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Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree and Big Duck Lighting happening Wednesday
The 92nd annual Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree Lighting is happening on Wednesday. Kelly Clarkson will be hosting and performing at the tree lighting.There are over 50,000 multi-colored LED lights on the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree, connected by approximately five miles worth of wire.NBC will broadcast the lighting.Also The Big Duck in Flanders will be lit…
President-elect Donald Trump’s lawyers urge judge to toss his hush money conviction
NEW YORK (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump’s lawyers formally asked a judge Monday to throw out his hush money criminal conviction, arguing continuing the case would present unconstitutional “disruptions to the institution of the Presidency.”In a filing made public Tuesday, Trump’s lawyers told Manhattan Judge Juan M. Merchan that dismissal is warranted because of the…
Jury deliberations begin in Daniel Penny’s trial over using chokehold on Jordan Neely
NEW YORK (AP) — Jurors began deliberating and soon revisited some of their legal instructions Tuesday in the trial of a military veteran charged with using a fatal chokehold to subdue a New York subway rider whose behavior was alarming other passengers.The anonymous jury is weighing manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide charges in the death…
QUEENS MAN SENTENCED TO 39 YEARS TO LIFE FOR SHOOTING NYPD OFFICER IN JAMAICA
(Press Release) December 2, 2024Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that Devin Spraggins has been sentenced today to 39 years to life in prison for shooting NYPD Detective Brett Boller after an altercation. Spraggins was convicted by a jury last month. The rookie officer and his partner, Officer Anthony Rock, were on routine patrol in…
Self-defense or too much force? That’s the question for jurors as subway chokehold trial wraps
NEW YORK (AP) — A defense lawyer asked jurors to put themselves in frightened subway riders’ shoes Monday at the trial of a Marine veteran charged with choking an irate, homeless man to death after an outburst on a New York underground train.Prosecutors countered that Daniel Penny was way too forceful and reckless in responding…
IDF announces death of Israeli-American soldier believed to have been taken hostage on October 7 2023
(AP) The Israeli military said Monday an Israeli-American soldier who was believed to have been taken hostage alive on Oct. 7, 2023 was now presumed to have been killed during Hamas’ attack and his body taken into Gaza. Omer Neutra, 21, was a New York native who enlisted in the military and was captured when…
Biden has pardoned his son Hunter. What does that mean?
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden had long pledged that he would not pardon his son, Hunter, who was set to be sentenced this month for gun and tax convictions. But on Sunday, the president did it anyway.The sweeping pardon covers not only Hunter Biden’s convictions in two cases in Delaware and California, but also…
Suffolk County ends red-light camera program
Suffolk County has ended the red-light camera program after 14 years. The program ended after state and county lawmakers failed to take steps to extend it beyond Dec 1st.Suffolk brought in $289.6 million in gross revenue from the red-light camera program between 2013 and 2023.The red-light camera program is still in effect in Nassau County.
Massapequa ice hockey player dies following medical event
A Massapequa High School senior died after experienced a sudden medical event during a varsity ice hockey game on Saturday night.Officials confirmed the death of 17-year-old Connor Kasin, who was participating in a game at the Town of Oyster Bay Skating Center in Bethpage.According to Nassau police, Kasin lost consciousness during intermission. People nearby immediately…
Lou Carnesecca, Hall of Fame coach who led St. John’s for 24 seasons, dies at 99
NEW YORK (AP) — In the long and storied history of New York City basketball, nobody wore it quite like Lou Carnesecca.The excitable St. John’s coach whose outlandish sweaters became an emblem of his team’s rousing Final Four run in 1985, died at 99 on Saturday, just a few weeks shy of his 100th birthday.The…
Middle East latest: Israel agrees to a ceasefire with Hezbollah in Lebanon
By The Associated Press Story Body Israel has agreed to a ceasefire with Hezbollah in Lebanon that will take effect at 4 a.m. Wednesday. Moments after U.S. President Joe Biden announced the ceasefire deal, which Israel’s Cabinet approved late Tuesday, an Israeli airstrike slammed into the Lebanese capital. Residents of Beirut and its southern suburbs have…
MTA service for Thanksgiving 2024
Whether you’re heading out of town for the holiday or staying in town, here’s what you need to know about travel on the subway, buses, LIRR, and Metro-North over the Thanksgiving holiday. MTA Updated November 25, 2024 12:00 p.m. Holiday travel tips Service details Subways Thursday, November 28: Subways will operate on a Sunday schedule. The…