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Report: NYC Drops Most Rioting, Looting Cases from 2020
After New York City descended into widespread looting and vandalism in mid-2020, the Bronx District Attorney (DA) has dropped charges…
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Editor’s note: High stakes, short memories | The Real Deal
Stuart Elliott Developers are eternal optimists. And forgetful masochists. These gruff street fighters of the real estate world often must…
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Former NY sportswriter Kat O’Brien reveals she was raped by MLB player in 2002
A former New York sportswriter has revealed in an explosive emotional essay how she was raped by a Major League…
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Life-Threatening Flash Flooding Rises In Claudette’s Path
This photo provided by Alicia Jossey shows debris covering the street in East Brewton, Ala., on Saturday, June 19, 2021.…
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Mack-Cali Sells Red Bank Office Complex in Bid to Exit Suburban Market
Mack-Cali Realty CEO Mahbod Nia and River Centre in Red Bank (Mack-Cali) UPDATED, June 14, 2021, 3:24 p.m.: Mack-Cali’s retreat…
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Georgia removing nearly 100K ‘outdated and obsolete’ names off voter rolls
Georgia will pull about 100,000 “obsolete and outdated voter files” after recent voting rights law controversies, according to its secretary…
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Waffle House co-workers get Alabama student to high school graduation
When Timothy Harrison walked out of his high school graduation ceremony, it was his Waffle House co-workers who were waiting,…
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Amazon comes for Netflix’s throne with $8.45 billion MGM purchase
The ruthless war between the world’s leading video-on-demand companies reached a climax when the Amazon acquired the legendary Hollywood studio…
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A Driver Crashed Into The Crowd At A Pride Parade In Florida, Killing One Man
Police and firefighters respond after a truck drove into a crowd of people injuring them during The Stonewall Pride Parade…
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Summer solstice brings more daylight on Father’s Day
It’s just another bright spot for dads Sunday. The date marks Father’s Day — and the summer solstice, the longest…
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Sen. Portman: 11 GOP Senators ‘Absolutely Committed’ to Infrastructure Deal — It Helps Biden Keep Pledge
Senator Rob Portman (R-OH) said Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press” that the 11 Republican senators working on an infrastructure…
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A 15-Vehicle Crash On An Alabama Highway Has Left 9 Children Dead
A flooded neighborhood is seen after Tropical Storm Claudette passed through in Slidell, La., Saturday, June 19, 2021. Gerald Herbert/AP…
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Why the Crypto Rich Are Buying Up Real Estate | The Real Deal
After the 2008 financial crisis, middle schooler Hank Wu traveled with his parents every weekend to places such as Las…
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10 killed, including 9 kids, in Alabama car crash during tropical storm
Ten people, including nine children, died Saturday in a fiery two-vehicle crash in storm-drenched Butler County, Alabama, according to local…
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Claudette to strengthen, at least 12 dead in Alabama
Claudette was downgraded to tropical depression but was expected to re-strengthen Sunday night as it heads toward the East Coast.…
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Politico: Democrats Watering Down Gun Control to Gain GOP Support
Politico reports that Democrats are looking for ways to water down their proposals in hopes of getting Republican support on…
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$9M Mill Basin Townhouse Tops Brooklyn Contracts
The $8.9 million Mill Basin property (Bergen Basin Realty) After a year on the market, a huge Brooklyn townhouse has…
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Nina Simone’s family blames Kamala Harris for taking away singer’s estate
Nina Simone’s granddaughter has accused Vice President Kamala Harris of “taking away” the legendary singer’s estate and handing it over…
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Time, date, rituals for the first day of summer
The temperature in Western and Southwestern U.S. has been in the triple digits for a few weeks now, but don’t…
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23 Shot Friday into Saturday Night in Mayor Lightfoot’s Chicago
Twenty-three people were shot, two of them fatally, Friday into Saturday night in Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s (D) Chicago. ABC 7…
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Enthusiastic Amateurs Advance Science As They Hunt For Exotic Mushrooms
Photographer Taylor Lockwood found the rare mushroom Hypocreopsis rhododendri growing in the United States, a discovery that delighted scientists and…
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Charges against hundreds of NYC rioters, looters have been dropped
Hundreds of people arrested for looting and rioting across the Big Apple last year in the wake of George Floyd’s…
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Golden Globes in Tatters as Two HFPA Members Resign over ‘Corruption and Verbal Abuse’
Two members of the media groups behind the Golden Globes, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA), have resigned, saying the…
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This Time, Rights Groups Might Be Less Willing To Champion Aung San Suu Kyi
Members of the Burmese-American community hold a demonstration outside the Office of the Consulate General of Myanmar in Los Angeles…
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Oregon community in lockdown as police search for triple homicide suspect
Law enforcement officials in rural Oregon have asked residents to shelter in place as they comb nearby woods for a…
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COVID-19 ‘third wave’ surges in Africa, where only 1% are vaccinated
With about 45% of the U.S. population fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and cases declining in a majority of states, Americans…
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Delta Variant, Iran, Father’s Day: Your Weekend Briefing
(Want to get this briefing by email? Here’s the sign-up.) Here are the week’s top stories, and a look ahead.…
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Report: Elise Stefanik’s Far-Left Challenger Registered as a Foreign Agent
House Republican Conference chairwoman Elise Stefanik’s (R-NY) far-left midterm challenger, Matthew Putorti, a New York City attorney, previously registered as a…
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Here’s What Tenants are Paying at Hines & CalPERS’ 609 Main
Hines chairman and CEO Jeff Hines with 609 Main in Houston, Texas (Hines) The following is a preview of one…
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Juneteenth celebrated across the country with parades, festivals, yoga
The end of slavery was commemorated across the country Saturday with a series of parades, the unveiling of a statue…
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Regional Elections in France Will Test the Far Right’s Appeal
PARIS — French voters on Sunday were heading to the polls for the first round of nationwide regional elections, with…
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Bill Maher Rips Lin-Manuel Miranda for Apologizing to the Woke Mob: ‘This Is Why People Hate Democrats’
Comedian Bill Maher chastised Lin-Manuel Miranda on Friday’s installment of HBO’s Real Time with Bill Maher, saying that the In…
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Fried Frank’s Janice Mac Avoy on Real Estate Litigation and Activism
Janice Mac Avoy (Photos by Axel Dupeux) When real estate’s wealthiest and most powerful have it all on the line,…
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VIDEO: NYC Psychiatrist Characterizes Whites as ‘Psychopathic’
The psychiatrist who told a Yale School of Medicine audience about her fantasies of shooting white people characterized whites as…
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British twin attacked by crocodile released from hospital
The British twin who survived a vicious crocodile attack in Mexico after her sister punched the animal repeatedly, has been…
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Father’s Day: A Cuban grandfather’s love of family lives on as his greatest legacy
We had touched down in this beautiful, tragic city just days before. While it was the first time my brothers…
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In the Wake of India’s Covid Crisis, a ‘Black Fungus’ Epidemic Follows
AHMEDABAD, India — In the stifling, tightly packed medical ward at Civil Hospital, the ear, nose and throat specialist moved…
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IRS Denies Christian Non-Profit Tax-Exempt Status
A Christian non-profit is challenging the Internal Revenue Service after the agency denied them tax-exempt status saying “the Bible’s teachings…
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Milwaukee Bucks Eliminate Nets From N.B.A. Playoffs
The Milwaukee Bucks are headed to the N.B.A.’s Eastern Conference finals after defeating the Nets, 115-111, in overtime on Saturday…
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Police: Suspect with Taser, Knife Sparks Chaos in NYC Park
Chaos ensued in Washington Square Park Saturday when a man reportedly armed with a taser and knife sent park goers…
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At least 2 hit by truck at Florida event
At least two people were injured after being struck by a pickup truck at the start of a Pride parade in…
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Scenes From Juneteenth: America’s Newest Holiday, 156 Years in the Making
Standing at the site in Galveston, Texas, where on June 19, 1865, a Union general signed an order notifying enslaved…
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VIDEO: Athlete Inspires Teen with Down Syndrome to Complete Triathlon
A 14-year-old named Caleb Prewitt who has Down syndrome and lives in Jacksonville, Florida, had never really looked forward to…
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Workers Are Still Not Coming Back to the Office
Nationally, just under one-third of office workers have returned to the office spaces they occupied before the pandemic. (iStock) With…
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Buckingham Palace inquiry results of Meghan Markle’s ‘bullying’ could be delayed until 2022
The results of Buckingham Palace’s human resources investigation into claims that the Duchess of Sussex Meghan Markle bullied royal staff…
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The Record Temperatures Enveloping The West Are Not Your Average Heat Wave
Visitors feel the heat in California’s Death Valley earlier this week. This record-setting heat wave’s remarkable power, reach and unusually…
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Manhattan Tops I-Sales: $125M in Deals Recorded Last Week
From top to bottom: 101 Cooper Street in Inwood, 781 Washington Avenue in Crown Heights and 70-35 113th Street in…
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VA announces plans to cover gender surgery for trans vets, in policy reversal
The Department of Veterans Affairs is taking the first steps toward offering gender-reassignment surgery to transgender vets, VA Secretary Denis…
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Man drives truck into Arizona race, injuring at least 6 bicyclists
A driver in a pickup truck plowed into bicyclists during a community road race in Arizona on Saturday morning, critically…
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George Floyd statue unveiled in Brooklyn, Newark
A year after protesters toppled statues of colonizers and slaveholders across the U.S., several cities unveiled new monuments this week…
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