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Serena Williams gets raucous New York farewell but party goes on after US Open win

In what could have been her final ever match in professional tennis, Serena Williams ensured she would return at least once more at Flushing Meadows with a 6-3 6-3 triumph over Danka Kovinic

Daily Mirror · Aug 30, 2022

Self-professed ‘movie buff’ makes her mark with mini cross-stitch film posters

Victoria McNally from Brooklyn, New York, has made posters for Jordan Peele’s movie trilogy, which includes new release Nope.

The Independent UK · Aug 30, 2022

Shohei Ohtani’s blast helps Angels hold off Yankees

The showdown between baseball titans Shohei Ohtani and Aaron Judge brought fans pouring into Angel Stadium for Monday night’s game between the Angels and the New York Yankees.

Los Angeles Times · Aug 30, 2022

Serena Williams puts retirement on hold with decisive US Open win

The tennis great beat Danka Kovinic 6-3, 6-3 in New York

The Independent UK · Aug 30, 2022

Accused ‘duck sauce killer’ committed suicide to avoid return to Rikers, note says

NEW YORK — The accused Queens “duck sauce killer” denied gunning down a restaurant deliveryman and said he was committing suicide because he didn’t want to be sent back to the notorious Rikers Island jail complex.

Tribune News Service · Aug 30, 2022

Trump associate facing trial pushes to dismiss potential NYC jurors who call former president ‘least favorite person’

NEW YORK — A Trump associate facing a Brooklyn federal trial is pushing to disqualify dozens of potential jurors who roasted the former president as the public figure they least admire — calling him “divisive, ignorant, racist, misogynistic and dislikable in every way,” according to new court filings.

Tribune News Service · Aug 30, 2022

Pat Ryan and Joe Sempolinsk win New York congressional special elections

Two special general elections were held for New York’s 19th and 23rd Congressional Districts on August 23, 2022. Pat Ryan (D) won the District 19 special election with 65,943 votes and defeated Marcus Molinaro (R). The special election was called after Antonio Delgado (D) left office to serve as the…

Ballotpedia · Aug 30, 2022

Veterans who worked as 9/11 first responders can’t access WTC health program due to technicality

NEW YORK — Nate Coward didn’t ask questions when his company of the Army’s 3rd Infantry Regiment was called on to recover and bury the Pentagon’s dead after a jetliner blew a massive hole in the military headquarters on Sept. 11, 2001.

Tribune News Service · Aug 29, 2022

Chancellor jets off to meet New York bankers amid bleak cost-of-living situation

CHANCELLOR Nadhim Zahawi has come under fire for travelling to the United States this week for meetings with top bankers and politicians as the cost…

The National (Scotland) · Aug 29, 2022

Why ‘Don’t Worry Darling’ chose Palm Springs as the setting for its hedonistic mystery world

LOS ANGELES — Olivia Wilde remembers driving to Palm Springs for the first time 20 years ago, taking in the Midcentury Modern architecture, the palm trees, the lush golf courses and the flowing fountains, a verdant city plopped in the middle of a desert. Every time the native New Yorker…

Los Angeles Times · Aug 29, 2022