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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.

McClatchy Washington Bureau

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

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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…

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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.

Tribune News Service

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.

Tribune News Service

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 Independent UK

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

The Guardian - US

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

The Independent UK

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.”

Chicago Sun-Times

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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.

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Salon

The plan to protect NYC from storms

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

The Guardian - US

‘It’s got nasty’: the battle to build the US’s biggest solar power farm

A community turns on itself over the aptly named Mammoth solar project, a planned $1.5bn power field nearly the size of Manhattan

Tribune News Service

5 key takeaways from Kansas State’s dominant 48-0 victory over Oklahoma State

MANHATTAN, Kansas — Kansas State looked nothing like a team that was missing some of its best players during a 48-0 victory over Oklahoma State on Saturday at Bill Snyder Family Stadium.

Tribune News Service

Manhattan DA’s office releases recommendations for officials to better serve trans, nonbinary community

NEW YORK — Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office has released a report with a series of recommendations to better serve the transgender, gender-nonconforming and nonbinary community in New York City and across the country.

The Guardian - US

New York still vulnerable 10 years after Hurricane Sandy, protesters warn

Storm in 2012 had devastating impact on US’s biggest city but insufficient government action risks a repeat, demonstrators say

Tribune News Service

Editorial: End of the line: The city has had its chance to fix Rikers. It has failed

Friday, Federal Monitor Steve Martin will submit his latest report on the situation at the ignominious Rikers Island complex. It will come just over four months after Manhattan Federal Judge Laura Taylor Swain ordered the city to put into practice an action plan to address the consistent threat to the…

Tribune News Service

Trump supporters and ‘We Build the Wall’ scam victims testify at NYC fraud trial

Supporters of former President Donald Trump’s signature immigration policy who were swindled in the “We Build the Wall” crowdfunding scam testified in Manhattan Federal Court on Wednesday about paying for a southern border wall they never got.

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