ALBANY, N.Y: Large fossil fuel companies would have to pay fees to help New York fight the effects of climate change under a bill signed Thursday by Gov. Kathy Hochul. The new law requires companies responsible for substantial greenhouse gas emissions to pay into a state fund for infrastructure projects meant to repair or avoid…
The man accused of killing a woman on a New York City subway train by setting her on fire was charged with murder and arson in an initial court appearance on Tuesday. Sebastian Zapeta, a 33-year-old man who police say lives at a homeless shelter in Brooklyn, was charged with three counts in a criminal…
Pearson Awarded $17 Million Contract to Digitise SHSAT: What It Means for NYC’s Elite Schools (Getty Images) New York City made a significant change to the entrance process for its eight prestigious specialised high schools. The city’s Panel for Educational Policy approved a five-year, $17 million contract with Pearson, the education publishing giant, to digitalise…
NEW YORK: New York City police have a person in custody who is suspected to have set a woman on fire in the subway early Sunday and then watched from a bench as she became engulfed in flames and died. Surveillance video showed the man calmly approach the woman, who was sitting motionless and may…
Arjun Erigaisi (PTI Photo) Indian Grandmaster Arjun Erigaisi secured his US visa, enabling him to participate in the World Rapid and Blitz Championships in New York. The tournament commences on December 26th.Erigaisi, currently ranked world No. 4, had previously appealed to the US Embassy for expedited visa processing. He needed the visa to compete against…
United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, Breon Peace, has announced his resignation, effective January 10, 2025, just days before the inauguration of Donald Trump as the President of the United States. Breon Peace, who has served in the role since October 15, 2021, has been a key figure in several high-profile…
SCOTCHTOWN, N.Y. (AP) — Scholars are hailing the discovery of a fossilized mastodon jaw discovered by a man who spotted two giant teeth while gardening at his upstate New York home this year. The mastodon jaw and some other bone fragments were found in late September in a backyard near Scotchtown, a hamlet about 70…
Imagine zipping through New York to London in just one hour? Sounds like the stuff of the future, doesn’t it. But an ambitious new proposal to build a $20 trillion transatlantic tunnel that could connect London and New York in just one hour has caught people’s imagination. According to Newsweek, proposals to build a transatlantic…
PALM BEACH: President-elect Donald Trump on Monday said in a far-ranging news conference that ihe would consider pardoning embattled New York Mayor Eric Adams. Separately, he called on the Biden administration to stop selling off unused portions of border wall that were purchased but not installed during his first administration. “Yeah I would,” consider pardoning…
OMAHA, Neb.: A tornado near a mall in central California swept up cars, uprooted trees and sent several people to the hospital. In San Francisco, authorities issued the first-ever tornado warning. Elsewhere, inclement weather plagued areas of the US, with dangerous conditions including heavy snow in upstate New York, a major ice storm in Midwest…