rt Vanessa Bryant files legal claim over images from Kobe Bryant chopper crash: report By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 19:24:25 +0000 The claim seeks damages in connection with the release of cellphone pictures taken by Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputies at the scene of the Jan. 26 tragedy in Calabasas. Full Article
rt No burglaries were reported in neighborhood where Ahmaud Arbery was killed, contradicting suspects’ claim: report By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 20:06:44 +0000 An already-unlikely motive in the Ahmaud Arbery murder case became even more suspicious on Friday. The two Georgia men who were caught on video shooting the unarmed jogger to death in February claim they were chasing a suspect behind a series of burglaries in the area. But a local police official said the last break-in the neighborhood was reported nearly two months before the shooting. Full Article
rt Disney Springs in Orlando starting phased reopening after coronavirus closures By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 20:59:40 +0000 Disney World is beginning to spring into action. Disney Springs, the company’s outdoor dining, shopping and entertainment complex near its Florida theme parks, is set to begin a phased reopening on May 20 following closures to reduce the spread of coronavirus. Full Article
rt EU court hits back at German ruling on ECB support By www.rte.ie Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 18:05:04 +0000 The European Union's top court has said it alone has the power to decide whether EU bodies are breaching the bloc's rules, in a rebuke to Germany's highest court, which this week rejected its judgment approving the ECB's trillion-euro bond purchases. Full Article Business
rt Bring on the e-scooters: A Bird executive explains how New York City can smartly and safely welcome the micromobility devices By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 20:08:58 +0000 Electric scooters are coming to New York and, with a little planning and preparation, they can safely thrive here. To understand how, it helps to start with some context. Full Article
rt Vanessa Bryant files legal claim over images from Kobe Bryant chopper crash: report By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 19:24:25 +0000 The claim seeks damages in connection with the release of cellphone pictures taken by Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputies at the scene of the Jan. 26 tragedy in Calabasas. Full Article
rt Supertall residential building will enter crowded NYC market By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Wed, 18 Sep 2019 18:30:39 +0000 A New York City condominium tower will be the world’s tallest predominantly residential building when it opens next year, though it will be competing with other ultra-luxury buildings for billionaire buyers, the building’s developer said Tuesday. Full Article
rt Storm-damaged Bahamas properties hot as investors chase bargains By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Fri, 20 Sep 2019 23:01:42 +0000 After Hurricane Dorian savaged the northern islands of the Bahamas, damaged properties loom as a target for real estate speculators. Full Article
rt Scientologists buy dozens of properties in Florida city, newspaper reports By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Wed, 23 Oct 2019 15:15:36 +0000 In a report published Sunday, the Tampa Bay Times said that it discovered the extent of Scientology property purchases by reviewing more than 1,000 deeds and business records and then interviewed more than 90 people to reconstruct the circumstances surrounding the transactions. Full Article
rt Kim orders South’s buildings at resort in North be destroyed By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Wed, 23 Oct 2019 15:59:12 +0000 North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ordered the destruction of South Korean-made hotels and other tourist facilities at the North’s Diamond Mountain resort, apparently because Seoul won’t defy international sanctions and resume South Korean tours at the site. Full Article
rt Patriots QB Tom Brady reportedly buying $9M Greenwich estate By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Mon, 04 Nov 2019 16:19:10 +0000 New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady and his wife, Gisele Bundchen, reportedly have wrapped up their house hunting in Greenwich, settling on a seven-bedroom, nearly 15,000-square-foot estate. Full Article
rt Jersey City voters pass limits on Airbnb, short-term rentals By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Wed, 06 Nov 2019 16:31:58 +0000 Airbnb was dealt another setback in one of its most important markets Tuesday as voters in a New Jersey city just a few minutes by train from the tourist sights of Manhattan approved restrictions on short-term rental companies in a hard-fought referendum. Full Article
rt Grove Resort and Water Park completes 3rd tower in 878-room complex By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Wed, 13 Nov 2019 21:17:40 +0000 The Grove Resort and Water Park fishes three-year journey to complete three-building complex's construction. Full Article
rt Artwork as a selling tool: Condos seek sales boost from paintings and sculptures By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Fri, 20 Dec 2019 22:42:02 +0000 Facing signs of a slowdown in South Florida real estate sales, developers are increasingly incorporating art into their sales pitches to sell multimillion-dollar single family homes and oceanfront condo towers. Here's a look at how it works. Full Article
rt Paint job makes $500,000 Florida home look like cartoon By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Mon, 27 Jan 2020 09:45:54 +0000 The home was painted in large patches of extremely bright primary colors with random splatters throughout. The home in the Il Regalo Circle Community in Naples resembles a pre-school play toy or cartoon home. Full Article
rt ‘They slap lipstick on a pig’: What Chicago real estate experts think of the HGTV effect and ‘Windy City Rehab’ woes By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Wed, 12 Feb 2020 11:00:40 +0000 Chicago real estate experts bust myths portrayed by home improvement shows, from actors subbing in as buyers to unrealistically low renovation costs. Full Article
rt Former quarterback Michael Vick lists South Florida home | Photos By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Thu, 20 Feb 2020 11:00:29 +0000 Former NFL quarterback Michael Vick is selling his Plantation home, listed at $2.399 million. Full Article
rt Smart Moves: Tips to avoid being house-poor By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Thu, 05 Mar 2020 11:00:18 +0000 Demand for first-time homeownership is surging as many late-blooming millennials are finally seeking to settle down. But in some ways, their timing couldn’t be worse. That’s because entry-level homes are in severely short supply, and prices are still ascending. Full Article
rt Real estate deals tap technology for virtual tours, closings | Photos By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Thu, 02 Apr 2020 10:00:00 +0000 Thanks to virtual tours, online mortgage applications, remote notarization and tech tools like Facetime, real estate agents in South Florida are still conducting business these days. Full Article
rt Canceled open houses and virtual home tours. Realtors pivot amid pandemic to keep selling homes By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Mon, 06 Apr 2020 13:00:00 +0000 Locally, the housing market got off to a great start at the beginning of the year, and all signs seemed to point to a bright spring season. And then the coronavirus struck. Full Article
rt Virtual tours? A buyers’ market later? How coronavirus is affecting South Florida real estate. By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Thu, 23 Apr 2020 22:36:22 +0000 A look at how real estate in South Florida has been affected by the coronavirus pandemic, from virtual tours and technology playing larger in the home-buying process to how the market is expected to react. Full Article
rt Happy 85th birthday to Jack Charlton By www.rte.ie Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 09:24:50 +0000 On the occasion of Jack Charlton's 85th birthday, we have dug out a special message to the legendary manager, recorded by Ardal O'Hanlon and the late Dermot Morgan for a special tribute edition of Kenny Live Full Article Soccer
rt Rangers' Robertson an isolated figure in SPFL row By www.rte.ie Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 14:33:37 +0000 Rangers managing director Stewart Robertson has been accused of making "baseless, damaging and self-serving attacks" by his fellow Scottish Professional Football League board members. Full Article Soccer
rt Gambino capo, 10 cohorts picked up on federal racketeering conspiracy, loansharking, bribery charges By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Thu, 05 Dec 2019 21:06:27 +0000 Veteran captain Andrew Campos, 50, was arrested only months after a search warrant uncovered multiple photos of the mobster and co-defendant Richard Martino making prison visits to imprisoned Mafioso Frank LoCascio, once the underboss to the infamous “Dapper Don” Gotti. Full Article
rt South Brooklynites are fed up with spotty R and D train service: report By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Thu, 12 Dec 2019 23:58:15 +0000 The survey of more than 700 people in Sen. Andrew Gounardes’ district — which stretches from Bay Ridge to Manhattan Beach — found that half of those who take the subway to work need to transfer at least once during their commutes. Full Article
rt Former Mexican security chief linked to Sinaloa Cartel held without bail by Brooklyn federal judge on multi-million dollar bribery charge By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Fri, 03 Jan 2020 22:14:35 +0000 Garcia Luna, accused of turning a blind eye toward murderous drug overlord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman while serving as Mexico’s secretary of public security from 2006-12, arrived in Brooklyn Federal Court with his attorney for a Friday afternoon hearing. Full Article
rt Man dies trying to douse fire in bedroom of his Brooklyn apartment By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Sat, 04 Jan 2020 23:28:29 +0000 Sometime after 911 was called, the 63-year-old victim — whose name has not been released — went into his bedroom to put out the fire. He soon passed out amid the smoke and flames, officials said. Responding firefighters and EMTs pulled him out of the apartment. "He was badly burned," said a neighbor. Full Article
rt Poly Prep tennis coach accused of sexual abuse by second former student in new Brooklyn court filing By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Wed, 19 Feb 2020 21:38:29 +0000 The plaintiff, a former high school cheerleader identified only by the pseudonym “Mary Coe,” was in her first year at the school when defendant William Martire allegedly initially forced her to perform oral sex on him in the early 1980s, according to a horrifying 18-page Brooklyn Supreme Court filing. Full Article
rt Brooklyn man whose murder conviction was overturned will be retried for 1992 killing By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Fri, 06 Mar 2020 23:09:26 +0000 Emmanuelle Cooper, 54, spent 27 years in prison for the 1992 murder of MTA employee Andres Barretto, who was fatally shot in an East New York subway station after two men forced their way into a booth and robbed the token clerks inside. Full Article
rt Brooklyn Supreme Court worker tests positive for coronavirus, officials say courthouse will remain open By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Fri, 13 Mar 2020 16:21:15 +0000 The employee, who works at 320 Jay St. in Downtown Brooklyn, tested positive for the illness Thursday night, prompting the Vera Institute to tell a majority of their employees to work from home. Full Article
rt Brooklyn judge, three others test positive for coronavirus in borough’s courts: officials By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Fri, 20 Mar 2020 20:29:29 +0000 The judge, whose name was not released, was last in the courthouse on Mar. 12, officials said. Full Article
rt Social distancing to prevent coronavirus spread isn’t happening in NYC courts By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Mon, 23 Mar 2020 11:00:00 +0000 While an increasing number of criminal suspects are being arraigned by video to prevent the spread of coronavirus, defendants’ families often sit on crowded courthouse benches waiting for their relatives’ arraignments. Full Article
rt No coronavirus release for former Mexican top cop Garcia Luna, accused of taking millions in bribes from cartels By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Tue, 31 Mar 2020 17:21:49 +0000 A Brooklyn federal magistrate denied Genaro Garcia Luna release from prison due to coronavirus, saying he was a flight risk. Full Article
rt Gone too fast, too young: Brooklyn dad of 2-year-old boy dies at home from likely coronavirus despite family’s desperate efforts to save him By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Wed, 08 Apr 2020 03:45:00 +0000 The last thing Jorge Cruz ever did was ask for a cup of hot tea. By the time it was cool enough for a sip, he was dead -- apparently from coronavirus. Full Article
rt Family of Brooklyn artist found dead in apartment fire believe he died before the blaze By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Fri, 10 Apr 2020 16:22:01 +0000 Wilfredo Cervantes, 52, an artist and poet from Puerto Rico, was found dead inside his second-floor apartment on Jefferson Ave. near Ralph Ave. in Bedford-Stuyvesant on Wednesday evening. Full Article
rt ‘It’s as bad as you think’: Public defense attorney reports seeing inmates in Brooklyn federal jail ‘begging’ for medical care, guards without protection By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Fri, 24 Apr 2020 19:48:56 +0000 When Deirdre Von Dornum and the others arrived at the Metropolitan Detention Center, a federal Bureau of Prisons staffer wearing no gloves or mask greeted them in the lobby, according to the email. Full Article
rt Resilient New Yorkers share messages of hope and support across the city as the war against coronavirus stretches on By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Sun, 26 Apr 2020 02:00:00 +0000 New Yorkers leave messages of hope through the coronavirus pandemic. Full Article
rt Edith Wharton By encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com Published On :: Thu, 7 May 2020 05:00:00 GMT I have never known a novel that was good enough to be good in spite of its being adapted to the author's political views. Full Article
rt New report finds work-based learning gap in city schools By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Sun, 19 Jan 2020 05:01:15 +0000 The sophomore at H.E.R.O. High School in the Bronx, who dreams of being a pediatrician, spends her Saturdays learning from medical professionals and has been working closely with her school’s internships coordinator since the beginning of the school year to land a paid summer job working with kids. Full Article
rt Teachers unions protest state education funding shortfalls at NYC schools By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Sat, 25 Jan 2020 01:08:04 +0000 For years, state officials have declined to fully fund the Foundation Aid Formula designed to dole out money to New York school districts based on need. Full Article
rt NYC Education Dept. due for shortage of more than 1,000 seats for preschoolers with disabilities: analysis By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Thu, 30 Jan 2020 10:00:20 +0000 Advocates have long protested the lack of special education pre-K classes for 3- and 4-year-olds, which is federally mandated, even as the city invests millions in universal pre-K. Full Article
rt NYC parents of special needs students file class action suit over special education court delays By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Mon, 10 Feb 2020 23:08:57 +0000 The special education courts are designed to protect the legal rights of those children, but the city’s system is so overburdened that vulnerable students wait months or years for help getting critical support, according to the legal complaint. Full Article
rt NYC lawyers push back on state proposal to lower qualifications for special education judges amid shortage By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Fri, 14 Feb 2020 17:23:19 +0000 New York City currently has fewer than 70 special education judges — called impartial hearing officers — to handle the thousands of complaints that special education students lodge every year against the city school system, resulting in more than 10,000 still-open cases. Full Article
rt Progressive South Bronx charter school facing closure fights for survival By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Mon, 17 Feb 2020 09:00:37 +0000 Teachers, parents, and supporters of Heketi Community Charter School in Mott Haven are fighting back, arguing that the school met its goals for academic growth. Full Article
rt Agencies urge Gov. Cuomo to boost funding for special education preschool amid shortage By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Wed, 19 Feb 2020 00:21:14 +0000 Advocates predict up to 2,000 city youngsters with disabilities may be unable to find an appropriate preschool this spring because of financial constraints that make it harder to hire and maintain teachers for special needs programs. Full Article
rt Poly Prep tennis coach accused of sexual abuse by second former student in new Brooklyn court filing By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Wed, 19 Feb 2020 21:38:29 +0000 The plaintiff, a former high school cheerleader identified only by the pseudonym “Mary Coe,” was in her first year at the school when defendant William Martire allegedly initially forced her to perform oral sex on him in the early 1980s, according to a horrifying 18-page Brooklyn Supreme Court filing. Full Article
rt NYC starts voter registration push for 16- and 17-year-olds By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Mon, 02 Mar 2020 22:41:30 +0000 A new state law allows teens to register as soon as they turn 16, and city officials are holding voter registration drives at city high schools and colleges this week to spread the word. Full Article
rt Harlem charter school principal arrested for assaulting 7-year-old boy By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Fri, 06 Mar 2020 09:00:47 +0000 Jason Epting, 43, the principal of Harlem Hebrew Language Academy, left the boy gushing blood from his forehead and concussed during a January encounter Epting first tried to brush off as an accident, the boy’s horrified mother told the Daily News. Full Article
rt Advocates, public health experts urge NYC officials to begin ‘social distancing’ measures in response to coronavirus By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Mon, 09 Mar 2020 22:32:32 +0000 In a letter, the group noted that past pandemics show large-scale social restrictions that keep people physically separated can make the most difference if done before the illness becomes widespread. Full Article
rt Possible coronavirus closure prompts Queens charter school to buy bulk food for students By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Wed, 11 Mar 2020 15:50:31 +0000 VOICE Charter School in Long Island City — where 80% of students are low-income — is distributing bags full of pasta, rice and beans, granola bars and other non-perishables to hundreds of families Wednesday afternoon in case the school is eventually forced to close and kids miss out on school meals. Full Article