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MacArthur Foundation announces ‘genius’ grant winners for 2022

CHICAGO — In 1981, the MacArthur Foundation began awarding annual fellowships. These have consisted of monetary awards of $800,000 (an increase this year, bumped up from a decade ago and paid out in annual installments of $160,000 over five years) to do with whatever the awardees want.

Chicago Tribune · Oct 12, 2022

NYC homeless shelter population hits all-time high amid cascading migrant crisis

NEW YORK — The city’s homeless shelter population has hit an all-time high as hundreds of Latin American migrants continue to pour into New York every week as part of a crisis that’s driving the local social safety net to the brink of collapse.

Tribune News Service · Oct 12, 2022

Eli Manning joins Quaker Oats, Feeding America to help end hunger

New York Giants great Eli Manning has partnered with Quaker Oats and Feeding America as part of the Quaker Hunger Clock Campaign.

USA Today Sports Media Group · Oct 12, 2022

It's a good time to be an American in Britain, as the pound declines in value

LONDON — When Julian Asher moved from New York to London 16 years ago to work as a management consultant, his six-figure salary stopped going so far. The British pound, worth twice as much as the dollar, was at a historic high.

Los Angeles Times · Oct 12, 2022

Fraudster Anna Delvey on house arrest: ‘They told me I’d get deported to Mars before I’d get out in New York’

Delvey said she was ‘really happy’ to return to Manhattan, and lauded her attorney for ‘aligning with her vision’ and fighting for getting her bail

The Independent UK · Oct 12, 2022

New York Giants star Jamie Gillan stuck in London after Packers win due to passport error

Jamie Gillan remains in London as he awaits further clarifications on when he'll be allowed to travel back to the United States after their win over the Green Bay Packers in the UK last weekend

Daily Mirror · Oct 12, 2022

Johnny Depp unrecognisable as he shaves signature beard and moustache after decades

Hollywood actor Johnny Depp has debuted an almost unrecognisable transformation after shaving off his famous beard for a clean-shaven look as he greeted besotted fans in New York City

Daily Mirror · Oct 12, 2022

Can Democrats win tight midterm races with a pro-choice message? Pat Ryan says yes

The congressman won a swing upstate New York district with a progressive platform – and says Democrats can use his playbook in November

The Guardian - US · Oct 12, 2022

Delmonico’s was where Hollywood met Wall Street and everyone was a star

NEW YORK -- It was a place where even a commoner felt royal.

Tribune News Service · Oct 12, 2022

Review: 'Dinosaurs': A trust-fund orphan tries to do good in a world out of whack, from the finalist for the 2020 National Book Award

I heard Lydia Millet asked once, in an interview, why she'd left the literary world of New York, where she clearly thrived, and she said that it was too easy to be mean there, and she'd rather be nice — or words to that effect. And niceness is not generally…

Tribune News Service · Oct 12, 2022