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Taylor Swift receives honorary doctorate from New York University

She also delivered the commencement speech for the graduates of NYU ‘s class of 2022

Irish Mirror

Are Elephants People? New York's Highest Court Hears Case for Animal Personhood

Plus: School voucher program survives lawsuit, Biden invokes Defense Production Act for formula, and more...

Reason

Census misses may have cost Florida and Texas in redistricting - Roll Call

Census miscounts in Texas and Florida may have been big enough to cost those states a congressional seat, according to census data.

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A quest for significance gone horribly wrong – how mass shooters pervert a universal desire to make a difference in the world

Agonizing questions are being raised by the recent tragic shooting incident in Buffalo, New York, where 18-year-old Payton S. Gendron is alleged to have shot 10 people dead and wounded three. As in the recent years’ similar acts of horror at a synagogue in Pittsburgh, a Walmart in El Paso,…

The Conversation

A look at this week’s battleground primary results

Welcome to the Thursday, May 19, Brew.

Ballotpedia

Saudi Arabia Confirms Commitment to Global Compact for Migration

The Saudi Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development represented the Kingdom in the United Nations Forum on International Migration Review, which was held in New York this week for the first time since the adoption of the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly, and Regular Migration in December 2018. The…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Is Happy the elephant a person? New York court debates if pachyderm has human rights

‘She has an interest in exercising her choices and deciding who she wants to be with, and where to go, and what to do, and what to eat’

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Basquiat Owned by Japan's Maezawa Sells for $85 mn

Jean-Michel Basquiat's "Untitled" 1982 sold for $85 million at auction in New York Wednesday, well above its pre-sale estimate and netting Japanese billionaire space tourist Yusaku Maezawa a tidy profit. Phillips auction house sold the 16-foot-wide painting on behalf of Maezawa, who purchased it in 2016 for $57.3 million. The…

Asharq Al-Awsat

‘This can’t be real’: Grubhub promotion turns New York City restaurants into a ‘war zone’

The deal resulted in 6,000 New Yorkers placing an order every minute, overwhelming kitchens and delivery workers

The Guardian - US

Dr Taylor Swift: Pop star receives honorary doctorate from New York University

Eleven-time Grammy winner Taylor swift has received an honorary doctorate of fine arts from New York University, earning herself a new title: "doctor".

The New Daily

Mets maul Cardinals bullpen in 11-4 rout; Sosa, Scherzer leave game with injuries

NEW YORK — Whatever the scoreboard ultimately said after the final out of the game, the bigger question for both teams leaving the field Wednesday night was what they may have lost from their roster — and for how long.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Hospital emergency worker shot and wounded on Staten Island

NEW YORK — A drunken patient shot an emergency medical technician in the back Wednesday night inside an ambulance headed to a Staten Island hospital, police sources said.

Tribune News Service

New York governor unveils ‘comprehensive’ plan to fight domestic terror and gun violence

Kathy Hochul condemns ‘mainstreaming of hate speech’ and easy access to military-style weapons after Buffalo shooting

The Guardian - US

‘He was making fun of these motherf***ers’: Why George Carlin’s radical underdog comedy is still so relevant

Fourteen years after his death, the iconoclastic comedian’s material regularly goes viral on social media. Kevin E G Perry talks to Carlin’s daughter Kelly, his manager Jerry Hamza and director Judd Apatow about new documentary ‘George Carlin’s American Dream’ and why the taboo-busting stand-up is still having the last laugh

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Hochul to strengthen gun laws, target online extremism and white supremacy in response to Buffalo mass shooting

ALBANY, N.Y. — Gov. Kathy Hochul unveiled a package of executive orders and legislative actions Wednesday strengthening New York’s gun laws and targeting domestic terrorism in response to the deadly race-based mass shooting at a Buffalo supermarket.

WEKU

Grubhub offered free lunches in New York City. That's when the chaos began

Yesterday was a bad day for Grubhub. The food delivery service launched a free lunch promotion for people in New York City. And spoiler alert: it backfired.

Tribune News Service

NY Mayor Adams not reinstating indoor face mask mandate despite Health Department recommendation

NEW YORK — Mayor Eric Adams is not reinstating the city’s indoor face mask mandate despite a recommendation from the city Health Department to do so in light of a recent uptick in coronavirus infections and hospitalizations.

Chicago Sun-Times

Can an elephant also be considered a person? That’s what New York’s high court is being asked.

A ruling could be months away in the case involving Happy, an Asian elephant at the Bronx Zoo, that an animal rights group wants moved to a more spacious sanctuary.

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New York attorney general launches probe of Twitch and Discord after Buffalo shooting

The investigation targets online platforms including video-streaming site Twitch, messaging platform Discord and the anonymous message board 4chan.

The Independent UK

Buffalo shooter let some people see plans just before attack

Shortly before police say he opened fire, the white gunman accused of killing 10 Black people at a Buffalo, New York, supermarket allowed a small group of people to see his long-simmering plans for the attack, which he had been chronicling for months in a private, online diary

Reason

The Buffalo Massacre Illustrates the Inherent Limitations of 'Red Flag' Laws

Predicting violence is a lot harder than people claim in retrospect, and a wider net inevitably ensnares more innocent people.

Tribune News Service

Former NY Mayor Bill de Blasio poised to run for Congress, announces exploratory committee

NEW YORK — Former New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio confirmed Wednesday he’s mulling a run for an open congressional seat that’s drawn big interest from a number of local politicians looking to take a step up into federal government.

Axios

New York AG opens investigation on social media companies after Buffalo shooting

The investigations will focus on platforms that may have been used to stream, promote or plan the attack.

Asharq Al-Awsat

It’s Gonna Be All Right, Taylor Swift Tells NYU Graduates at Commencement

Singer-songwriter Taylor Swift received an honorary doctorate from New York University on Wednesday and told graduates that everything would be all right, echoing the sentiments of her hit single "Shake It Off." The 32-year-old urged students to make the most of their choices. "Life can be heavy - especially if…

The Independent UK

New York Attorney General to investigate social media platforms that hosted footage of Buffalo massacre

Officials will probe how Twitch, 4chan, 8chan and Discord were used to ‘discuss and amplify’ plans for mass shooting in Black neighbourhood

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