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New York lawmakers are considering a bill that would bar universities in the state, including private ones, from giving special consideration to the children of alumni in admissions. State Sen. Andrew Gounardes (D–Brooklyn) said such legacy admissions discriminate against low-income and first-generation students.

Reason

Justice Department accuses China of spying on, intimidating dissidents living in U.S

U.S. federal prosecutors on Wednesday accused Chinese government agents of trying to spy on and intimidate dissidents living in the United States including a congressional candidate.

Reuters

Matthew Roberson: The Yankees and Mets have traded places

NEW YORK — The Mets — perennial little brothers, laughingstocks, blue and orange painting of dysfunction — have done everything right. They got their A-student in Max Scherzer, boosted their GPA with A-minuses in Starling Marte and Chris Bassitt, and even brought in players from the B-level like Eduardo Escobar…

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Unvaccinated Yankees and Mets can’t play at home under current NYC rules

NEW YORK — Unvaccinated players on the Yankees and Mets are covered by the same private sector employer mandate that is keeping Kyrie Irving off the court in Brooklyn, a City Hall spokesperson told the New York Daily News.

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VA could close 3 hospitals, open other facilities in a nationwide overhaul of its system

The proposal to shut down VA hospitals in Ohio, Massachusetts and Brooklyn, N.Y., is facing opposiiton in Congress.

Chicago Sun-Times

Nets fined for allowing Kyrie Irving to enter team’s locker room

Shams Charania: The Brooklyn Nets organization has been fined $50,000 for violating local New York City law and league health and safety protocols against the New York Knicks at Barclays Center for allowing Kyrie Irving to enter the team's locker ...

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Elderly Brooklyn dismemberment suspect shopped at 99 Cent store with victim’s leg in tow, NYPD says

NEW YORK — The octogenerian suspect in a grisly Brooklyn murder shopped at a 99 Cent store with her victim’s dismembered leg tucked away in her electric wheelchair, police said Friday.

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Charles Entenmann, helped expand family’s namesake bakery, dies at 92

Charles E. Entenmann was a grandson of William Entenmann, a German immigrant who founded a bakery in Brooklyn in 1898, delivering baked goods door to door.

Chicago Sun-Times

Three Things to Watch for As Baseball Returns

Today is a great day. I’m listening to “Take It Easy” as I begin this newsletter, temperatures in Brooklyn are in the 50s, and all of us get to look forward to some baseball. This paragraph is the last in which I’ll mention the lockout in this introduction section. You…

Sports Illustrated

After 2 days of ACC drama, UNC finally arrives in Brooklyn and finds none in easy win

NEW YORK -- Through the first 10 games of the 69th ACC tournament, the one essential truth of this event had been proven yet again. No matter where you play it, in Brooklyn or Charlotte or wherever, and whether the league has three No. 1 seeds or is as down…

Tribune News Service

2022 NBA draft race: March 11 update for Rockets, Nets picks

With two straight wins, including an emphatic one on Thursday over former teammate James Harden and the 76ers, Brooklyn seems to have stopped its slide for the time being.

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Brooklyn serial killer, 83, charged with murder after cops find woman’s severed head in apartment

NEW YORK — An 83-year-old serial killer was charged with second-degree murder after a woman’s severed head was found in the transgender suspect’s apartment, prosecutors said Thursday.

Tribune News Service

18-Year-Old Courtney Burnett Is Redefining the Skateboarder Stereotype

The Brooklyn native talks about how the pandemic and a gap year after graduating high school helped her discover her passion.

Sports Illustrated

ACC Tournament: Boston College vs Pittsburgh, live stream, TV channel, time, NCAA college basketball

The Boston College Eagles will meet the Pitt Panthers in the ACC Tournament on Tuesday afternoon from the Barclays Center in Brooklyn.

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Tributes pour in for Irish woman found dead in Brooklyn as NYPD continue investigation

The 51-year-old will be laid to rest on Wednesday in her hometown of Castleblayney as NYPD officers continue their investigations into her death

Sports Illustrated

Kyrie Irving ‘Grateful’ NYC Mayor Eric Adams is On His Side Regarding Return to Nets Home Games

The Nets point guard is hoping to play in Brooklyn before the season comes to a close.

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Luke DeCock: NC State’s last stand has arrived. In Brooklyn, Wolfpack tries to extend 2022 season.

NEW YORK — Casey Morsell alone on the N.C. State roster can claim to have never lost an ACC tournament game, although it’s a very thin distinction.

The Guardian - UK

How we met: ‘I told him he had to get rid of his girlfriends before I’d go out with him’

Bronwyn, 60, met Sean, 57, after he wrote to the radio station where she had a show. They have been married since 1991

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2022 NBA draft race: March 7 update for Rockets, Nets picks

Thanks to a monster game on Sunday by Boston’s Jayson Tatum, the outlook for Brooklyn’s first-round pick (due to Houston) in the 2022 NBA draft continues to improve.

Chicago Sun-Times

This You Gotta See: Big Ten, Big East, ACC go tournament wild as Selection Sunday nears

Can Northwestern make some noise in Indy? Or DePaul in New York? Maybe Notre Dame can win the whole thing in Brooklyn?

Tribune News Service

Cuomo goes on offensive in Brooklyn church speech

NEW YORK — Former New Yorker Gov. Andrew Cuomo took his attempted comeback tour to a Brooklyn church Sunday, where he claimed he was the victim of “political sharks” in his first in-person speech since leaving office.

The Guardian - US

The New York trial that has it all: Hollywood, megayachts, giant sums of money

The 1MDB swindle is one of the most remarkable cases to hit New York’s justice system in years – and the trial has had some surprising moments

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2022 NBA draft race: March 6 update for Rockets, Nets picks

Sunday is an important day to watch for 2022 NBA draft purposes, since Houston (home vs. Memphis) and Brooklyn (at Boston) are both in action. Here’s where things stand going in.

Reuters

In New York's 'Little Odessa,' Ukrainians see Russians as neighbors, not enemies

In just one day, Inga Sokolnikova filled two rooms in her beauty salon in New York City's Brighton Beach with donated diapers, clothes and medical supplies for her native country of Ukraine.

Miami Herald

Heat escapes with short-handed win over Nets behind Adebayo, Herro

NEW YORK — There was so much working against the Miami Heat in Brooklyn: The Heat’s fifth game in seven nights while missing three starters against a Nets team welcoming back superstar Kevin Durant from injury.

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