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New York (AFP) - A pro-Israeli candidate beat a pro-Palestinian rival in New York on Tuesday in the most expensive House primary ever, a vote which exposed the Democratic Party's internal divisions over the war in Gaza. George Latimer, backed by former presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, ousted incumbent Jamaal Bowman, who has accused Israel of genocide in Gaza and advocated for a ceasefire in the Palestinian territory. Latimer, 70, is a supporter of Israel and has called for the return of hostages captured by Hamas before any eventual ceasefire. The election for New York's 16th district w...
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New York (AFP) - UN Security Council diplomats were shaken in their chairs, planes got briefly grounded, and furniture rattled across New York Friday when an earthquake jolted the city that never sleeps. No one was hurt, though, and New York's iconic skyline remained intact. "I AM FINE," reported the Empire State Building on its X account. The tremor had a 4.8 magnitude, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS). Near the epicenter in Lebanon, New Jersey, Dominika Uniejewska, a 50-year-old retail worker, said "I'm still shaking" after being woken up by the quake. "I've never exp...
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New York (AFP) - Was it God feeling angry? A dire portent? Or perhaps Joe Biden's superhero alter ego pursuing Donald Trump? Many were reluctant to admit that the 4.8 magnitude earthquake rattling New York on Friday was just an unimpressive little shake. This is New York after all. And with a rare total eclipse set to blot out the sun up the eastern United States on Monday, some are already looking for answers. "God is sending America strong signs to tell us to repent. Earthquakes and eclipses and many more things to come," Republican congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene -- a noted conspiracy ...
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New York (AFP) - Traveling in New York is already costly, but it just got worse: transit authorities have approved a controversial $15 toll, set to take effect in mid-June, for motorists entering the busiest part of Manhattan. The board of New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority on Wednesday voted 11-1 to impose the toll, which is aimed at encouraging the use of public transport and alleviating traffic in midtown and lower Manhattan, thereby reducing pollution. The fee will be a first in an American city, and is similar to existing schemes in London, Stockholm and Singapore. It must f...
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New York (AFP) - A man died after being pushed onto the New York subway tracks in an unprovoked attack, authorities reported less than a month after troops were deployed to reduce surging violence in the city's transportation system. The victim, who has still not been identified, was shoved in front of an oncoming No. 4 train Monday evening in East Harlem, according to police. Officers arrested and charged the alleged assailant, a 24-year-old man named Carlton McPherson, who local media reported has a long history of mental illness. In recent months there have been a number of deadly shootings...
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New York (AFP) - Donald Trump will in three weeks become the first former US president to face a criminal trial, a judge ruled Monday, hours after an appeals court threw the tycoon a lifeline in his bid to stave off an unrelated, half billion dollar civil fraud judgment. New York Judge Juan Merchan rejected demands from Trump's attorneys to further delay his trial on charges of paying hush money to a porn star and ordered jury selection to begin on April 15. The Republican presidential candidate denounced the upcoming trial and other cases brought against him as "election interference" by Demo...
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New York (AFP) - New York Mayor Eric Adams is gripped by a slew of scandals, including a sexual assault allegation and claims of corruption -- threatening to derail his ambitions and open the door to challengers. Once seen as a possible Democratic Party presidential contender, the city's second Black mayor is now fighting for his political life. In one incident, FBI and local prosecutors are investigating whether a New York construction firm, alleged to have ties to the Turkish government, used fronts to donate money to Adams's mayoral election campaign that saw him take office in 2022. Former...
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New York (AFP) - New York on Tuesday finally ended a record streak of more than 700 days without measurable snowfall, with a thin layer of white powder covering Central Park and other parts of America's most populous city. "It's been 701 days since Central Park last recorded an inch of snow on a calendar day," the National Weather Service announced on X, formerly Twitter. Since midnight, an inch (2.5 centimeters) had fallen at an official measuring point in Central Park, the NWS said, adding that a total of 1.4 inches of accumulation were logged since the storm began on Monday. "The streak ha...
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New York (AFP) - New York has sued bus companies transporting migrants from the southern US border to the city for $708 million, the mayor said on Thursday. For more than two years, Texas Governor Greg Abbot has chartered coaches to move newly arrived migrants from the border to New York and other Democratic-run cities in protest at what he claims are the national government's failings on immigration. New York had sought to curb the arrival of buses carrying migrants by limiting where they could drop passengers, and introducing prior notification requirements. But those requirements, introduce...
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New York (AFP) - New York has moved to curb a Texas policy of busing thousands of migrants to the city, part of a growing battle over immigration that is already a core campaign issue ahead of 2024 presidential polls. Mayor Eric Adams ordered that buses carrying migrants from the southern border with Mexico must give 32-hours notice before arriving in the city, and limited the times when such charter services can drop off passengers. Texas Governor Greg Abbot has chartered coaches to move newly-arrived migrants from the border to New York in protest at what he claims are the national governmen...
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