Mayor Bill de Blasio said Sunday that he believes it will take more than 20 months to fully rebuild New York City and announces different councils that will focus on reopening the Big Apple.

NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio and his wife Chirlane McCray were heckled as they strolled through Brooklyn's Prospect Park on Saturday, criticized for traveling to Brooklyn for a walk.

NYC Mayor De Blasio personally showed up at an Orthodox Jewish funeral in Williamsburg Tuesday and threatened mourners with arrest for ignoring social distancing.

The NYC Mayor showed up at an Orthodox Jewish funeral in Williamsburg Tuesday and threatened mourners with arrest for ignoring social distancing. His actions were widely condemned.

New York City mayor Bill de Blasio has apologized for singling out 'Jewish community' after Hasidic funeral of Rabbi Chaim Maertz saw thousands gather in Williamsburg NYC Tuesday night.

Chaos broke out between law enforcement and mourners at the Orthodox Jewish funeral of Rabbi Cheskel Wagshel in Borough Park Thursday.

Naomi Davis, known as Taza on Instagram, left NYC for Arizona in March, despite recommendations not to travel. Her first sponsored post since then was flooded with criticism and deleted

The subway is to shutdown between 1am and 5am from Wednesday onwards. The aim is to ensure subway cars and stations are disinfected but homeless people could be at an even greater risk.

NYC Mayor Bill De Blasio unveiled the controversial scheme on Saturday, urging New Yorkers to text 311 to report anyone violating the state's social distancing rules or stay-at-home orders

The city is on lockdown along with the rest of the state until May 15 at least, after which point is must meet seven requirements set out by Gov. Andrew Cuomo before it can reopen.

Leading Jewish civil rights group The Lawfare Project has filed a freedom of information request against the NYPD and Mayor Bill de Blasio regarding a Jewish funeral on April 28.

Red, white and blue planes belonging to the airline flew low over The Big Apple on Thursday evening.

Eleven players in the Premier League failed drugs tests over the past three years but were allowed to play on. The FA accepted the reasons given by players for taking the substances.

Australian swimmer Shayna Jack, 20, could escape severe punishment for a failed doping test by using a loophole that saw a Japanese swimmer's ban cut in half.

Mark Dry, 32, had appealed successfully to a sports resolution panel against the ban for lying about why he was not at the address provided in his whereabouts information in October 2018.

Adam Peaty hit out at 'fool' Sun Yang for 'disrespecting' swimming after China's three-time Olympic champion was banned for eight years for missing a doping test.

England midfielder Henderson has been out since injuring a hamstring in the first leg three weeks ago but trained on Sunday and Monday and is available to take his place in the Liverpool squad.

Jurgen Klopp has admitted it was difficult to prepare for Liverpool's second leg Champions League clash with Atletico Madrid as the coronavirus pandemic was taking hold of the Spanish capital.

The wait was supposed to be over weeks ago but with football and life in general on hold due to coronavirus, it is now 30 years to the day since Liverpool last won the English top flight.

Chris Christie attacked Texas Senator Ted Cruz for voting against a $50 billion Hurricane Sandy relief package, saying he used 'reprehensible lies' to defend voting against a bill for 'political gain'.

Jessica Morales Rocketto was filmed confronting Senator Ted Cruz Friday asks the Texas Senator, asking if he will listen to sexual assault survivors and vote no to confirm Brett Kavanaugh.

Ilhan Omar deleted a tweet claiming a merit-based immigration system would disadvantage Latino migrants after Texas Senator Ted Cruz called her out for prejudice against Hispanics.

Kaepernick had shared a video montage of depictions of slavery and modern-day videos of police brutality on Twitter but Cruz claimed they lacked context and he interjected to add it.

Cruz joins Senator Lindsey Graham in saying that if the Senate votes to call witnesses, reciprocity rules should apply. That means a witness from the defense is matched for every one from the prosecution.

Donald Trump struck back at Barack Obama's condemnation of rhetoric he's used, arguing he's the 'least racist person,' and used an edited quote from a 'Fox & Friends' host to back up his point.  

President Donald Trump lashed out at former President Barack Obama for claiming that he's responsible for creating legislation that caused economic booms in both of their administrations.

London Mayor Sadiq Khan underlined his credentials as a 'proud feminist' as he spoke at a Women of the World event yesterday.

The approach is meant to reduce contact between the driver and their passengers, but critics - including the families of Transport for London workers - insisted it did not go far enough.

MIKE DICKSON AT ROLAND GARROS: It is a tale of the unexpected that the grass court season begins with a British singles player still otherwise occupied at the French Open.

MIKE DICKSON AT ROLAND GARROS: Barely two months ago, Jo Konta was in the bowels of the Miami Dolphins stadium, desolate after being routed by Chinese player Qiang Wang.

The seven-year-old left fans on court Simonne Mathieu, Mahut and even Argentine opponent Mayer in floods of tears after running on to the court console his emotional father.

MIKE DICKSON AT ROLAND GARROS: It seems incredible that seven years have passed since the trio who have dominated modern men's tennis have been together in the last four of a Slam.

NATHAN SALT IN PARIS: Those who rose early from their beds to head to the Tennis Longchamp courts, in the shadows of Roland Garros, what they saw was a very raw showing from Sportsmail.

Australian golfing coach Garry Kissick took to Instagram to congratulate his girlfriend Ash Barty for defeating Markéta Vondroušová in two sets in the French Open final.

After the highs of reaching the French Open semi-finals earlier this month, Jo Konta was brought back down to earth with a second round exit at the Nature Valley Classic in Birmingham.

World No 2 Rafael Nadal has entered next week's Aspall Tennis Classic in Hurlingham to get some grass court play under his belt ahead of next month's Wimbledon Championships.

Australian star Ash Barty is just two wins away from becoming world number one after she defeated Venus Williams to reach the semi-finals of the Birmingham Classic. 

When Serena Williams returned to the women's tour early last spring the mission was simple: to win a 24th Grand Slam and to do so as a proud parent.

AOC's glib, sneering tweet struck me as particularly inappropriate given that she is herself arguably the least 'qualified' member of the House of Representatives in US political history.

President Trump was said to have made remarks about Justin Trudeau and Emmanuel Macron to more than a dozen United Nations ambassadors in a closed-doors meeting at the White House.

The Brexit Party leader hammered the PM after his comments during a visit to Dublin to see Taoiseach Leo Varadkar, having earlier said: 'Let's work together, let's get Brexit done.'

Paul Vinter, 47, of south London, claims people 'shake their fists at him' when he is out in his 1979 Mercedes 450 SLC because of its BRX541T number plate.

Nigel Farage took to the stage at the event in Westminster this evening and savaged the deal the PM managed to agree with Brussels on Thursday, saying 'this is not what we voted for.'

Under the proposal, the Tories would have put up 'paper candidates' in dozens of Labour strongholds and done little campaigning in an attempt to give the Brexit Party a free run.

Frankly, I can think of few more pleasing things to do than batter Alastair Campbell to a pulp for the delectation of the British public. But my sons weren't so keen

Parliament vice-president Mairead McGuinness switched off Mr Farage's microphone as he was finishing his address as she told the party's MEPs to 'put your flags away, you are leaving'.

The high-octane event was watched on by several celebrities, including Leonardo DiCaprio and Tyson's brother Tommy Fury and his girlfriend Molly-Mae Hague.

Atletico Madrid will need to overcome the absence of Diego Costa in the decisive Copa del Rey match against Sevilla on Tuesday. He suffered a muscle injury in Saturday's 1-1 draw with Girona.

Diego Costa showed no frustration or petulance as he trained with his Atletico Madrid team-mates in the knowledge that he has been left out of Sunday's squad to face Las Palmas.

The pair traded barbs during Costa's stand-off, in which he accused the club of treating him like a 'criminal', before he compelted his return to Atletico Madrid.