Kanter is an opponent of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who has had...
View ArticleNew York City firefighter died while responding to a car crash after falling...
A New York City firefighter responding to a car accident in Brooklyn fell from an overpass and died. On Sunday at 10 p.m. Ladder Company 170 was called to a two-car accident with injuries on the Belt...
View ArticleMeet Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the millennial, socialist political novice...
29-year-old Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez made history in November by becoming the youngest woman ever elected to Congress.Ocasio-Cortez, a self-declared Democratic socialist, beat veteran Democratic Rep....
View ArticleProsecutors say a former NYC stock trader tried to frame his 9-year-old...
A former stock trader accused of murdering his wife allegedly tried to frame his 9-year-old daughter for the crime, New York City prosecutors said in a court filing on Monday that The New York Post...
View Article15 major cities around the world that are starting to ban cars
A number of major cities have joined the "car-free" movement, which aims to reduce air pollution and improve safety among residents.Most cities that are starting to ban cars are located in Europe,...
View ArticleCannabis producer Canopy Growth pops after receiving a license to process...
Canopy Growth announced Monday that it has received a license from New York state to process hemp, a source of the popular ingredient cannabidiol.The Canadian marijuana producer intends to invest $100...
View ArticleMicroapartments are dying in one of the world's most expensive cities, and it...
Microapartments became extraordinarily popular in Hong Kong in 2014, but a recent dip in housing prices could signal their decline.While Hong Kong remains one of the most expensive cities in the world,...
View ArticleFedEx allegedly helped smuggle untaxed cigarettes in New York for more than a...
FedEx will pay $35.3 million in settlements to New York state and New York City.Three lawsuits claimed FedEx has shipped hundreds of thousands of untaxed cigarettes to New York residents for over a...
View ArticleWatch as a chunk of New York's Tappan Zee Bridge is demolished with explosives
A chunk of New York's Tappan Zee Bridge was demolished on Tuesday. Crowds had cameras at the ready when a boom shook the ground and rattled trees. Acrid black smoke filled the air as the structure...
View ArticleNew York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand announces she's running for president in 2020
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand of New York is jumping into the 2020 presidential race Tuesday, making her the newest heavy-hitter in what will likely be a crowded Democratic primary.Gillibrand has one of the...
View ArticleControversy, winter storms, and a new mission: here's everything you need to...
Women's rights advocates are expected to march in cities across the country today for the third year. Low turnout is expected after the Women's March has been mired in controversy and those who do...
View ArticleThe rise and fall of Donald Trump's $365 million airline
Donald Trumpowned an airline for a short time in the late 1980s and early 1990s. In 1989, Trump raised $365 million to purchase the Eastern Shuttle, which provided business travelers with quick flights...
View ArticleA private island an hour from NYC is for sale for $13 million, and it comes...
A private island in New York is for sale for $12.9 million.Called Petre Island or Petra Island, the property includes two homes designed by famed architect Frank Lloyd Wright.The island, which sits in...
View Article4 people charged in bomb plot against Muslim community in New York
Three men and a teenager have been arrested after planning to bomb a Muslim community in upstate New York.Investigators recovered three homemade bombs and nearly two dozen guns.The alleged plot was...
View ArticleThe 5 best US cities to commute from — and the 5 worst
The average commute for an American worker is 26 minutes each way, according to the US Census Bureau. Researchers have found that time added to an existing commute demonstrably reduces a person's...
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