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Giants hosted TE Jelani Woods on top-30 visit

The New York Giants hosted Virginia TE Jelani Woods for a top-30 visit in East Rutherford on Monday.

USA Today Sports Media Group · Apr 19, 2022

No, more police won’t make New Yorkers – or anyone else – safer. It never does

After the subway shooting last week, New York City mayor Eric Adams declared he will deploy more police to the subway. But that’s the last thing that will help

The Guardian - US · Apr 19, 2022

Broadway review: Tracy Letts’ intense drama ‘The Minutes’ turns small town democracy into a war zone

NEW YORK — When I first saw Tracy Letts’ “The Minutes” in 2017 in Chicago, director Anna D. Shapiro’s sizzling Steppenwolf Theatre production felt like a takedown of Donald Trump’s triumphalist America, too engaged in self-promotion to confront the unsavory aspects of its own origin story.

Tribune News Service · Apr 19, 2022

DJ Kay Slay, hip-hop pioneer, dies of COVID-19 at 55

Grayson grew up in Harlem, immersed in New York City’s early hip hop scene. He got his start as a teenage graffiti artist and was featured in the 1983 hip hop documentary “Style Wars.”

Chicago Sun-Times · Apr 18, 2022

Queens mom found dead in duffel bag was stabbed more than 50 times

NEW YORK — Whoever killed Orsolya Gaal stabbed her more than 50 times before leaving her body stuffed in a duffel bag not far from her Queens home, police sources said Monday.

Tribune News Service · Apr 18, 2022

Giants-Mets series opener delayed, to be made up in double-header Tuesday

NEW YORK — The Mets will wait another day to face off against the San Francisco Giants.

Tribune News Service · Apr 18, 2022

Killer of mum stabbed 60 times and dismembered sent text to husband saying 'you're next'

The remains of Orsolya Gaal, 51, were discovered by Glenn Van Nostrand when he took his dog for a walk in Queens, New York, on Saturday

Daily Mirror · Apr 18, 2022

So what is the good of book reviewing? A review of a review of the reviewers

Imagine you’re the literary editor for a major US newspaper, like The New York Times or The Washington Post. You know that getting a good notice in your paper can launch the career of a young writer and you’re far from indifferent to the fate of literary culture. You majored…

The Conversation · Apr 18, 2022

Lawyer for former New York Lt. Gov. Brian Benjamin calls bribery case ‘flimsy’

NEW YORK — A lawyer for former Lt. Gov. Brian Benjamin called the corruption case against his client “flimsy” Monday as the feds revealed they’d seized his cellphone and issued hundreds of subpoenas.

Tribune News Service · Apr 18, 2022

Eight talking points from opening weekend of All-Ireland Championships

All-Ireland champions Limerick and Tyrone got their title defences off to a winning start over the weekend

Irish Mirror · Apr 18, 2022