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Anti-Israel Mamdani wins NYC mayoral primary
New York State Council member Zohran Mamdani won the democratic primaries in the New York City mayoral race after former governor Andrew Cuomo conceded the race. 3 View gallery New York mayoral candidate, State Rep. Zohran Mamdani, after winning...

Hanif, Aviles post early wins in NYC Council primary races; Marte cruising toward victory
As all eyes in New York were on the Democratic mayoral primary, City Council election results started taking shape Tuesday night, with early wins posted in Broooklyn by Councilwoman Shahana Hanif and Councilman Christopher Marte making a strong...
Here are the down-ballot races to watch in the NYC primary
The race for mayor wasn’t the only contest worth watching in New York City on Tuesday. Voters also cast ballots in primary elections for nearly all of the city’s 51 Council seats, as well as Brooklyn, the Bronx and Manhattan borough president...

A look at Zohran Mamdani, frontrunner in the NYC Democratic mayoral primary
Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani is claiming victory after taking a commanding lead in the Democratic primary election for mayor of New York City. The first, unofficial results were released when polls closed on Election Day. In the first round of...

Proud LGBTQ member puts own spin on wine-tasting experience in New York City
CHINATOWN, Manhattan (WABC) -- A local entrepreneur is putting her own flare on the wine industry, co-founding an interactive wine-tasting adventure that combines a bar, an amusement park and a science museum all into one. Tyler Balliet has spent...

Trump administration secretly probing hundreds of scientists from 'countries of concern' like China
The Trump administration has secretly launched an intensive vetting process for hundreds of foreign scientists brought into the United States from "countries of concern" like China, using visas procured with the help of the National Institutes of...

Morning news wrap: Axiom-4 with India’s Shubhanshu Shukla to launch today, Indian-origin Zohran Mamdani wins NYC mayoral primary. And more
A new US intelligence report has cast doubt on President Trump’s claims that Operation Midnight Hammer destroyed Iran’s nuclear programme, suggesting Tehran could resume its nuclear capabilities within months. The US President rejected the report...

"He has to know how to love himself" — Next Gen NYC star Ava's father, Damon Dash, comments on Charlie
Next Gen NYC season 1 returned with a new episode on June 24, 2025. Titled Apology Not Included, it saw the cast members dealing with Charlie's fallout with Riley in the previous episode. In one of the segments of the episode, Ava, who had stood...

New York City's Power Is Going Down Amid Brutal Heatwave
"Like an air fryer, it's going to be hot." America Unplugged While a gigantic heat dome parks itself like an unwelcome guest over a major swath of the United States, residents of the ultra-dense metropolis of New York City are the perfect example...

A power outage and family tragedy didn’t stop this Staten Island councilmember from winning her NYC primary
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — A West Brighton blackout and personal tragedy were no match for the North Shore City councilmember’s re-election effort Tuesday night. Under the headlights of a staffer’s car following power outages in the area, Councilmember...

New York State Now Puts Half Its Homeless in Hotels
Jasmine Stradford sat on her porch near Binghamton, N.Y., with toys, furniture, garbage bags full of clothing and other possessions piled up around her. She and her partner were being evicted after falling behind on rent. So last June, they and...

Andy Konwinski, co-founder of Databricks and Perplexity AI, launches $100M research institute focused on beneficial AI
Databricks Inc. co-founder and Apache Spark creator Andy Konwinski this week announced the creation of a new artificial intelligence research institute called Laude that’s backed with $100 million of his own cash. The computer scientist said in a...

The cloud contraction conundrum: Earthâs unsettled science
Study reveals shrinking cloud cover, not CO2 alone, drives 80 percent of recent solar heating. Satellite data shows storm-cloud zones have been contracting 1.5 to 3 percent annually since 2000. Declines in shipping pollution and natural cycles may...

New York AG Letitia James Wins Lawsuit Over Trump’s Medical Funding Cuts, Which Judge Called ‘Government Racial Discrimination’
Source: Spencer Platt / Getty New York Attorney General Letitia James announced Monday that she has, once again, landed a victory in the courtroom against the Trump administration. In early April, James announced via press release that she had...

New York spending on hotels for homeless has more than tripled in recent years.
By Spencer Norria | New York Focus This story originally appeared in New York Focus, a nonprofit news publication investigating power in New York. Sign up for their newsletter here. It was produced in partnership with ProPublica’s Local Reporting...

In New York, the Women Behind the Lens Step Into the Frame
Alice Austen, Group on Petria, Lake Mahopac, August 9, 1888; albumen silver print from glass negative, 6 × 8 1/8 in. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, William L. Schaeffer Collection, Promised Gift of Jennifer and Philip Maritz, in celebration of...

Will a (Democratic) Socialist Win New York? The Zohran Mamdani Phenomenon
As Democrats in New York head to the polls today to elect their party’s pick for the November mayoral election, one name stands out: Zohran Mamdani. The 33-year-old, who has served as the Assembly Member for Queens in the New York State Assembly,...
We have a Weiner? Here are the down-ballot races to watch in the NYC primary
The race for mayor isn’t the only contest worth watching in New York City on Tuesday. Voters also cast ballots in primary elections for nearly all of the city’s 51 Council seats, as well as borough president in Brooklyn, the Bronx and Manhattan....

FBI Reveals The Most Dangerous City In America, And It's Not New York
For years, many have assumed that New York City, the largest U.S. city by population, is also the most dangerous. Its size and frequent appearance on the national news have given it a reputation as a place with frequent crime. However, recent data...

New York’s nuclear comeback: State pushes for 1 GW power plant after decades
The Governor of New York has proposed the construction of the state’s first zero-emission nuclear power plant. The Governor has directed the New York Power Authority to develop a new nuclear facility in upstate New York, which could help the state...