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Editorial: New York’s Byzantine justice system needs an overhaul

The need to simplify New York state’s crazy quilt of courts, where there are nine separate trial courts, except in those areas where there are 11 separate trial courts, has been apparent since the current hodgepodge was ratified by New Yorkers in a 1961 constitutional referendum.

Tribune News Service · Feb 22, 2022

NBC’s ‘The Endgame’ squares off with a supervillain and an FBI agent

When a criminal mastermind is put up against an FBI agent, the sides are supposed to be easy: Black and white, good and bad. But in “The Endgame,” a New York City-set heist drama series that premiered Monday on NBC, everything is a little gray.

Tribune News Service · Feb 22, 2022

Teen to swap Northumberland for New York City after being offered place at one of world's top theatre schools

Seventeen year old Abbey Tilley from Birtley, near Wark, has been offered a place at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York City, which counts Grace Kelly and Anne Hathaway among its alumni

Chronicle Live · Feb 22, 2022

Outrage as Starbucks fires union organiser in New York amid front-page story on effort

More than 100 stores in 26 states have filed for union representation in historic campaign

The Independent UK · Feb 21, 2022

NYC subway safety plan gets going after a violent weekend

New York’s latest plan to tackle both crime and homelessness in subways is rolling into action after police logged more than a half-dozen attacks in trains and stations over the holiday weekend

The Independent UK · Feb 21, 2022

Ford taps Alphabet project co-founder to serve as CEO of Michigan Central

DEARBORN, Michigan — Ford Motor Co. on Monday announced a chief executive officer to lead Michigan Central, the mobility district the automaker is developing in the Corktown neighborhood of Detroit, anchored by the former Michigan Central Station.

Tribune News Service · Feb 21, 2022

Details of Bernie Madoff’s family members' deaths may be shielded by Florida law

Bernie Madoff’s Ponzi scheme played out across the front pages of New York tabloids, but the deaths of his sister and brother-in-law may be more private thanks to a victims’ rights law in Florida.

Tribune News Service · Feb 21, 2022

Jets writer lists one Dolphin as a player New York should target this offseason

This move could be one that may help put the Jets on the same level as Miami.

USA Today Sports Media Group · Feb 21, 2022

Lt. Gov. Brian Benjamin tests positive for COVID after NY Democratic Convention

NEW YORK — New York Lt. Gov. Brian Benjamin says he has tested positive for COVID-19 just days after attending the state Democratic convention.

Tribune News Service · Feb 21, 2022

Dallas, a mini Las Vegas? These 9 restaurants are in both cities

Each restaurant brings unmistakable Las Vegas glitz to Dallas.

Tribune News Service · Feb 21, 2022