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NYC used to produce basketball stars. How former players hope to make it a hotbed again
3 months, 2 weeks ago

NYC used to produce basketball stars. How former players hope to make it a hotbed again

New York Times  

Kemba Walker is an NCAA champion and a four-time NBA All-Star. Griffin Taylor and Jared Effron launched The Program intending to make New York City hoops good enough that up-and-coming players don’t need to leave. From 2020-23, per 247 Sports, there wasn’t a single top-50 recruit from a New York City high school. I don’t know if it was the …

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Moms for Liberty goes to war with New York school over five library books
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Moms for Liberty goes to war with New York school over five library books

The Independent  

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Racist LeBron James poster comparing Lakers star to a monkey is displayed at New York school art show... with investigation underway
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Racist LeBron James poster comparing Lakers star to a monkey is displayed at New York school art show... with investigation underway

Daily Mail  

A racist poster comparing Lebron James to a monkey was somehow allowed to be shown at a New York school art show over the weekend, it has been reported. New Hartford Central School District held its annual K-12 art show for students on Saturday. LeBron James was displayed in a racist poster at a New York school art festival on …

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U.S. Embassy Community celebrates Diwali with festive lights, sweets
1 year, 1 month ago

U.S. Embassy Community celebrates Diwali with festive lights, sweets

The Hindu  

The community of the U.S. Embassy in India celebrated Diwali with U.S. "Join in the festivities as the U.S. Embassy community celebrates #Diwali with festive lights, good cheer, and a grateful heart. Join in the festivities as the U.S. Embassy community celebrates #Diwali with festive lights, good cheer, and a grateful heart. Earlier on Thursday, New York State Senator Kevin …

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NYC Mayor Under Fire For Flat-Footed Response To Historic Rainstorm
1 year, 2 months ago

NYC Mayor Under Fire For Flat-Footed Response To Historic Rainstorm

Huff Post  

NEW YORK, UNITED STATES - SEPTEMBER 29: A general view of a flooded street in Williamsburg, New York, United States on September 29, 2023. “It’s not that bad, but similar to.” ’It Doesn’t Get More Public Safety Than This’ As of 12 p.m. Friday, the FDNY had rescued an unknown number of people from six flooded basements across the city, …

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Review: In his rapturous MoMA retrospective, L.A. artist Ed Ruscha gives New York School art a witty blow
1 year, 3 months ago

Review: In his rapturous MoMA retrospective, L.A. artist Ed Ruscha gives New York School art a witty blow

LA Times  

Ed Ruscha, born in Omaha, Neb., in 1937, grew up in a devoutly Roman Catholic home. Installation view of Ed Ruscha’s Standard gas stations and photo book, “Every Building on the Sunset Strip.” Color is critical. Ruscha’s first “Annie” painting faithfully reproduces the comic strip’s curvy red typography on a big canvas divided into flatly painted rectangular fields of yellow …

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Influx of migrant children tests preparedness of New York schools
1 year, 3 months ago

Influx of migrant children tests preparedness of New York schools

LA Times  

Kimberly Carchipulla wheels a baby stroller as her son, wearing cap, and another boy wait for a bus. “What I want for him is a future,” Kimberly Carchipulla said in Spanish of her son, one of nearly 800,000 New York City public school students who headed off to class Thursday for their first day of the new school year. That …

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After Pennsylvania, This US State is Declaring Diwali as School Holiday for its 2 Lakh Indian Residents
1 year, 6 months ago

After Pennsylvania, This US State is Declaring Diwali as School Holiday for its 2 Lakh Indian Residents

News 18  

After Pennsylvania, New York City has passed a bill to make Diwali a school holiday. The New York State Legislature has cleared the bill last week to make the Indian festival a school holiday in the city. Meanwhile, Congresswoman Graced Meng, a prominent American lawmaker, has also introduced a bill in the US Congress last month to declare Diwali a …

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Death toll in Guyana dormitory fire rises to 20
1 year, 6 months ago

Death toll in Guyana dormitory fire rises to 20

Al Jazeera  

A 14-year-old girl injured in the fire has died in intensive care, as the teenage arson suspect faces murder charges. A 14-year-old girl has succumbed to injuries sustained during a fire at a dormitory in the South American state of Guyana, bringing the disaster’s death toll to 20. Guyana’s Department of Public Information released an update on Tuesday stating that …

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Diwali will be a public school holiday in New York City starting 2023
2 years, 2 months ago

Diwali will be a public school holiday in New York City starting 2023

The Hindu  

Diwali will be a public school holiday in New York City starting 2023 with Mayor Eric Adams saying this sends a message about the significance of the city’s inclusiveness and the “long overdue” step will encourage children to learn about the festival of lights. Adams, joined by New York Assembly Member Jenifer Rajkumar and New York City Schools Chancellor David …

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Sopranos actor Bob LuPone dead at 76
2 years, 3 months ago

Sopranos actor Bob LuPone dead at 76

Daily Mail  

Actor Bob LuPone has died at the age of 76. LuPone, brother of Broadway icon Patti LuPone, died Saturday following a three-year battle with pancreatic cancer, according to Matt Ross Public Relations. The star earned a Tony Award nomination in the original run of A Chorus Line and played Tony Soprano's family physician in The Sopranos. The star earned a …

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Thousands rally in US against gun violence after Uvalde massacre
2 years, 6 months ago

Thousands rally in US against gun violence after Uvalde massacre

Al Jazeera  

Demonstrators protested in cities across the US to demand stricter gun control laws after spate of mass shootings. And its job is to protect us, to protect our children from gun violence.” More than 450 rallies were scheduled, including events in New York, Los Angeles and Chicago, according to March for Our Lives, a gun safety group founded by student …

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【世界说】美国真实确诊数超官方统计30倍！外媒：这是在玩火！
2 years, 6 months ago

【世界说】美国真实确诊数超官方统计30倍！外媒：这是在玩火！

China Daily  

中国日报网6月7日电 据英国《卫报》网站6月1日报道，根据官方数据，美国现正处于第四严重的新冠肺炎病例增长期，但专家认为实际感染率要比报告的高很多。研究人员称，严重的少报漏报破坏了“了解以及赶超病毒”的努力。 英国《卫报》网站报道截图 报道称，美国平均单日新增病例约为9.4万例，并且住院人数自4月份以来也一直在上升。但是，根据美国纽约市针对病例激增的一项早期调查，新冠确诊病例可能被严重低估，实际病例数或比报告的高30倍。 该研究报告的作者之一、纽约市立大学公共卫生学院（City University of New York School of Public Health）著名流行病学教授丹尼斯·纳什（Denis Nash）说：“官方病例统计似乎将真实的感染病例数低估了约30倍，这太令人意外了。” 这项尚未经同行评议或发表的预印研究称，22%的纽约成年人可能在4月23日至5月8日期间感染了新冠。也就是说，纽约市有150万成年人在短短两周时间内患上了新冠，远远高于同期的官方数据。 纳什指出，虽然研究关注的是纽约市，但这些发现或许也适用于美国其他地方。事实上，纽约人可能拥有比美国大多数人更好的检测机会，这就意味着，少报漏报的情况在其他地方更糟糕。“这非常让人担心。在我看来，这就相当于，我们真正了解和赶超病毒的能力被削弱了。”他说。 专家们表示，病例统计上存在的差异也解释了为什么很多美国人没意识到美国正处在一波严重的病例激增之中，即便是那些关注病例统计的人可能也没有意识到新冠病毒现在有多么广泛。 “我们一直都知道存在少报漏报，但我们并不知道少报了多少。”纳什说。然而最近几个月，统计差异似乎越来越大。研究团队在美国第一次出现奥密克戎病例激增后也做了类似的调查，并估计约有180万成年人在1月1日至3月中旬感染了新冠。这一估算数值大约是当时官方病例数的3到4倍，明显低于研究人员现在看到的30倍的差异。 报道称，对于疫情感到疲惫或者或缺乏信息导致一些美国人根本不做病毒检测，即使他们有症状或接触过病毒。哈佛医学院（Harvard Medical School）临床讲师拉腊·吉尔玛努斯（Lara Jirmanus）表示，美国人被告知新冠病毒很温和，并不会影响到生活，也是阻碍人们进行检测的因素之一。 “这就好像我们创造了一项全国性的‘不问不说’新冠政策，是保证新冠病毒迅速传播的完美方式。”吉尔玛努斯说，尤其令人担忧的是，高达60%的病毒传播发生在无症状感染者之间。 专家们指出，缺少真实数据，就更加难以防范新冠病毒。“我们没有处理好新冠疫情，人们因此无法在病例出现激增时决定该做什么。”纳什说。 （编译：高琳琳 编辑：妮思娜） 【责任编辑：高琳琳】

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Trump loses appeal in NY civil probe -- now he'll have to testify under oath
2 years, 6 months ago

Trump loses appeal in NY civil probe -- now he'll have to testify under oath

Raw Story  

A four-judge panel has ruled against former President Donald Trump in his attempt to get out of testifying under oath in a civil lawsuit filed by the New York State Attorney General. Per The Associated Press, the panel upheld Manhattan Judge Arthur Engoron's ruling from earlier this year that enforced the New York AG's subpoena against the twice-impeached former president. …

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NYC teachers protesting mandatory vaccinations chant 'F*** Joe Biden' on Brooklyn Bridge march
3 years, 3 months ago

NYC teachers protesting mandatory vaccinations chant 'F*** Joe Biden' on Brooklyn Bridge march

Daily Mail  

Thousands of people marched across the Brooklyn Bridge chanting ‘F*** Joe Biden’ and then gathered near City Hall to protest vaccine mandates on Monday as Mayor Bill de Blasio’s controversial new policy requiring venues to demand proof of the shot went into effect. The demonstration was a protest against the city's policy requiring public school teachers to get vaccinated by …

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Nation’s largest school district welcomes New York students back to in-person learning
3 years, 3 months ago

Nation’s largest school district welcomes New York students back to in-person learning

CNN  

New York CNN — Students in New York City’s public schools – the nation’s largest school district – were welcomed back to the classroom Monday for full-time, in-person learning, joining school districts across the country confronting a new academic year amid Covid-19. “It’s so good to see all our kids coming back to school in person, where they can learn …

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Elegant dancer, passionate educator Jacques d’Amboise dies
3 years, 7 months ago

Elegant dancer, passionate educator Jacques d’Amboise dies

Associated Press  

Jacques d’Amboise, who combined classical elegance with all-American verve and athleticism to become one of the top male dancers at New York City Ballet, then spent more than four decades providing free dance education to countless youngsters through his National Dance Institute, has died at 86. His exuberant style and dashing looks drew interest in Hollywood, where he appeared in …

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