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The New York Times Best Books of the 21st Century is Moving Units
Welcome to Today in Books, our daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more. The New York Times Best Books of the 21st Century is Moving Units. I have gotten emails from booksellers and librarians (and regular book buyers and borrowers too) that The...
Gas leaks cost US fire departments more than half a billion dollars each year, finds study
Responding to gas leaks cost U.S. fire departments over $564 million in 2018, according to a new study published in Energy Policy. The study, led by PSE Healthy Energy, is the first to estimate the financial burden placed on first responders by gas leaks. In 2018, New York City experienced 22,090 gas leak incidents—more than the next 25 cities combined—conservatively costing the city $70 million.
Wife of Yankees’ executive Omar Minaya found dead in their home
The wife of a senior executive for the New York Yankees was found dead inside their New Jersey home on Saturday.A source told The New York Post that Rachel Minaya – who is married to Omar Minaya, a senior advisor for baseball operations at the Yankees – had died at the age of 55.Her husband, 65, was not home at the time of her death, the Post reported.The details surrounding her death remain unclear but the source said that suicide has been ruled out as a cause of death.The couple met at a hair salon in Manhattan in 1989 and...
Madonna’s Son Reveals ‘Scavenging’ Lifestyle After Moving Out of Her Luxe New York Crib
Madonna’s son, David Banda, is getting a taste of how the other half lives. He revealed on social media that he’s “scavenging” for food since moving out of his mom’s New York City luxury crib. According to Page Six, the nepo baby wants to learn how to make it independently. “It’s lovely to experience it being nine o’clock at night, me being hungry and realizing that I don’t have enough money to get food and scavenging,” he said on Instagram Live. “It’s fun to be young.” The 18-year-old lives in the Bronx and pays his way by teaching guitar lessons. However,...
Go Inside Alamo Drafthouse’s ‘Kim’s Video Collection’ With the Blank Check Podcast [Exclusive]
The Kim's Video Collection web series takes viewers on a nostalgic trip through '90s film treasures. Each episode explores the importance of video rental stores in shaping young cinema buffs like the Blank Check podcast hosts. Previous guests like Chloë Sevigny and Paul Dano share their favorite films from Kim's...
Lambrini Girls, Ekko Astral & Pons played The Sultan Room (pics)
Brighton, UK punks Lambrini Girls are on tour with Amyl and the Sniffers‘ now, and while in they were in the NYC-area for Amyl’s Jersey City show on Saturday, they stopped in Brooklyn for a headlining show at The Sultan Room on Friday night (7/19). Vocalist and guitarist Phoebe Lunny wasted no time in hopping offstage and riling up the crowd, and they were met with roars of approval as they led everyone in call-and-response shoutalongs to free Palestine, fuck TERFS, fuck Trump, fuck Biden, and fuck the police. Their set was a whole lot of fun in addition to being staunchly political, even working in a limbo competition.
AHLA Reacts to Controversial New York City Hotel License Law
A new hotel licensing law introduced on July 18, 2024, in New York City is being called “disruptive” by the American Hotel & Lodging Association today. The bill, introduced last week in the New York City Council, would require hotels to obtain additional licenses to operate. Under the...
CozyMAX To Defend MLW Tag Team Titles Against CONTRA Unit At MLW Summer Of The Beasts
CozyMAX will defend the gold at MLW Summer of the Beasts. Major League Wrestling announced that CozyMAX (Satoshi Kojima and Okumura) will defend the MLW World Tag Team Championship against CONTRA Unit (Minoru Suzuki and Ikuro Kwon) at MLW Summer of the Beasts on August 29th. From MLW:. MLW today...
Travis Scott announces one-off North American stadium show, additional international dates
The record-breaking tour will return to the northeast this fall. Internationally acclaimed superstar Travis Scott has announced he is bringing his Circus Maximus Tour to Latin America, Australia, and New Zealand this fall with stadium shows in Buenos Aires, Rio De Janeiro, Mexico City, Sydney, Melbourne, Auckland and more. Additionally, he will be returning to North America for a special one-night-only stadium show in East Rutherford, New Jersey at MetLife Stadium on Wednesday, October 9th.
Mets Eagerly Await for Top Pitcher’s Return to the Rotation
The New York Mets will see the return of their top pitcher this week. All signs point to Kodai Senga to make his season debut Friday against the Atlanta Braves. “Everything is trending in the right direction,” manager Carlos Mendoza said after Sunday’s loss to the Miami Marlins.
Weber Shandwick Portal Helps Women Secure Digital Privacy
NEW YORK — While counseling clients in the wake of the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision, Weber Shandwick leaders believed the agency should take its own initiative in addressing the 2022 ruling, which took away women’s constitutional right to an abortion. Led by the late Angela Mears, who...
Robber Robber release new song, announce tour including NYC show w/ This is Lorelei
Burlington, VT band Robber Robber‘s debut album Wild Guess is out this week, and they’ve just announced a North American tour in support. Stops include Boston, DC, Raleigh (Hopscotch Fest), Philly, Cleveland, Chicago, NYC (Baby’s All Right on August 11 with Pet Fox and a solo set by This is Lorelei), and more. All dates are listed below.
KITTIE in Brooklyn: See epic photos of headline show
Last Friday (July 19th) Kittie took their 2024 headlining tour — a super-exclusive run of just five North American dates — through NYC, rocking Warsaw in Brooklyn with a career-spanning 20-song set. Unearth, Within the Ruins and Stabbing played in support, but the night belonged to Morgan and...
Pair of creeps on the loose after rape of 12-year-old on NYC rooftop: cops
A 12-year-old girl was raped by a pair of strangers on the rooftop landing of an East Harlem building Sunday evening, cops said. The two unidentified creeps — believed to be teens — sexually assaulted the pre-teen atop an apartment building at the intersection of East 112th Street and First Avenue, authorities said.
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