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Joan Didion’s in the details: The author’s estate sale turned me into a literary voyeur

When the stylish and formidable writer of ‘The Year of Magical Thinking’ and ‘Slouching Towards Bethlehem’ died last year, she left behind a Manhattan apartment brimming with intrigue, writes Amanda Whiting

The Independent UK

Trump fumes over Weisselberg testimony

Trump also downplayed the Manhattan DA "case against two small Trump entities"

Salon

Trump Org.'s longtime CFO chokes up, says he betrayed trust

Donald Trump’s longtime finance chief choked up on the witness stand Thursday, saying he betrayed the Trump family’s trust by scheming to dodge taxes on $1.7 million in company-paid perks, including a Manhattan apartment and luxury cars

The Independent UK

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High-flying fashion designer took his own life in Manhattan hotel room after his life 'unravelled'

A-star student Dominic Miachon-Hobson, 38, worked for a string of top fashion firms

Manchester Evening News

Trump Organization CFO takes the stand at NYC trial, implicates company in tax fraud case

NEW YORK — The Trump Organization’s longtime chief financial officer Allen Weisselberg took the stand in Manhattan Federal Court Tuesday as the star witness at the criminal tax fraud trial against Donald Trump’s family real estate business.

Tribune News Service

Trump Organization takes the stand as star witness at Manhattan tax fraud trial

NEW YORK — The Trump Organization’s longtime chief financial officer Allen Weisselberg took the stand Tuesday as the star witness at the criminal tax fraud trial against Donald Trump’s family real estate business.

Tribune News Service

Trump confronts changed GOP ahead of anticipated presidential announcement

WASHINGTON — Donald Trump has traded a Manhattan skyscraper for a Florida resort, golden escalators for palm trees, and an overlooked midday roll-out for a closely watched prime-time spectacle.

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Church of Scientology is on opposite ends of two celebrity rape cases in LA, New York

NEW YORK — In a Manhattan courtroom, defense attorneys suggested the Church of Scientology fabricated rape allegations to tar an Oscar-winning former member’s reputation.

Los Angeles Times

Victim’s mother says her heart is broken after son’s death linked to New York gang preying on gay men

‘New York is unnecessarily unsafe, and it breaks my heart because John was so excited to be in Manhattan,’ mother says

The Independent UK

Woman dangles from 20th floor by rope as she's rescued from New York high-rise on fire

A total of 34 people were rushed to hospital after becoming trapped on the 20th floor of a 37-story building in Manhattan as firefighters were seen using rope to help desperate residents down

Daily Mirror

Woman who dangled from 20th floor in Manhattan fire recalls terrifying ordeal: ‘I would have died without them,’ she says of firefighters

NEW YORK — The woman who was rescued by firefighters as she dangled from a 20-story window during a Manhattan building fire would not have escaped the flames without the heroics of the FDNY, she gratefully told the Daily News on Sunday.

Tribune News Service

Woman filmed dangling from 20th-floor window in Manhattan high-rise fire recounts heartstopping rope rescue

The three-alarm fire broke out around 10.30am on Saturday at a building on 429 East and 52nd Street in Manhattan

The Independent UK

Chebet and Lokedi of Kenya win NYC Marathon races in debuts

NEW YORK — You never forget your first, and surely Sharon Lokedi will never forget her latest Sunday morning in Manhattan. The 28-year-old Kenyan woman, who lives in Arizona, won her first New York City Marathon in her first try, taking home the title in 2 hours, 23 minutes, 23…

Newsday

Five takeaways from Kansas State’s deflating 34-27 home loss against the Texas Longhorns

MANHATTAN, Kan. — It wasn’t all that long ago that Kansas State fans used to chant “we own Texas” at the end of football games whenever the Wildcats played (and usually beat) the Longhorns.

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Firefighters rescue woman dangling from window as blaze traps dozens in Manhattan high-rise

NEW YORK — Firefighters rescued a desperate woman hanging from a window 20 stories above the street as dozens of people were trapped inside a Manhattan high-rise Saturday in a massive blaze that was sparked by an e-bike battery, the New York City Fire Department said.

The Independent UK

Dozens injured as lithium battery fire rips through Manhattan high-rise: ‘Unbelievably dangerous’

Videos showed two people dramatically being rescued by firefighters who were scaling a building on ropes

The Independent UK

Witness who called 911 to report brutal rape of Manhattan jogger claims no one else stepped in to help

‘Nobody even looked in our direction,’ says Good Samaritan who stopped to help sexual assault victim

The Guardian - US

Backlash after 500 drones light up New York City sky to celebrate Candy Crush

Drones show marked game’s 10th anniversary but some argued it threatened birds and ‘spoiled’ the skyline

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The Independent UK

Judge says he'll appoint monitor for Donald Trump's company

A Manhattan judge said Thursday he will appoint an independent monitor for former President Donald Trump’s real estate empire, restricting his company’s ability to freely make deals, sell assets and change its corporate structure

Chicago Sun-Times

Migrants bused from border to East Coast cities, instantly homeless, try to cope

“My dream has come true — the American dream,” says an asylum-seeker from Venezuela who was bused from Texas to New York. “But lately it’s been more of a terror.”

The Independent UK

Exec: Trump Organization changed pay practices post-election

An executive has testified that Donald Trump’s election as president was a wake-up call for the company synonymous with him, his wealth and his fame

Tribune News Service

Criminal case against Trump’s family company about ‘greed' and 'cheating on taxes,' jurors hear in opening arguments

NEW YORK — Donald Trump’s family real estate company offered employee benefits that were so lucrative they classified as crimes — so it kept the details in two sets of books, prosecutors told a Manhattan jury Monday during opening arguments of the long-awaited tax fraud trial.

Tribune News Service

Criminal case against Trump’s family company about ‘greed and cheating on taxes’ jurors hear in opening arguments

NEW YORK — Former President Donald Trump’s namesake family real estate business criminally operated with two sets of books, prosecutors told a Manhattan Supreme Court jury Monday during opening arguments of the long-awaited trial.

The Orange County Register

Manhattan Transfer discuss farewell tour after 5 decades of 4-part harmonies

When the Manhattan Transfer formed in October 1972, singer Janis Siegel says she and the other three singers in the vocal quartet initially kept their day jobs.

Salon

The plan to protect NYC from storms

The “Big U” shows how climate adaptation can succeed. It also shows how hard it is

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