By JAKE OFFENHARTZ NEW YORK (AP) — A new toll on drivers entering the core of Manhattan brought modest but measurable traffic reductions to New York City’s heavily-gridlocked streets in its first week of operation, according to preliminary data released Monday by the state’s transit authority. Known as “congestion pricing,” the first-in-the-nation program launched on ...

New York is the top destination for the star center to land by the March NHL deadline.

The New York Yankees have been working hard to upgrade their roster after falling short of a championship in their first trip to the World Series in 15 years, followed by the loss of mega-free agent Juan Soto to a $765 million contract offer by the New York Mets. But at the same time, the […]The post

New York Times: “Responding on Monday to the diplomatic earthquake set off last week by President-elect Donald Trump, who mused about taking over the gigantic island in the Arctic Ocean, […]

Ben Stiller was the latest guest on The New York Times’ “The Interview” podcast and admitted that he still doesn’t understand why he became such a popular comedy movie star in the late 1990s and 2000s. His self-directed work in 1996’s “The Cable Guy” was followed by the one-two punch of 1999’s “There’s Something About […]

Mike Vrabel is wasting no time shaping his staff as the new head coach of the New England Patriots. According to multiple reports, Vrabel is bringing Ryan Cowden, who most recently served as Executive Advisor to the General Manager for the New York Giants, to New England in a front office role. This move signals […]The post

New York Times: “As state legislatures convene around the country this month, several knife-edge fights for partisan control have magnified the degree to which political polarization has become ingrained, not […]

Alongside actual news about the awful wildfires plaguing Los Angeles, the front page of Sundays New York Times lead story slot featured more doomsaying environmental religion by the papers long-time true-believing environmental reporterDavid Gelles, along with the equally activist climate desk reporter Austyn Gaffney: Fires in Los Angeles Area Are Grim Look Into Future Warming Will...

New York Times: “With Mondays authorization and 27 previous ones, the Biden administration has forgiven over $180 billion in student loans, even as its larger policy vision never took root.”

More sexual assault allegations against Neil Gaiman have seen J.K. Rowling today offer a chilling and insightful comparison for the Sandman writer. Not long after New York Mags detailed cover story on multiple new and old claims against Gaiman by multiple women dropped, the Harry Potter creator took to social media to give some opinionated […]