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The B.B. King Blues Club in Times Square will be closing its doors soon with its last performances scheduled for April 29. The Times Square attraction, which has been at 42nd Street for the past 18 years, has fallen victim to high rental fees that it can no longer afford. “It is with an extremely […]

Celebrated shoe designer Stuart Weitzman has put his personal collection of footwear on display at the New York Historical Society. More than 100 pairs fill the exhibit titled, Walk This Way: Footwear from the Stuart Weitzman Collection of Historic Shoes. “They actually have been in our home on display like we would put art on […]

The National Transportation Safety Board on Wednesday, April 18, was inspecting the wrecked engine of a Southwest Airlines Co jet that blew up in mid-air, killing a passenger in the first deadly U.S. commercial airline accident in nine years. Southwest Flight 1380, which took off from New York for Dallas, Texas, with 144 passengers and […]

More than 200 million eggs have been recalled in the United States after 22 people contracted salmonella. The eggs were distributed in Colorado, Florida, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia. Although they were all produced by a facility owned by Rose Acre Farms, they have been distributed under dozens […]

Recycling in the state of New York is taking on a new dimension as an old bridge will be chopped into pieces and dumped into the sea off Long Island to make artificial reefs. “Artificial reefs are about environmental sustainability, its economic development, and its environmental protection at the same time,” said New York Governor […]

The Lower East Side will soon be home to a new tattoo parlor which caters to rock stars, professional athletes and a few billionaires—in the iconic Saks Fifth Avenue store. The New York Post reported that Rivington Tattoo will be part of the store’s new concept floor, called The Downtown Wellery, which features other celebrity-run shops […]

An MTA project known as East Side Access—which is estimated to connect 160,000 daily LIRR customers to Grand Central Terminal—is now estimated to cost $11.1 billion, an increase of nearly $1 billion from the previous estimate, according to NBC4. MTA officials said the project is still on track to open as scheduled in December 2022. The […]

Winters in New York often include heavy snowfall and brutally cold storms that forces many residents to seek haven in warmer climates around the country and the globe. According to recent data released by officials at Albany International Airport, the number of flyers between January and March of this year increased by 1.5 percent when […]

Brooklyn has been attracting a larger share of New York City’s high-income earners over the last several years, Bloomberg reported. Despite this, Manhattan remains the residence of choice for the city’s most affluent. Out of the top 20 areas with the highest incomes in the Northeast U.S., 5 are found in Manhattan; none of the top […]

New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli has said his department has already stopped more than $24 million in fraudulent and questionable personal income tax refund this year, the AP reported. DiNapoli said many taxpayers claimed refundable credits that were based on false information like understated income and a higher number of dependents than they had. […]

The Fire Department of New York has said that overloaded power strips caused the fatal Trump Tower fire earlier this month. The FDNY tweeted that the fire was accidental, and that there was no smoke alarm present in the burning apartment. Resident Todd Brassner, 67, was killed, and six FDNY firefighters injured during the fire. […]

The NYPD said they arrested a man on Sunday, April 15, after an investigation found an arsenal of weapons in his Queens home. Police found more than 70 weapons, including shotguns, assault rifles, and handguns, the New York Post reported.  They also seized more than 50,000 rounds of ammunition. Police arrested 60-year-old Ronald Drabman, who […]

For the location of its second main headquarters, Amazon officials have started making visits to the top U.S. cities, most recently Newark, New Jersey. The state is offering Amazon one of the biggest economic incentives. Late year, former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie approved tax breaks that would total about $5 billion for the company, according […]

A man died at a Brooklyn Stop & Shop on Saturday after being apprehended by store employees who suspected him of shoplifting, local media report. The man, 51, who goes by “Star” but whose first name is Gerard, according to the New York Post, was an area resident. Witnesses told the Post that three employees […]

A State University at Binghamton student has died after being stabbed on campus Sunday night, April 15, the school said. University officials released an announcement on the university’s Facebook page, saying “We are sad to report that a student has died due to a stabbing on campus that occurred at about 10:30 p.m.” The victim […]

The son of a wealthy New York real estate mogul, Robert Durst, is set to appear for a hearing in Los Angeles on Monday, April 16, for the murder of his best friend, Susan Berman, in 2000, The Associated Press reports. Durst was charged with Berman’s death in 2015. Berman was shot execution-style in the back […]

Heavy rainfall in New York City on Monday morning caused serious flooding at some subway stations. UPDATE: The flooding was solved by noon. The MTA, the agency that operates the subway system in the city, said in an alert that uptown No. 1 trains would skip the 145th Street station after floodwaters gushed down the stairs […]

Richard Wahl of Vernon, New Jersey, has been named as the winner of a $533 million lottery prize. Wahl, 47, who won the Mega Millions drawing in March, was introduced on Friday, April 13, at the lottery’s headquarters. He’s opting to take the $220.7 million cash payout after taxes. The win was unlikely, he said. […]

At least 200 million eggs have been recalled across the United States due to salmonella after 22 illness were reported related to the eggs. This week, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued the voluntary recall for 206,749,248 eggs produced by Rose Acre Farms of Seymour, Indiana. “Consumers who have purchased shells eggs are […]

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) is running internal tests on its new app ahead of its public launch, according to reports by amNewYork. The app is called MYmta and it will feature trip planning features for subways, buses, and commuter rails, real-time arrival information, and allow users to locate the nearest stations and bus stops across […]