The Latest Breaking News from New York

Rangers Make Significant Move Among Coaching Staff

Just five days after New York’s first round playoff exit.

Sports Illustrated · May 6, 2023

Navy commissions USS Cooperstown; honors war veteran players

The Navy has commissioned the USS Cooperstown, named for the New York state village where the Baseball Hall of Fame is located and honoring the 70 members who served in the military during wartime

The Independent UK · May 6, 2023

Schism and Suspension from Religious School

From RB v. Bais Yaakov D'Chassedei Gur, decided last Monday by New York trial court judge Peter Sweeney: … [Plaintiffs allege] that the defendant Bais Yaakov D'Chasidei Gur ("the School") improperly disciplined the infant plaintiff through alleged suspension because of her "family's allegiance to Rabbi Shaul Alter", who the defendants…

Reason · May 6, 2023

Ed Sheeran serenades fans on the roof of a car in New York after legal victory

Jury ruled this week that Sheeran had not plagiarised classic song by Marvin Gaye

The Independent UK · May 6, 2023

Ex-Marine defends New York subway chokehold that killed homeless man

A former Marine who choked a man to death on a New York subway train has said he was acting in self-defence.

Evening Standard · May 6, 2023

Jordan Neely killing: lack of arrest highlights racial disparities in charging

Anger mounts that white subway rider who put Black man in chokehold was released without charge

The Guardian - US · May 6, 2023

Protesters demand criminal charges for subway rider who strangled NYC vagrant

Protesters in New York are calling for charges against a former US Marine who choked a rampaging homeless man to death in a subway carriage.

The New Daily · May 6, 2023

Chicago, state of Illinois get $8.5 million in federal migrant grants; requested up to $191 million

The city and state each got $4,301,387.13, as migrants stream into Illinois after crossing the Mexican border in Texas and bused to Chicago by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott.

Chicago Sun-Times · May 6, 2023

NYC to send asylum-seekers upstate to deal with influx

New York City's mayor has announced plans to send hundreds of asylum-seekers to two hotels north of the city for up to four months

The Independent UK · May 6, 2023

Daniel Penny’s attorneys say he ‘never intended to harm’ Jordan Neely after fatal chokehold on NYC subway

The 30-year-old homeless street performer was choked to death on New York City subway on 1 May

The Independent UK · May 6, 2023