New York News

Aggregated New York News Articles

• Police: Teen killed by man she met on Instagram who then posted photos of corpse online
  
  A 17-year-old girl with a small social media following in upstate New York was killed, allegedly by a man she'd met recently on Instagram.
  Ap.  ABC News.  Tue, 16 Jul 2019 16:50:45 +0000.
• Justice Department will not charge New York City police involved in death of Eric Garner
  
  The decision comes almost exactly five years after Garner died on Staten Island, New York, after New York City police officer Daniel Pantaleo put him in a headlock.
  CNBC.  Tue, 16 Jul 2019 13:46 GMT.
• Twitter goes wild over plane passenger who uses his BARE FEET to swipe through TV
  
  Crime writer Alafair Burke, from New York, tweeted the clip, which shows a passenger using his bare feet to scroll through in-flight entertainment. Many were left horrified by the video.
  Daily Mail.  Tue, 16 Jul 2019 12:56:11 GMT.
• Police identify man suspected of killing teen Instagram star
  
  Bianca Devins' body was found Sunday underneath a tarp in Utica, New York, after an officer encountered the 21-year-old suspect
  CBS News.  Tue, 16 Jul 2019 06:20:25 -0400.
• New York Life signs on as ACC Network founding sponsor
  
  The agreement also will see the insurer extend its ACC activation for the first time into sports other than basketball.
  Terry Lefton.  American City Business Journals.  Tue, 16 Jul 2019 10:00:00 +0000.
• Sports betting to start in upstate New York
  
  SCHENECTADY, N.Y. (AP) - Sports betting is getting under way in upstate New York. Rivers Casino and Resort in Schenectady plans to cut the ribbon on its betting lounge Tuesday morning. ...
  Washington Times.  Tue, 16 Jul 2019 03:35:53 -0400.
• This US city ranks the best in the world to be a woman entrepreneur
  
  New York City has been overtaken as the world's best city for female founders, according to Dell's 2019 Women Entrepreneur Cities Index.
  CNBC.  Tue, 16 Jul 2019 06:38 GMT.
• Prime Day brings out anti-Amazon wave of protests and activism - CNET
  
  Demonstrations happened in Minnesota, New York, Seattle and San Francisco, as well as across Europe.
  Ben Fox Rubin.  CNET.  Tue, 16 Jul 2019 04:19:14 +0000.
• Bring Back Boomtown
  
  New York needs to think like a growth city again.
  Aaron M. Renn.  City Journal.  Tue, 16 Jul 2019 04:00:00 +0000.
• Report: More Swedes Trading IDs, Key Cards for Microchips
  
  So they do not have to carry IDs, key cards, and even train tickets, about 4,000 Swedish people have inserted microchips into their bodies, the New York Post reported.
  Newsmax.  Mon, 15 Jul 2019 22:07:19 EDT.
• Police suspect man killed New York girl he met on Instagram and shared photos of her body online
  
  A man, 21, found seriously injured near the body of a 17-year-old girl is suspected of killing the teen and posting photos of her body on Instagram, where they'd first met digitally, police said Monday.
  Frank Miles.  Fox News.  Tue, 16 Jul 2019 00:35:17 GMT.
• New York facing 'Russian roulette' with future power outages, governor says
  
  The Saturday night power outage impacted 73,000 customers at its peak.
  ABC News.  Mon, 15 Jul 2019 18:13:44 -0400.
• Ocasio-Cortez cries while hearing story of migrant child death
  
  The lawmaker from New York was seen wiping away tears during the young mother's gripping testimony Wednesday on Capitol Hill
  CBS News.  Mon, 15 Jul 2019 16:24:11 -0400.
• Biden Cancer Nonprofit Shutting Down
  
  The Biden Cancer Initiative, founded by former Vice President Joe Biden and his wife, Jill Biden, after their son died of brain cancer, will shut down after two years, the New York Post reports.
  Newsmax.  Mon, 15 Jul 2019 16:02:10 EDT.
• Boy, 3, dies after falling into restaurant grease trap
  
  A 3-year-old boy has died after falling into an underground grease collection tank behind an upstate New York fast-food restaurant.
  News 9.  Mon, 15 Jul 2019 15:01:00 EDT.
• First Commercially Available RNG Station in New York City Opens Doors to Medium-Heavy Duty Trucks
  
  Clean Energy Fuels Corp. has opened a renewable natural gas (RNG) fueling station in Hunts Point in New York City.
  Natural Gas Intel.  Mon, 15 Jul 2019 14:34:00 -0400.

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