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The Golden Globes kick off award season
By JAKE COYLE AP Film WriterTwo wildly audacious films — Brady Corbet’s 215-minute postwar epic “The Brutalist” and Jacques Audiard’s Spanish language, genre-shifting trans musical “Emilia Perez” — won top honors at the 82nd Golden Globes on Sunday.The Globes, which are still finding their footing after years of scandal and makeover, scattered awards around to…
Some flags at Nassau buildings have not been at half-staff in honor of President Carter
Some U.S. flags at Nassau county buildings have not been at half-staff in honor of President Carter. Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman released a statement on Sunday saying the flags in Nassau County will be at half-staff for President Carter from the commencement of Lying in State on January 7th through burial on January 9th.…
Driving into Manhattan? That’ll cost you, as new congestion toll starts Sunday
NEW YORK (AP) — New York’s new toll for drivers entering the center of Manhattan debuted Sunday, meaning many people will pay $9 to access the busiest part of the Big Apple during peak hours.The toll, known as congestion pricing, is meant to reduce traffic gridlock in the densely packed city while also raising money…
Two of the victims in New Orleans were from Long Island
Two of the victims who were killed in the New Orleans truck attack during a New Year’s celebration were from Long Island. 25-year-old Matthew Tenedorio was born in Mineola and grew up on Long Island before moving to Louisiana was among the at least 15 victims. Billy DiMaio who was also 25, grew up in…
US stock markets to remain closed in honor of Jimmy Carter on National Day of Mourning
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stock markets will remain closed on Jan. 9 in honor of former President Jimmy Carter, continuing a long-held Wall Street tradition in mourning the nation’s leaders.Both the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq announced this week that they plan to close their equity and options markets next Thursday in observance…
While MSG Stalls and Refuses to Give Fans a Financial Break – Optimum Has Ways for Customers to Watch the Knicks, Islanders, Devils, and Rangers
NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)Optimum issues the following statement about customer friendly options available to customers:” At Optimum, we have a clear mission: to provide the programming that our customers want and give it to them at an affordable price. The problem: MSG Networks demanded that customers who don’t watch their content – who are the majority…
Visiting the Big Apple? Prepare to pay more if you drive to busiest part of Manhattan
NEW YORK (AP) — New York’s much-debated plan to charge drivers to enter the center of Manhattan is set to take effect Sunday, following years of bureaucratic and legal roadblocks.The goals of what is known as “congestion pricing” are to reduce gridlock and pollution and raise revenue for public transit. Gov. Kathy Hochul said this…
Trump says he is planning to attend Jimmy Carter’s funeral
PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump said Tuesday that he’s planning to attend the funeral of former President Jimmy Carter.Asked about it as he walked into a New Year’s Eve party at his Mar-a-Lago club in Florida, Trump responded, “I’ll be there.” Pressed on whether he’d spoken to members of Carter’s family, Trump…
Flu cases up on Long Island
New York State health officials are urging people to get a flu shot due to a dramatic increase in flu cases state wide and on Long Island in recent weeks. Nassau County saw an 87% jump in confirmed cases the week before Christmas for a total of 4,348 cases this flu season. Suffolk County saw…
MTA service for New Year’s 2025
Here’s what you need to know about subway, bus, LIRR, and Metro-North service for the New Year’s holiday. MTA Holiday travel tips Long Island Rail Road On Tuesday, December 31, the LIRR will run on a regular weekday schedule. Additional trains will run on the Babylon, Montauk, Ronkonkoma, Port Jefferson, and Port Washington branches to…
An appeals court upholds a $5 million award in a sexual abuse verdict against President-elect Trump
NEW YORK (AP) — A federal appeals court on Monday upheld a jury’s finding in a civil case that Donald Trump sexually abused a columnist in an upscale department store dressing room in the mid-1990s.The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals issued a written opinion upholding the $5 million award that the Manhattan jury granted…
Linda Lavin, Tony-winning Broadway actress who starred in the sitcom ‘Alice,’ dies at 87
NEW YORK (AP) — Linda Lavin, a Tony Award-winning stage actress who became a working class icon as a paper-hat wearing waitress on the TV sitcom “Alice,” has died. She was 87.Lavin died in Los Angeles on Sunday of complications from recently discovered lung cancer, her representative, Bill Veloric, told The Associated Press in an…