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The former U.S. president made history Tuesday when he pleaded not guilty to 34 counts of fraud in Manhattan Criminal Court.
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Rolling street closures are likely throughout Manhattan Tuesday as former President Donald Trump heads to court for arraignment.
Thankfully a livestream of the putrid Titan-Arum’s first bloom in four years isn’t in Smell-O-Vision.
With a wave to a crowd, former President Donald Trump walked into Trump Tower, where he'll hunker down before a court appearance Tuesday.
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Is it a giant April Fools' Day joke? Yes! But there are plenty of fools out there.
The porn star Friday suddenly postponed her first interview since former President Donald Trump's indictment, according to a report.
A New Yorker fell ill with salmonella in a nationwide outbreak that health officials have linked to flour.
A still-unidentified man grabbed a 19-year-old woman between her legs as she walked down Fifth Avenue, police said.
The former U.S. president will likely have a mugshot taken but he's not expected to be cuffed.
Donald Trump is the first ex-president in U.S. history to face criminal charges.
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Atlantic-Barclays is among 13 stations slated for "Re-NEW-vation" — aka deep cleanings, repairs and more — this spring, officials said.
"We don't need social media to contribute to social disorder," Mayor Eric Adams said Thursday.
No joke, New Yorkers starting April 1 will have to wait till 8 p.m. to put their plastic garbage bags to the curb.
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A rally Wednesday called on lawmakers to finally pass Sammy's Law — named after a boy killed by a motorist in 2013 — to lower speed limits.
More than a third — 34 percent, to be exact — of Empire State parents surveyed still have adult children living at home, a new study shows
Five chefs and two restaurants from across the city were among the nominees announced Wednesday by the James Beard Foundation.
