Almost 250 runners in the Shenzhen Half Marathon are caught cheating by traffic cameras that show them taking a shortcut through bushes.BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2DQnCmd November 29, 2018 at 12:54PM
Staff at a real estate firm had to walk 6,000 steps a day in order to avoid a fine.BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2SkYVSP November 29, 2018 at 04:16PM
Rehana Fathima made an unsuccessful attempt last month to enter one of Hinduism's holiest temples.BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2KI5KeN November 30, 2018 at 02:33AM
Alet-les-Bains has benefited from a British influx and many there fear the aftermath of Brexit.BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2E4RKez November 30, 2018 at 02:58AM
The BBC's Vineet Khare visited the controversial Carmichael project by Indian energy giant Adani.BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2U09RqC November 30, 2018 at 01:04AM
The actress Noma Dumezweni, best known for playing Hermione Granger in the play Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, says women need to learn how to be angry.BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2QurIqM November 30, 2018 at 03:43AM
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Three weeks after flames incinerated most of a Northern California town in the deadliest U.S. wildfire in a century, the search for more human remains has officially ended with at least 88 people confirmed dead and nearly 200 still listed as missing. Reuters: Top News https://ift.tt/2TYZKm8 November 30, 2018 at 06:43AM
The U.S. head of Nio Inc , an electric carmaker seen as one of the main Chinese rivals to Tesla Inc , will leave the company, the firm said in a filing on Friday, the first major management departure since its September IPO. Reuters: Top News https://ift.tt/2DQDAwM November 30, 2018 at 05:45AM
In an unusual move on Thursday, a federal judge raised the prospect of not approving CVS Health Corp's deal to buy insurer Aetna Inc , which closed earlier this week, during a routine portion of the legal process. Reuters: Top News https://ift.tt/2Q0yogY November 30, 2018 at 05:44AM
Former FBI Director James Comey asked a federal judge on Thursday to quash a congressional subpoena from Republicans on the U.S. House Judiciary Committee who are trying to compel him to testify behind closed doors about his decision-making ahead of the 2016 presidential election. Reuters: Top News https://ift.tt/2P6WGkg November 30, 2018 at 05:21AM
On Tuesday, Deputy Mayor Alicia Glen appeared on CNBC’s “Squawk Box” to push back against the Amazon backlash. “New York City is a notorious city of people with a lot of opinions,” Glen said, stressing that while there would be more “community engagement,” the City and the State were moving forward with their plan to give one of the world’s most powerful corporations around $3 billion in tax breaks to bring as many as 40,000 jobs to Long Island City. "I can guarantee you five years from now all New Yorkers will be thanking us for having brought them," Glen said. “This deal is not gonna get stopped.” [ more › ] Gothamist https://ift.tt/2Axwlqg November 30, 2018 at 08:00PM
Because Tommy Lee is miffed at Travis Scott, check out today's end-of-day links: Trump cancels Putin meeting, Iggy the lizard, NJ pot debate, Arizona Walmart groin shooting, NY Film Critics Circle awards, and another weirdo dog. [ more › ] Gothamist https://ift.tt/2TSMnno November 30, 2018 at 01:43AM
Far-right activist and brain pill booster Laura Loomer has decided to chain herself to Twitter's New York City headquarters in an apparent bid for relevance, after she was booted from the platform for hate speech last week. [ more › ] Gothamist https://ift.tt/2AA2m0Z November 30, 2018 at 12:53AM
A popular new bike lane in Queens has been bombarded with thumb tacks, in what cyclists and elected officials suspect is a vigilante attack launched by an increasingly hostile contingent of neighborhood NIMBYs. [ more › ] Gothamist https://ift.tt/2U26D6n November 30, 2018 at 12:20AM
A little over a decade ago, Brooklyn-born billionaire Jeffrey Epstein got caught running what the Miami Herald describes as a "sexual pyramid scheme" on the backs of underage girls, allegedly committing multiple acts of pedophilia and engaging in child sex trafficking. The evidence against him appeared damning, but until now it's been kept largely out of the public eye, thanks to the efforts and missteps of prosecutors at the federal and state level—including President Donald Trump's current Labor Secretary and a prosecutor in Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance's office. [ more › ] Gothamist https://ift.tt/2Aw7xPo November 29, 2018 at 11:21PM
"Let's bring it back to the SOB days," Travis Scott said a few songs into his musical concert-slash-traveling circus-slash-performative Instagram experience at Madison Square Garden on Wednesday night. Hmm, I might be misremembering things, but I don't recall seeing huge fireballs, makeshift rollercoasters, and frantic laser light shows the last time I stopped by the humble Varick Street music venue. But those are all crowd-pleasing elements of Scott's massive "ASTROWORLD: Wish You Were Here" tour, which blazed through NYC this week for two shows made up of the most impressive hip hop pageantry this side of Drake's flying Ferrari. [ more › ] Gothamist https://ift.tt/2TZV8vS November 29, 2018 at 10:39PM
Citi Bike is doubling its service area and more than tripling the size of its fleet over the next five years, city officials announced Thursday. The "vast majority" of the new bikes—roughly 30,000 of them—will be pedal-assist e-bikes, a Lyft employee told Gothamist. [ more › ] Gothamist https://ift.tt/2Az7imK November 29, 2018 at 08:35PM
Because Michael Cohen can't stop pleading guilty to things, check out today's midday links: movie theater candy ranked, Mueller probe cost, every Prince music video ever, LA rent strike, Les Moonves sexual assault report, horror movie scares, and a weirdo dog. [ more › ] Gothamist https://ift.tt/2TYC15q November 29, 2018 at 07:51PM
Good morning to everyone except the MTA, which seems to have decided that it's not going to work today and neither should you. The morning rush was marred by delays piling up on the 7, A/C/E, and B/D/F/M lines, and not all of the problems were formally announced and acknowledged on the MTA website. Meanwhile, planned work is here to derail your day before it even starts. [ more › ] Gothamist https://ift.tt/2AF3YGy November 29, 2018 at 07:30PM
After news came out on Wednesday that millennial-focused website Mic is in talks to sell to Bustle, the company informed employees Thursday morning that a majority of the staff would be laid off in anticipation of any deal. [ more › ] Gothamist https://ift.tt/2TWtJuR November 29, 2018 at 06:53PM
In September, months after declaring the city's intention to divest its pension fund from fossil fuels and "sue Big Oil," Mayor Bill de Blasio published an op-ed in the Guardian touting New York City's effort to tackle climate change through sustainable financial policies. Alongside London Mayor Sadiq Khan, he announced the launch of a new global initiative, and encouraged local governments to "use our economic might to accelerate the transition to a low-carbon economy." [ more › ] Gothamist https://ift.tt/2AyOTqe November 29, 2018 at 06:42PM
The man accused of repeatedly sexually assaulting a woman near Prospect Park earlier this month allegedly told her, "I just got out of jail, don't move or I will kill you." [ more › ] Gothamist https://ift.tt/2TZrmrs November 29, 2018 at 05:33PM
On Wednesday, less than 24 hours after 'ruling out' a presidential bid, Governor Andrew Cuomo traveled to Washington for a lunch meeting with President Donald Trump at the White House. Over shrimp, beef and chocolate cake, the governor tried to convince his political nemesis to contribute the promised federal funding for a desperately needed new rail tunnel under the Hudson River. [ more › ] Gothamist https://ift.tt/2AyOSCG November 29, 2018 at 05:00PM
Consider this your holiday survival call. Manhattan Mini Storage has the solution. [sponsor] [ more › ] Gothamist https://ift.tt/2U3WBl8 November 29, 2018 at 08:00AM
Because everyone should sleep with their dogs, check out today's end-of-day links: GoT reunion, best burger reporting mistake, loud restaurants, Trump perjury, European anti-Semitism, Keith Richards on next year's Stones tour, and a superhero puppy. [ more › ] Gothamist https://ift.tt/2AyOS5E November 29, 2018 at 01:12AM
A Jewish professor's office at Columbia Teachers College was vandalized with anti-Semitic graffiti, including swastikas and an anti-Semitic slur. [ more › ] Gothamist https://ift.tt/2U26AYf November 29, 2018 at 12:59AM
New York City Councilmember Ritchie Torres proposed legislation Wednesday that would require retail establishments to accept cash and forbid them from only accepting credit and debit cards. Retailers and restaurants that do not take physical currency, Torres says, box the unbanked and underbanked—populations that, disproportionately, tend to be non-white —out of the economy. [ more › ] Gothamist https://ift.tt/2AyOQe2 November 29, 2018 at 12:27AM
Spike Lee's 2018 film BlacKkKlansman was widely praised as one of the best of his career. When it was released, columnist Rebecca Carroll wrote that "it moved me as much for its masterful filmmaking as for its essential Spike Lee-ness." With the film still being talked about as we enter awards season, Metrograph has decided to spend a few days celebrating films from across Lee's career—and the man himself will show up for a screening of his latest work. [ more › ] Gothamist https://ift.tt/2TZe6TF November 28, 2018 at 11:50PM
Democratic leaders’ scheme to “ cut the head off the IDC snake ” was not forged in a dark alleyway or an Italian restaurant, but over egg whites. [ more › ] Gothamist https://ift.tt/2AyOO5U November 28, 2018 at 11:34PM
Kurt Vile likes to take his time. He says it's the closest thing he has to a mantra for making music: "You just can't be in a rush," he told Gothamist. "As long as you're hypnotized in some sort of groove or just getting off the pretty notes. All those things, just don't be in a rush. Just be there in the moment." [ more › ] Gothamist https://ift.tt/2TXnRld November 28, 2018 at 10:53PM
For its 5th consecutive year, Miracle —a Christmas-themed pop-up bar—has landed in New York. This year, there are three locations in NYC (and 80 total all over the world), and they've partnered with "notable tiki-connoisseur Jeff 'Beachbum' Berry." (On that note, there is also another Miracle outpost called " Sippin’ Santa at Boilermaker presented by Jeff Beachbum Berry." Pop-ups are confusing!) Anyway, this week we dropped by Miracle on 9th Street in the East Village. [ more › ] Gothamist https://ift.tt/2Az7kem November 28, 2018 at 10:26PM
TIJUANA—Kaji Douša, the Senior Pastor at The Park Avenue Christian Church, stood on a pedestrian bridge over the Tijuana River on Tuesday, overlooking the concrete riverbed where American security forces had lobbed tear gas canisters at Central American migrants just two days before. Douša had come to Tijuana from New York City as part of the “Sanctuary Caravan,” a project aiming to recruit faith leaders to travel to the border to accompany migrants as they face their uphill battle to safely enter the United States and begin the asylum process. [ more › ] Gothamist https://ift.tt/2TZf95L November 28, 2018 at 10:05PM
Complaining about subway fare increases is one of the great New York traditions, right up there with actually riding the subway. But this year is special. [ more › ] Gothamist https://ift.tt/2AF3Y9w November 28, 2018 at 09:00PM
Some people treat their morning rush hour commute as a balletic dance, one in which they try their best not to infringe on other people's space despite the increasingly limited space available on any given train. Other people treat it as a winner-takes-all battlefield, kill or be killed, seat or be unseated. But usually, even when things get verbally heated between passengers, they don't turn into a prolonged stun gun stand-off . [ more › ] Gothamist https://ift.tt/2TYHMQM November 28, 2018 at 08:17PM
Because Trump has Manafort anxiety, check out today's midday links: Jon Stewart interviews Colbert, Ivanka Trump defends email account, Fearless Girl moved, tipping guide, gender reveal wildfire, and pups jump rope. [ more › ] Gothamist https://ift.tt/2AA2jSR November 28, 2018 at 07:50PM
Sanitation Salvage, the embattled private trash hauling company responsible for two deaths and countless safety violations , has surrendered its license and is going out of business. The company announced the decision in a letter sent to the Business Integrity Commission this week, city officials said. [ more › ] Gothamist https://ift.tt/2TYFVLx November 28, 2018 at 07:14PM
Four MTA workers landed in the hospital following a heated altercation between straphangers on Tuesday night, having found themselves in the blast zone when the argument escalated to pepper spray. [ more › ] Gothamist https://ift.tt/2ACjlzs November 28, 2018 at 06:45PM
The handsome Nordic spruce towering over Rockefeller Plaza has stood embarrassingly dim since Santa's helpers raised her on her stand in mid-November. True, she's been trimmed with five festive miles of multi-colored lights and topped with a Swarovski-studded star (personally, I would've preferred to keep the original mantel of disembodied human hands , a plated candle in every floating paw) but she has not truly been allowed to shine. [ more › ] Gothamist https://ift.tt/2AyOLHg November 28, 2018 at 05:03PM
We have this vision of immigrants arriving by ship, seeing the Statue of Liberty and landing at Ellis Island to start their new American lives. But thousands of people never made it that far. Instead, they were detained at Swinburne and Hoffman Islands, two tiny islands in our harbor that were used as quarantine islands from the 1870s until the 1920s. [ more › ] Gothamist https://ift.tt/2TZrlDU November 28, 2018 at 12:00PM