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Trump’s Madison Square Garden event features crude and racist insults

By JILL COLVIN and MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump hosted a rally featuring crude and racist insults at New York's Madison Square Garden, turning what his campaign had dubbed as the event where he would deliver his closing message into an illustration of ...

A look behind the scenes at the National Toy Hall of Fame

By CAROLYN THOMPSON Associated Press ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — When curators at the National Toy Hall of Fame learned last fall that the Fisher-Price Corn Popper had been voted in as part of the class of 2023, they knew they had some serious work to do. With a formal induction ceremony ...

Man charged in NYC subway chokehold death set to stand trial

By PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — To some New Yorkers, he's the white vigilante who choked an innocent Black man to death on the subway. To others, he's the U.S. Marine Corps veteran whose attempt to subdue a mentally ill man ended in tragedy. A Manhattan jury will soon ...

NYC officials envision turning Fifth Avenue into a grand boulevard

By PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Manhattan's famed luxury store row Fifth Avenue is in line for a major makeover. New York City officials unveiled a plan this week to transform a central portion of the thoroughfare between Bryant Park and Central Park into a more ...

A man sentenced to 5 life terms is released after nearly 30 years

By PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A Brooklyn man who served 27 years in prison for robbery and drug charges has been granted early release by the same federal judge who sentenced him to five life terms behind bars, a penalty the judge now says was overly harsh. Walter ...

Family looks for missing Broadway dancer Zelig Williams in South Carolina

By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A family in South Carolina pleaded for help Wednesday in finding Broadway dancer Zelig Williams, whose disappearance nearly two weeks ago has also drawn the concern of the broader theater community, including Hugh ...