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Renowned sex therapist Dr. Ruth Westheimer dies at 96
Sign up for our amNewYork email newsletter to get news, updates, and local insights delivered straight to your inbox! Dr. Ruth Westheimer, the diminutive sex therapist who became a pop icon, media star and best-selling author through her frank talk about once-taboo bedroom topics, has died. She was 96. Westheimer died on Friday at her home in New York City,…
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City is considering demolishing the Tony Dapolito rec center in Greenwich Village
Parks Commissioner Sue Donoghue discusses the obstacles to restoring the Tony Dapolito Rec Center. Photo by Max Parrott Sign up for our amNewYork email newsletter to get news, updates, and local insights delivered straight to your inbox! The Parks Department is publicly announcing that it’s considering razing Greenwich Village’s beloved Tony Dapolito Recreation Center years after discovering extensive structural damage…
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Francisco Lindor’s 9th-inning single lifts Mets to wild 3-2 win over Pirates
Mandatory Credit: Rafael Suanes-USA TODAY Sports Sign up for our amNewYork email newsletter to get news, updates, and local insights delivered straight to your inbox! Francisco Lindor ripped a two-out, two-run single in the top of the ninth off Pittsburgh Pirates closer Aroldis Chapman to lift the New York Mets to a dizzying, late-lead-swapping 3-2 victory on Sunday afternoon at…
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What was the ‘first American novel’? On this Independence Day, a look at what it started
Sign up for our amNewYork email newsletter to get news, updates, and local insights delivered straight to your inbox! In the winter of 1789, around the time George Washington was elected the country’s first president, a Boston-based printer quietly launched another American institution. William Hill Brown’s “The Power of Sympathy,” published anonymously by Isaiah Thomas & Company, is widely cited…
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Rangers add versatility, acquire Reilly Smith from Penguins
Apr 1, 2024; New York, New York, USA; Pittsburgh Penguins right wing Reilly Smith (19) skates against the New York Rangers during the first period at Madison Square Garden. Mandatory Credit: Danny Wild-USA TODAY Sports Sign up for our amNewYork email newsletter to get news, updates, and local insights delivered straight to your inbox! On the first day…
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Mayor and Council Speaker reach $112B budget deal that restores many unpopular cuts
Mayor Eric Adams and City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams shake hands on a Fiscal Year 2025 buget deal. Friday, June 28, 2024. Photo by Ethan Stark-Miller Sign up for our amNewYork email newsletter to get news, updates, and local insights delivered straight to your inbox! Mayor Eric Adams and City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams capped off another contentious round of…
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Kodai Senga update: Mets ace could begin rehab assignment next week
Jun 1, 2024; New York City, New York, USA; New York Mets injured starting pitcher Kodai Senga (34) throws a softball in the outfield before a game against the Arizona Diamondbacks at Citi Field. Mandatory Credit: Brad Penner-USA TODAY Sports Sign up for our amNewYork email newsletter to get news, updates, and local insights delivered straight to your…
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‘Fancy Dance’ with Lily Gladstone balances heartbreak, humor in story of a missing Indigenous woman
Lily Gladstone, left, and Isabel Deroy-Olson pose for a portrait to promote the film “Fancy Dance” on Sunday, June 16, 2024, in New York. (Photo by Matt Licari/Invision/AP) Sign up for our amNewYork email newsletter to get news, updates, and local insights delivered straight to your inbox! Lily Gladstone knows the gravity stories about what she calls the “epidemic” of missing and…
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Corona man charged with rape and kidnapping for attacks on 13-year-olds in Flushing park: DA – QNS
Ecuadorean migrant Christian Inga was arraigned in Queens Criminal Court on Wednesday on a complaint charging him with predatory sexual assault, rape and kidnapping charges after he terrorized two children in Kissena Corridor Park on June 13. Photo by Dean Moses Sign up for our QNS email newsletter to get news, updates, and local insights delivered straight to your inbox!…
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Alonso has season-high 5 RBIs as surging Mets beat Padres 11-6 for 5th straight win
New York Mets’ Francisco Lindor celebrates hitting a home run during the first inning of a baseball game against the San Diego Padres, Sunday, June 16, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Pamela Smith) Sign up for our amNewYork email newsletter to get news, updates, and local insights delivered straight to your inbox! NEW YORK (AP) — Pete Alonso had a…
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