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When Mavis Staples and Levon Helm met for some final music

Two vital American musicians met and jammed together in the summer of 2011 when legendary singer Mavis Staples visited her good friend Levon Helm of The Band in Woodstock, New York

The Independent UK · May 19, 2022

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 · May 19, 2022

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 · May 19, 2022

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’

The Independent UK · May 19, 2022

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 · May 19, 2022

‘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 · May 19, 2022

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 · May 19, 2022

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 · May 19, 2022

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 · May 19, 2022

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 · May 18, 2022