An explosion occurred at Abundant Life Fellowship Church on State Route 12 in the town of Boonville, New York, leaving five people injured. The New York State police have started the investigation. The authorities said that the first responders were dispatched around 10.23 am (US time) after reports of a gas odour inside the church, […]
New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani has appointed a formerly incarcerated man as the new Commissioner of the city’s Department of Correction. 64-year-old Stanley Richards will be the first person who has previously served time in prison to lead the department that runs the city’s jails.Mamdani announced the appointment at a press event earlier this […]
Nearly 15,000 nurses walked off the job on Monday at some of New York City’s largest private hospitals, marking one of the most significant labour confrontations in the city’s healthcare sector in decades. The strike raised concerns about severe staffing shortages at major medical centres.The walkout affected 10 major hospitals, including NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia, Montefiore Medical Center […]
US President Donald Trump’s ally Elise Stefanik has opted to leave politics and said she will no longer run for New York governor.House Republican Conference chair and fourth-ranking member in the House of Representatives, Stefanik said on Friday she was bowing out of politics to spend more time with family. She added that she would […]
An associate professor at Hunter College in New York City is facing widespread backlash after she was caught on a live microphone making racist remarks about black students during a heated New York City school meeting.Allyson Friedman, a tenured biology professor, was attending a virtual Community Education Council (CEC) meeting on February 10 as a […]
Image: Society for Science At 14, Miles Wu is exploring how an ancient paper-folding technique could inspire stronger and more portable structures for emergencies. An eighth-grade student at Hunter College High School in New York, Wu spent the past year investigating the Miura-ori, a geometric origami pattern known for folding flat sheets into compact forms. […]
(Pic courtesy: Leandro Justen) We all have skeletons in our closet. Most of us do, if not all. Perhaps it’s a regret you can’t quite shake off, a confession that was never made, or a truth that’s bitter to let go. The thing is, secrets get heavy. They take up space. And they whisper at […]
FILE – New York Attorney General Letitia James (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File) New York Attorney General Letitia James, who was indicted on charges of bank fraud and making false statements to a financial institution, said that she is a “fearless” person. Calling the charges of bank fraud “baseless,” James referred to a civil fraud lawsuit […]
Gulf Air, Bahrain’s national carrier, resumes nonstop Bahrain–New York flights, marking historic return and enhanced U.S.-Gulf connectivity/ AI Representative Image, for illustrative purposes only Gulf Air, Bahrain’s national carrier, has resumed nonstop flights between Bahrain and New York (JFK), with the first inaugural flight taking off on October 1, 2025.Gulf Air Operating three weekly round […]
Redditor says visa officer told him his answer sounded memorized before denying his B1/B12 visa. An Indian man shared his recent B1/B2 visa denial experience on Reddit as he sought advice on how long he should wait before reapplying. But the interview details revealed how harshly he was grilled by the visa officer, who did […]
