Sign up for our amNewYork email newsletter to get news, updates, and local insights delivered straight to your inbox! Last year, in the face of resistance from the Adams administration, the City Council reaffirmed its commitment to the plan to close Rikers by 2027 and establish a smaller borough-based jail system to reduce incarceration and improve conditions…
Hello Spring! There is no better time to embrace new beginnings and treat yourself to rejuvenation at the spa. This season, embark on a tranquil adventure toward a healthy body and mind with some premium relaxation that can only be found at these West Virginia destinations. Stonewall Resort The Stonewall Resort in Lewis County…
By Vic Fern originally published: 05/19/2024 Here is the 2024 New Jersey International Film Festival Video Q+A with Film is Dead. Long Live Film! Director Peter Flynn, Festival Judge Morgan Kalmbach and Festival Director Al Nigrin: Film is Dead. Long Live Film! screens at the 2024 New Jersey International Film Festival on Friday, May 31,…
A nonprofit online news outlet is working to put the public back in public meetings. Buffalo’s Fire, a Native-led news organization based in Bismarck, and the Indigenous Media Freedom Alliance are bringing a program called the Documenters Network to North Dakota. The program involves training (and paying) community members to attend local government meetings and…
It’s become something of a movie fashion to forestall the title credits until well after an establishing sequence, if not deeper into the film. But when the title appears onscreen in Blue Sun Palace, at the half-hour point, there’s nothing self-consciously stylish about it: It marks a dramatic, ground-shifting change in perspective, a gut-punch of…
New York [US], May 19 (ANI): Three people were killed after an Amtrak train collided with a pickup truck in western New York, north of Buffalo in the US, CNN reported, citing fire officials. All the passengers who were travelling in the truck died on the spot in North Tonawanda on Friday night, CNN reported,…
BISMARCK – The North Dakota Parks and Recreation Department, along with the North Dakota Council on the Arts, have announced the selection of three artists for the 2024 Artist in Residency Program. This program aims to support North Dakota artists in creating art inspired by the beauty of the state parks. The Artist in Residency…
Before you start dipping your toes into pools, rivers, and lakes you might want to take a look at this. Is It Legal? Have you ever gone skinny dipping? If you haven’t, I’m sure it’s on your bucket list. That said, you don’t want to do something that will get you in trouble, right? Is…
NEW YORK (PIX11) – New York’s Electronic Benefits Transfer system is offline Sunday morning for system upgrades. The system outage started at 12:01 a.m. and was expected to last until 11 a.m. Sunday. During that period, Cardholders will not be able to access food or cash purchases, cash withdrawals, customer service, the mobile app or…
(Bloomberg) — South Korea’s top financial watchdog attempted to revive optimism over the nation’s corporate reform initiatives to investors in New York while soothing concerns over the short-selling ban. Governor Lee Bokhyun of the Financial Supervisory Service reiterated the government’s commitment to boosting corporate value and shareholder returns in a speech last week to more…