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Title/Date/MetaFour years ago, when a huge winter storm socked New York City, the MTA and then-Gov. David Paterson, in the final few days of his tenure, got unlucky. For the first time in years, two subway trains — an N train in the Sea Beach line and an A train a few hundred yards outside…
Well, this is just brilliant. Racist adverts promoting hatred against Muslims are currently being run on buses in San Francisco – but someone has started covering them up with anti-hatred messages from Marvel’s première Muslim superhero, Ms. Marvel. The adverts were purchased by the American branch of the Freedom Defence Initiative – who, here in…
We did it. We made this … item. Way to go, us. So … I need an adult RT @andytoddcook: Wut? pic.twitter.com/sUxRupmKZS — Zach Harper (@talkhoops) January 26, 2015 Thoughts about this new menu item: 1. Presenting it with only yellow mustard on it should please the hot dog purists 2. This is a sandwich…
gallery js end gallery js start of gallery code Acting on news reports that an impending blizzard will leave New Yorkers snowbound until May, frantic local residents stocked up on supplies today, virtually emptying out local supermarkets. There is currently no food left in New York City: No food left #wholefoods?is the storm going…
close shareTools Millions of people from New Jersey to Maine were forced to quit work early, rush to get off roads and highways and take shelter on Monday night as a snowstorm bore down on the region, bringing with it winds of near-hurricane force and the threat of coastal flooding and more than two feet…
Greece’s new Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras arrived at the prime minister’s office after officially being sworn in on Monday. (Reuters) After the seismic victory of Greece’s leftist Syriza party in national polling Sunday, the country’s new prime minister, 40-year-old Alexis Tsipras, is leading all of Europe down an uncertain path. Syriza has vowed to renegotiate the crippling…
The Weather Channel dubbed this storm Juno, but we think you can do better. Snowterios Johnson, and 19 Other Better Blizzard Names – WNYC.
Not even a month into 2015, and already the high-profile Lower East Side closures are stacking up. The greats are fading. Streit’s Matzo obviously comes to mind, with fifth-generation ownership having sold the Rivington Street factory after 90 years on the block. That teary goodbye – and subsequent relocation to New Jersey – is planned…
A man in his 30s was shot in an apparent suicide attempt outside the News Corp. building at 1211 Sixth Ave. on Jan. 26, sources said. View Full Caption DNAinfo/Trevor Kapp MIDTOWN — A man fatally shot himself outside the News Corp. building Monday, police sources said. Philip Perea, a 41-year-old Texas resident, shot himself…
The UK is becoming a nation of grafters. With living standards at their lowest in a decade and real-term wages falling 8 per cent since the financial crisis, more people are cramming extra work into evenings, weekends and even their lunch hours to supplement their main incomes. Officially, the average number of hours Britons work each week…