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Iranian President’s Holocaust Remarks Spark Outcry in Israel

The Iranian president's comment that “there are some signs” that the Holocaust happened but that the issue required more research sparked an outcry on Monday from Israeli officials, who denounced the remarks as antisemitic Holocaust denial. Hard-line President Ebrahim Raisi made the comment during an interview with CBS’ “60 Minutes”…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Sep 19, 2022

Pilot program for New York City’s Asian American and Pacific Islander history curriculum launches for the 2022-2023 school year

A pilot program of New York City’s Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) history curriculum was launched in select schools in September 2022. The New York City Department of Education announced in May 2022 that it had developed the curriculum, titled the Hidden Voices Project, in partnership with the Museum…

Ballotpedia · Sep 19, 2022

Rikers lapses contributed to 10 jail deaths in 2021 — report cites failure to check detainees, slow emergency responses, vacant posts

NEW YORK — An exhaustive report on 10 of the 16 deaths in 2021 in city jails details a range of staffing problems, systemic failures and mismanagement by jail staff that contributed to the fatalities.

Tribune News Service · Sep 19, 2022

Julius Baer Generation Cup: Praggnanandhaa posts three wins before losing to fellow teen Yoo

NEW YORK: India's teenaged Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa began his campaign in the star-studded Julius Baer Generation Cup online rapid tournament, the seventh leg of the USD1.6 million Meltwater Champions Chess Tour, with wins over veteran Vasyl Ivanchuk and Jan Kryzstof Duda of Poland.

The Times of India · Sep 19, 2022

Man attacks New York McDonalds with an axe

Man is arraigned on fourth-degree criminal-mischief and possession-of-weapons charges

The Independent UK · Sep 19, 2022

Giants report card: How we graded Big Blue in Week 2 win

The New York Giants defeated the Carolina Panthers, 19-16, in Week 2 and the Giants Wire team grades reflect that performance.

USA Today Sports Media Group · Sep 19, 2022

He Didn't Break Any Rules. New York City Is Demanding He Pay a Fine Anyway

The Big Apple's building regulations are almost impossible to navigate, and officials like it that way.

Reason · Sep 19, 2022

Kishida postpones U.S. trip

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will postpone the departure date for his planned trip to New York from Monday to Tuesday, it was decided Monday afternoon, due to the need to assess the damage in Japan caused by Typhoon No. 14.

The Japan News/Yomiuri · Sep 19, 2022

Editorial: Yeshiva University should let an LGBT club form on campus

Yeshiva University is an Orthodox Jewish institution of higher education in New York — a city with a human rights law intended to ensure that in all but truly private settings, people are protected from discrimination on the basis of race, religion, sex, national origin and sexual orientation.

Tribune News Service · Sep 19, 2022

Former NY women’s prison detainees pursue lawsuit over sex assault and abuse by guards at closed Manhattan lockup

Like other state prisoners from New York City, A.Q. wanted to be closer to home — so much so she lobbied the state correction commissioner to finish her sentence at a Manhattan women’s prison.

Tribune News Service · Sep 19, 2022