New York City was hit by the nation’s largest coronavirus jail outbreak to date this week, with at least 38 people testing positive at the notorious Rikers Island complex and nearby facilities — more than half of them incarcerated men, the board that oversees the city’s jail system said Saturday.
News organizations across the United States are lifting paywalls to share coverage of the coronavirus pandemic, a public service many hope will convince more readers to eventually become paying customers. At the same time, the societal shutdown caused by the virus is exacerbating a decline in advertising revenue that has slowly choked many publications, already resulting in layoffs and furloughs. Media outlets big and small, from The New York Times to the Telegraph-Forum in Bucyrus, Ohio, are letting people read their coronavirus coverage without a subscription.
United Flight 82 from New York to New Delhi has been diverted to London’s Heathrow airport in what is apparently an 'urgency situation'. According to flight tracking, Twitter accounts the plane has declared a 'Squawk 7700' which means the crew has decided they have an 'urgency' situation.
New York City will close the nation’s largest public school system Monday, sending over 1.1 million children home in hopes of curbing the spread of coronavirus, the city’s mayor announced Sunday.
Schools and colleges in the New York state have announced that they are suspending classes, as the number of coronavirus cases jumped to more than 100 and a state of emergency has been declared over the novel Coronavirus outbreak.
Governor of New York has declared a state of emergency amid rising coronavirus cases in the United States. At present, at least 19 people have died due to the deadly virus with close to 400 confirmed cases, according to a data from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and state and local governments.
An Indian-origin doctor pleaded guilty to illegally giving controlled substances to six patients, including one who suffered from opioid addiction and later died of a drug overdose. Gurpreet Singh Bajwa, 49 of Fairfax, Virginia temporarily lost his medical license in 2012.
Michael Bloomberg dropped out of the Democratic Party's race for the presidential nomination turning it into a clear ideological battle pitching the centrist wing of the party coalescing around former Vice President Joe Biden against Senator Bernie Sanders's radical left. Biden stunningly re-emerged the leading candidate after winning nine of the 14 intra-party elections.
Authorities in US have reported second death due to Coronavirus in the country on Sunday night. A 70-year-old man who was suffering from the deadly virus was admitted to a nursing facility in Washington.
Yuvraj Singh and Hazel Keech celebrated the latter's birthday in New York City and Yuvraj posted a photo from their outing.
Jordan Thompson pulled off a major upset as he beat John Isner 6-7, 7-6, 6-3 in the second round of New York Open.
Kevin Anderson lost to Jason Jung 7-6, 6-4 on his return to the New York Open.
Nick was set to make his first appearance in the tournament on Long Island but announced Saturday that his shoulder had flared up and that he was unable to play.
Your dream to get a pizza delivered by a drone or an Amazon drone knocking at the door will remain a dream as researchers have revealed that a drone delivery service is not realistic and may not be possible in densely-populated areas like New York or New Delhi.
The S&P 500 decreased 9.35 points, or 0.29 per cent, to 3,265.35. The Nasdaq Composite Index fell 24.57 points, or 0.27 per cent, to 9,178.86, Xinhua news agency reported.
All 176 passengers and crew members onboard the Boeing 737 Ukrainian passenger plane that crashed near Tehran Imam Khomeini International Airport were confirmed dead, Iran's Press TV reported.
"These appointees will represent New Yorkers proudly and work tirelessly to provide oversight of our courts," de Blasio said.
A man attacked a Hanukkah celebration at a rabbi’s home north of New York City late Saturday, stabbing and wounding five people before fleeing in a vehicle, police said.
External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar has cancelled a meeting with US lawmakers because he objected to the participation of Pramila Jayapal, an Indian-American Representative highly critical of India. Jayapal tweeted on Thursday: "The cancellation of this meeting was deeply disturbing. It only furthers the idea that the Indian government isn't willing to listen to any dissent at all."
Baljeet Singh Sidhu, who works as a mail carrier and an Uber driver, was attacked on Sunday while he was parking his car outside his home near Hilltop Mall, Richmond, California.
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