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Vera actor Riley Jones says he is ‘super proud and eternally grateful’ for show after 50th episode

The star spotted leading lady Brenda Bleythn on a billboard in New York's Times Square

Chronicle Live · Feb 20, 2023

BBCNOW/Coorey review – mills to bells and rain: Colin Riley conjures the Welsh landscape

Steve Reich’s tribute to New York was neatly paired with a Gershwin, with the world premiere of Colin Riley’s powerful seven-movement ode to Wales the concert’s centrepiece

The Guardian - UK · Feb 20, 2023

Richard Belzer, Stand-up Comic and TV Detective, Dies at 78

Richard Belzer, the longtime stand-up comedian who became one of TV’s most indelible detectives as John Munch in “Homicide: Life on the Street” and “Law & Order: SVU,” has died. He was 78. Belzer died Sunday at his home in Beaulieu-sur-Mer, in southern France, his longtime friend Bill Scheft said.…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Feb 20, 2023

From Scorsese to Hockney: New York exhibition celebrates portraits of artists

The portraiture of Brigitte Lacombe, Catherine Opie and Tacita Dean is spotlighted in a grand love letter to art and artists

The Guardian - US · Feb 20, 2023

NY Met to let French make 3D copies of 16th-century sculptures

NEW YORK: Two 16th-century sculptures, jewels of French Renaissance art, have been on display since 1908 at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Bangkok Post · Feb 20, 2023

Fully Electric Air Taxi Completes New York Test Flight

The world's first fully electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) air taxi has completed a test flight over New York.

InsideEVs · Feb 19, 2023

UN ocean treaty talks resume with goal to save biodiversity

United Nations members gather Monday in New York to resume efforts to forge a long-awaited and elusive treaty to safeguard the world’s marine biodiversity

The Independent UK · Feb 19, 2023

From cradle to compost: the disruptors who want to make death greener

Startups rush to gain foothold in a burgeoning industry as New York and California move to legalize human composting

The Guardian - US · Feb 19, 2023

NYC’s JFK Terminal 1 resumes limited flights after outage

Terminal 1 at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport reopened with limited operations on Saturday, two days after a power outage forced flight delays and diversions.

Tribune News Service · Feb 19, 2023

Escaped Central Park Zoo owl Flaco will be allowed to remain free, officials say

NEW YORK — Flaco, the Eurasian owl that flew his coop at the Central Park Zoo after someone tore open his habitat will remain a free bird — at least for now, zoo officials said Saturday.

Tribune News Service · Feb 19, 2023