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Julian Hall makes USMNT history against Chile

By Justin RudermanTwo USMNT games, two USMNT goals for Julian Hall.The 18-year-old Red Bull New York striker entered the international record books just two matches into his U.S. men's national team c...

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Sep 29 • 10:19 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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Boston Red Sox Announce Roman Anthony Decision Before Yankees Series

The Boston Red Sox are set to open their Wild Card Series on Tuesday night in the Bronx as they take on the New York Yankees.It’ll be a best-of-three series, with the games played across Tuesday, Wednesday and, if necessary, Thursday, with a trip to the ALDS at stake.For the Red Sox, they’ll send out […] The post Boston Red Sox Announce Roman Anthony Decision Before Yankees Series appeared first on HEAVY.

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Sep 29 • 8:28 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Insider Issues Eye-Opening J.J. McCarthy Prediction After Giants Trade

What does the future hold for J.J. McCarthy now that he's a member of the New York Giants? One insider recently weighed in. The post Insider Issues Eye-Opening J.J. McCarthy Prediction After Giants Trade appeared first on HEAVY.

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Sep 29 • 8:16 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Mamdani releases plan to combat antisemitism in New York amid concerns over his criticism of Israel

The plan is the mayor's most forceful attempt to address concerns from the Jewish community over antisemitism.

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Sep 29 • 6:32 PM EDT • Politics • pbs.org
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CPS cited mother’s mental health as 'safety factor' before Mechanicville killings

WRGB CBS 6 provides local news, weather forecasts, traffic updates, notices of events and items of interest in the community, sports and entertainment programming for Albany, New York and nearby towns and communities in the Capital City area, including Cohoes, Watervliet, Colonie, Bethlehem, Guilderland, New Scotland, Coeymans, Green Island, Knox, Berne, Westerlo, Rensselaerville, Colonie, Menands, Green Island, Ravena, Altamont, Voorheesville.

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Sep 29 • 6:17 PM EDT • Health • cbs6albany.com
Mamdani's pied-à-terre tax rollout was botched, judge rules

New York City plans to place a tax on multi-million-dollar second homes. A judge ruled Tuesday that its rollout needs to be redone.

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Sep 29 • 4:53 PM EDT • Business • businessinsider.com
Mayor Mamdani Opens New Bridge to Home Facility in Brooklyn, Expanding Path from Hospital Care to Permanent Housing

New York, NY – Today, Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani and NYC Health + Hospitals announced the opening of a new Bridge to Home facility in Brooklyn, expanding

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Sep 29 • 4:16 PM EDT • Health • nychealthandhospitals.org
Seaport Entertainment Group Completes Sale of 85 South Street Residential Building for $8.25 Million

NEW YORK, September 29, 2026--Seaport Entertainment Group Inc. (NYSE: SEG) ("Seaport Entertainment Group," "SEG," "we," "our," or the "Company") announced today it has successfully completed the sale of the eight-story residential building located at 85 South Street, New York, NY to an affiliate of MD Squared Property Group and Churchwick Partners for a sale price of $8.25 million.

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Sep 29 • 4:15 PM EDT • Entertainment • finance.yahoo.com
Dennis Haskins of ‘Saved by the Bell’ fame, dies at 75

NEW YORK — Dennis Haskins, the actor who played the ever-exasperated principal Richard Belding on “Saved by the Bell,” has died, according to reports. His agent, Jay Schachter, confirmed the

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Sep 29 • 3:39 PM EDT • Entertainment • recorderonline.com
Slinger Francisco death: Singer known as the Mighty Sparrow was 91

"King of Calypso" Slinger Francisco, also known as the Mighty Sparrow, died in New York on Sunday at 91 following a brief illness, according to his daughter, Karen Francisco.

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Sep 29 • 3:38 PM EDT • Entertainment • latimes.com
Who are the Emiratis behind crisis-hit Manchester City?

Over the course of nearly two decades, Emirati money has turned once mediocre Manchester City into one of the most dominant teams in world football. He is also the chair of City Football Group, which runs a dozen other Emirati-owned or partially owned clubs, including Girona in Spain and MLS team New York City.

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Sep 29 • 3:19 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Science takes the runway: HIV Unwrapped at NYFW

At this year’s New York Fashion Week, HIV Unwrapped has put science on the runway, calling attention to today’s breakthrough treatments, the U=U message, and the HIV/AIDS epidemic that forever changed New York’s art and cultural scene

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Sep 29 • 3:14 PM EDT • Science • losangelesblade.com
Mamdani unveils strategy to combat antisemitism in New York City

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced a strategy to combat antisemitism Tuesday, including tens of millions of dollars in funding for hate crime prevention and Jewish cultural centers.

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Sep 29 • 3:05 PM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
After Sickle Cell Crisis, Brooklyn Mother is Back on Her Feet Following Care from NYC Health + Hospitals/Kings County

New York, NY – While working as an office assistant in Brooklyn, Grace Carter felt her body grow weak and lose all sensation. Fearing she would collapse,

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Sep 29 • 2:09 PM EDT • Health • nychealthandhospitals.org
HSS and New York Road Runners Hold Second Annual Runner Health Symposium

Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS), the world's leading academic medical center focused on musculoskeletal health and the official hospital of the TCS New York City Marathon, will host the 2nd Annual HSS/NYRR Runner Health and Performance Symposium on October 3 in collaboration with New York Road Runners (NYRR), the nonprofit that “runs” NYC...

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Sep 29 • 2:00 PM EDT • Health • news.hss.edu
Nursing Dean Carole Kenner participates in United Nations General Assembly health event

Carole Kenner, dean of the School of Nursing and Health Sciences at The College of New Jersey, participated in a United Nations General Assembly High-Level Week side event focused on strengthening collaboration across health professions to improve maternal, newborn, and child health. The event was held on September 21, 2026, in New York City. Titled […]

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Sep 29 • 1:11 PM EDT • Health • news.tcnj.edu
NBC Curbs One of Fans’ Biggest MLB Playoffs Issues

Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees fans will hear friendly TV voices call their team’s Wild-Card matchup this week. In the playoffs, that’s not always the case. Year after year, MLB followers grumble about losing the local announcing booths they’ve spent their summers with in favor of national voices brought in for postseason action. …

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Sep 29 • 1:00 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Mountainside Warns of Ketamine Risks at American Colleges and Universities

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sep 29, 2026--

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Sep 29 • 11:32 AM EDT • Business • rutlandherald.com
Small business owner: I took my 50 employees on a free trip to Greece

I'm a restaurant owner in New York. I spent months planning a trip to Greece for my employees, hoping to make it as affordable as possible.

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Sep 29 • 11:18 AM EDT • Business • businessinsider.com
Creator Economy Meets Business Reality at NAB Show New York 2026

Creators and brands looking to better understand the creator economy should have NAB Show New York 2026 on their radar.

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Sep 29 • 10:00 AM EDT • Business • nabshow.com
Trump used foreign labor standards as tariff workaround, small businesses say

Small businesses will once again challenge President Donald Trump’s tariffs in the Court of International Trade in New York City this week.

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Sep 29 • 9:30 AM EDT • Business • ctmirror.org
Nurse’s orders: Meet South Brooklyn Health CEO Manjinder Kaur

Manjinder Kaur spent years caring for patients at New York City hospitals. Now, she’s running one.

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Sep 29 • 9:09 AM EDT • Health • brooklynpaper.com
Mets Morning News: Wild Card Round begins

Your Tuesday morning dose of New York Mets and MLB news, notes, and links.

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Sep 29 • 8:30 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Lesbian Bar Project Co-Founder: Purity Politics Could Destroy Our Remaining Spaces

Subscribe As a professional lesbian and Massachusetts native, I’ve recently been asked by a lot of folks what I think about the saga unfolding at Last Ditch. The now-viral story, first reported by The Boston Globe, centers on a Western Massachusetts lesbian bar that lifted its mask requirement for one night a week to help drum up business. The decision ignited an intra-queer controversy that has been feasted on by media outlets across the political spectrum—from the New York Post to LGBTQ Nation—and is even reportedly being eyed for a Hollywood adaptation. Apparently nothing is more entertaining than a bunch of lesbians and queers fighting with each other over KN-95s. What has been lost in all of the chatter and media coverage is the very real possibility that Last Ditch, which just opened in April 2025, will have to close its doors. The venue’s one remaining founder, Jackie Matellian, revealed in a community Zoom meeting that she’s working four jobs, is now solely responsible for the bar’s $50,000 business loan and is struggling to keep up with the bills. So as we laugh about the controversy’s similarity to a “Portlandia” skit and how one of the bar’s founders left to enroll in clown school, we forget that yet another lesbian bar is facing an existential crisis—and this time the call is coming from inside the house. In 2020, my friend Elina Street and I created The Lesbian Bar Project, an Emmy-, Webby- and GLAAD Media Award-winning docuseries and initiative that tells the stories of lesbian queer bars around the world. We were moved to act because at the time there were only an estimated 16 lesbian bars in the United States, and the pandemic threatened to bring that number down even further. There are now more sapphic bars than there were just before the pandemic—about 36 of them in total—but this is down from approximately 200 in 1980. Maybe that doesn’t mean much to you, but for the millions of sapphics living in the U.S., this number is calamitous. As the world laughs at lesbians and sapphics, I want to take a second and tell you what I feel when I walk into one of these bars, which are all unique and irreplaceable in their own way: I feel seen. Sometimes I think Cubbyhole in New York City’s West Village neighborhood knew I was gay before I did. When I walked in there for the first time, before I was even out, I was transfixed by the colorful array of tchotchkes hanging from the ceiling and how the women standing next to me were completely unafraid to express their desire for one another. I knew the minute I was ready to come out, I had a home. I also felt the joy of a new couple falling in love at Seattle’s Wildrose, the quiet confidence of a short king lining up her shot at the pool table at Ginger’s in Brooklyn and the kick of cayenne pepper in Julie Mabry’s crawfish at Houston’s Pearl Bar. Subscribe Lesbian bars don’t just serve lesbians; they serve queer folks across the spectrum, including bisexual, pansexual and trans people. As Elina and I traveled across the U.S. and Europe and to parts of Latin America to document the bar owners, staff and patrons that make up the ecosystems of these spaces, we also became uniquely acquainted with the factors that threaten their existence: gentrification, wage gaps, sexism, environmental disasters, gun violence, rising insurance premiums and political administrations working to annihilate queer people and their families. Lesbian bar owners, like all leaders and entrepreneurs, are imperfect. There have been significant issues over the years at lesbian bars: employee harassment, racism, lack of accessibility, sexual assault and transphobia. All bar owners should be held accountable and should listen to their communities to evolve into safer and more equitable spaces. I also acknowledge my privilege: I am able-bodied, white, cis and from a family system that loves me for who I am. Not everyone has that. Queer people, especially trans and bisexual people, are suffering from disproportionately high levels of depression, and our mental health system isn’t equipped to support them. Immunocompromised people and long COVID are real, and many of my friends are suffering to this day. The people with the least safety net are often the ones for whom a bar closing costs the most. And yet, as we’re seeing with Last Ditch, the queer community often lashes out at each other. It’s also the mainstream media taking the internal conflict and making a mockery out of it, distracting from the real possibility that this bar could close due to financial pressures. A bar that many people loved and needed is facing extinction. Perhaps it’s safer to dissent with one another than with the larger forces trying to eradicate us, but in doing so, we risk destroying the few spaces we have left. Due to the constraints of purity politics—some in good faith, some not so much—lesbian bar owners, almost all of whom are queer women themselves, are forced to be everything for everyone, similarly to how women are forced to be everything for everyone. By asking these bars to uphold impossible standards—standards very few other third spaces are asked to consider—we all end up losing. I want to move as a community toward dialogue, compassionate dissent and collaboration to make our spaces better with the goal of keeping them OPEN and thriving, rather than destroying them from the inside with expectations that are arguably unattainable. Subscribe While I have your attention—for this fleeting second of the news cycle—may I urge us to spearhead a way to keep these small businesses afloat without attacking our own community along the way? Bar owners are left with an impasse: They want to be community-centered, but they also have to make money to keep their doors open. Sometimes they might make business decisions that don’t work for everyone—and that’s partly because different patrons have different priorities and want different things—but these owners deserve the opportunity for productive dialogue**.** We have to work with them and with each other to keep our spaces open, to keep them growing. Lesbian bars raised me into the queer woman I am today. One thing I think about as I reflect on the six years of work we’ve done to document these spaces is that shared, unspoken language I have with a stranger the moment we both walk into one of these bars: the nod, the ease, the not having to explain ourselves. I don’t want to lose that, and neither should you. If objective, nonpartisan, rigorous, LGBTQ-focused journalism is important to you, please consider making a tax-deductible donation through our 501(c)(3) fiscal sponsor, Resource Impact, by clicking this button: Donate

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Sep 29 • 7:01 AM EDT • Politics • unclosetedmedia.com
Cam Schlittler Could Become New York Yankees All-Time Great

Cam Schlittler really does have an opportunity to become an all-time great for the New York Yankees.

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Sep 29 • 7:00 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
MORNING BUSINESS REPORT: Parents say they're overwhelmed with school-based apps

Jane King has this story and more from the New York Stock Exchange for your Tuesday Morning Business Report.

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Sep 29 • 6:54 AM EDT • Business • wfsb.com
Giants Get Blunt J.J. McCarthy Message After Trade With Vikings

The New York Giants decided to send a 2027 fifth-round pick to the Minnesota Vikings for J.J. McCarthy, who found himself as QB3 after being a Top 10 pick in 2024. As a result, McCarthy will be looking for a fresh start in New York after it didn’t work out in Minnesota.While the 23-year-old will […] The post Giants Get Blunt J.J. McCarthy Message After Trade With Vikings appeared first on HEAVY.

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Sep 29 • 3:08 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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Brian Burns confirmed to have torn ACL

New York Giants linebacker Brian Burns suffered a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee in Week 3

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Sep 28 • 10:33 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
NY Times exec allegedly slain by in-laws in California was reportedly mired in bitter divorce dispute

Police in Northern California are investigating the circumstances around the killing of a 40-year-old New York Times executive who was fatally shot by his in-laws in a parking lot over

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Sep 28 • 9:39 PM EDT • Entertainment • thederrick.com
Payton Tolle Is The Right Choice To Face The Yankees

Red Sox manager Chad Tracy revealed the Wild Card rotation, and putting rookie Payton Tolle in Game 1 is a bold, winning move against the New York Yankees.

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Sep 28 • 8:15 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
John Harbaugh: Giants Could Still Add Another QB Following Trade

New York Giants head coach John Harbaugh says his team could still add another QB after JJ McCarthy trade. The post John Harbaugh: Giants Could Still Add Another QB Following Trade appeared first on HEAVY.

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Sep 28 • 8:02 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
New York, Polymarket clash over who gets to regulate prediction markets

A legal fight between New York and prediction market Polymarket is raising a larger question over the rapidly growing industry.

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Sep 28 • 7:51 PM EDT • Politics • spectrumlocalnews.com
Former Five Year Yankees Utility Player Announces Retirement

Former Yankees utility player Tyler Wade announced his retirement from professional baseball this afternoon in a post on social media via his Instagram. Wade (age 32) spent nine years in the big leagues, making his Major League debut in 2017 for the New York Yankees and appearing in 30 games. Wade was drafted by the […] The post Former Five Year Yankees Utility Player Announces Retirement appeared first on HEAVY.

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Sep 28 • 7:39 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Jeffries: 'Epstein cover-up in on the ballot'

New York state Sen. Zellnor Myrie says he’s planning on reintroducing legislation that would allow victims of Jeffrey Epstein and other abusers to seek punitive damages from deceased perpetrators’ estates.

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Sep 28 • 7:15 PM EDT • Politics • spectrumlocalnews.com
Highmark Foundation and Buffalo Bills Foundation Unveil “Victory Table” to Expand Access to Healthy Food and Wellness Resources Across Western New York

New mobile initiative will bring free healthy meals, nutrition education and community health support directly to neighborhoods in nee

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Sep 28 • 5:24 PM EDT • Health • buffalobills.com
NYC Health + Hospitals/Queens Hosted Timely Community Preparedness Expo as Nor'easter Approached New York City

NYC Health + Hospitals/Queens hosted the Get Ready, Stay Ready: Emergency Preparedness Expo on Friday, September 25, welcoming hundreds of participants

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Sep 28 • 4:54 PM EDT • Health • nychealthandhospitals.org
How former Cyclones performed in Week 3 of the NFL

Nine former Iowa State football players recorded stats around the NFL during Week 3 and played a combined 332 snaps. Breece Hall – New York Jets In a 31-24 loss against the Detroit Lions, Hall started. He recorded 13 carries for 32 yards. Hall also hauled in three passes for 23 yards. Snap counts are […]

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Sep 28 • 4:39 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Takeaways: Nationals finish 2026 with series win vs. Mets

The Washington Nationals beat the New York Mets to complete three straight series wins and close out the 2026 MLB season.

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Sep 28 • 4:31 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Bobby Kotick’s lawyers sent me a bad email (and later apologized)

The message I had received was unsettling—for a moment. Then it was just really confusing. Back on January 20 of this year, at 5:15pm ET, I received an email with the subject line “Legal Correspondence re Bobby Kotick.” It was from the law firm Clare Locke, a firm I’d heard had been emailing reporters in recent years about their coverage of Kotick, the former, longtime CEO of Activision Blizzard. The letter was threatening. A lawyer from the firm introduced themselves as “defamation counsel to Bobby Kotick.” They issued a “demand” that I “correct” a Game File article I’d published a week prior. The article that had irked them had been a scoop of sorts. I’d written about a a 2022 lawsuit brought by a Swedish pension fund, AP7, over Microsoft’s purchase of Activision Blizzard. The suit wasn’t news, but I was first to review and report about Kotick’s extensive pushback to the fund’s claims. The pension fund’s core contention was that the sale had been rushed by Kotick to avoid the consequences of sexual misconduct scandals swirling around the company in 2021. (He’d not been accused of misconduct himself in those suits, to be clear.) As I wrote at the time, Kotick had denied the allegations of the rushed sale. Beyond that, Kotick used a December 2025 reply to the Swedish fund’s lawsuit to assign blame for those workplace scandals, the bad press and even for the AP7 lawsuit. I’d found Kotick’s arguments novel and newsworthy. Across nearly 3,000 words, I explained Kotick’s take: that a Swedish gaming company was behind the Swedish fund’s lawsuit (the Embracer group; they denied it); that the Microsoft-Activision deal was not rushed and was secured at what Kotick felt history had proven to be an optimal price for shareholders; that he believed a conspiracy of people at unions government agencies, PR firms and the media had spun up claims of widespread workplace misconduct at Activision Blizzard in 2021. The article gave context for all of this, letting readers assess the claims and weigh their credibility. As I’d later write to Kotick’s lawyers: I would be surprised if you could point to any news article about Bobby Kotick in the last five years that has spent more of its wordcount articulating his point of view. He is welcome to do an interview with Game File any time. Nonetheless, there they were in my inbox that Tuesday evening: Clare Locke, the law firm that secured a $787.5 million settlement from Fox News over false statements about voting machines. They were emailing me, threatening that failure to comply with their demand could support a claim of “actual malice,” a legal standard for libel. Unless… Unless, they said, I added a key paragraph to my article. This was a paragraph that I already knew Kotick’s lawyers had been emailing reporters about for at least a year, and it was a paragraph that was already in my article. The paragraph they wanted is from a 2023 settlement that California’s Civil Rights Department struck with Activision Blizzard. The settlement had closed a two-year-old lawsuit over alleged sexual discrimination at the game maker. The paragraph basically said that claims of systemic or widespread sexual harassment—or of execs like Kotick tolerating such behavior—had never been proven. I’d already seen proof that Kotick’s lawyers had pushed for the settlement’s language to be added to reports about 2021 sexual discrimination and misconduct lawsuits brought against Activision Blizzard by California and, separately, by the U.S. federal government (both suits were since settled). I knew that Kotick and his lawyers felt that the California settlement language should be mentioned in the same breath as references to an article he hated and denied, a November 2021 Wall Street Journal article claiming Kotick knew “for years” of sexual misconduct at Activision Blizzard. So, in the Game File article that Clare Locke emailed me about, in the interest of ensuring I was being fair and balanced regarding the person I was covering, I had already included the following excerpt from the California settlement [emphasis added in bold]: (Kotick has repeatedly pushed back against that November article in the Wall Street Journal, citing among other things, language from a court-approved consent decree as part of Activision’s 2023 $54 million settlement over the California suit. It states: “no court or any independent investigation has substantiated any allegations that: there has been systemic or widespread sexual harassment at Activision Blizzard [or] that Activision Blizzard senior executives ignored, condoned, or tolerated a culture of systemic harassment, retaliation, or discrimination.”) On the evening of January 20, I was incredulous. How do you write a four page legal threat about a week-old article and miss this? While scrambling to also make my kids dinner, I wrote a lengthy reply to Clare Locke’s lawyers, basically asking them to cool it with the threats and to start making sense. In part, I wrote: I hope you can understand why I am having trouble understanding what you’re asking for, when the statement you’re demanding to see in Game File’s article already appears in Game File’s article. Actual malice, as you know, refers to a reckless disregard for the truth. I’m not sure what your argument is when my article already states your client’s position. Here is where I should remind you, the reader, that I am an independent journalist. I publish on Substack, and have availed myself of the Substack Defender program that provides writers on the platform with legal support. But I’m no Wall Street Journal or New York Times, nor even IGN or GameSpot when it comes to such things as, well, having a legal department. There are more fun things for me to do as an independent journalist than writing back to a powerful law firm representing a very rich person. On the evening of January 20th, I was just trying to cook some pasta, broccoli and chicken nuggets for hungry twins. Nevertheless, I wrote back to them. Two hours later, I got a reply. Summarizing: A lawyer for Clare Locke said they’d “reviewed an incomplete version” of my article and they “apologize for the confusion.” (My guess: Someone didn’t read past the piece’s paywall, even though they’d had a full week to scrounge up the funds to do so. What I’d published above the paywall was balanced, as was what came after.)1 That was almost that, but something about the situation bothered me. The letter had been marked “confidential.” I hadn’t agreed to that, and I disliked the idea that powerful people on the beat that I cover would act like they could unilaterally control what I might tell my readers about. On the morning of the 21st, having already gotten the powerful law firm to back off, I oh-so-wisely re-approached them with just one more thing. I thanked them for clearing things up the night before but noted that I’d never agreed to keep their letter confidential. I’m all for agreeing with a source to keep things off the record, but that’s the thing. We have to agree. You can’t just declare it. I’m not bound by that. I wrote to Clare Locke’s lawyer and said, in part: I trust the matter is resolved. It was disappointing to have to spend less time with my kids last night in order to address your legal letter. Family time’s precious. I will add, for clarity’s sake, that, while your letter stipulated that it was confidential, I did not agree to those terms. In the future, should you wish to communicate with me confidentially, I am happy to agree to classifying our communication as “off the record” prior to the actual communication—as is standard with any professional journalist. The firm’s lawyer replied, not directly addressing the confidentiality issue but asserting that the matter was resolved. Why I didn’t write about this until now In May, I told this story on an episode of Simon Parkin’s podcast My Perfect Console, but I held off on sharing it directly with Game File readers. I held off to avoid stepping on the toes of another reporter, the journalist Mikhail Klimentov. He’d interviewed me in the spring of 2025 about an investigation he was working on regarding Bobby Kotick lawyers pressing the media to add the California settlement language to stories referencing the 2021 lawsuits. And about how some outlets had changed their stories and how some simply deleted them. Initially, I was a third-party source for Klimentov’s reporting, providing on-the-record context about the state of the games media. I’d heard about the letters but hadn’t put the time into pursuing the story. I thought it was interesting, and I was glad he was covering it. When the outlet that Klimentov was going to run his reporting in dropped the story, I began talking to him about potentially publishing his reporting on Game File. This was tentative. Then, in January, when I got my own Clare Locke letter, I told Klimentov that I didn’t think it would make sense for me to publish him, not with me now being part of the story. I had my own version of this situation to tell. But I wished him well and said I’d refrain from telling my tale until he could get his reporting out there. Last Friday, Klimentov finally ran his investigation, in a nearly 48-minute video report for People Make Games. It covers various Clare Locke letters, how media outlets reacted to them and what to make of all this. His video weighs the merits of Kotick’s request and looks at some of the articles that were changed (one of which had a glaring error). I highly recommend watching it: (Note, I did some editorial consulting for a People Make Games video last year but nothing to do with this report.) While many outlets haven’t left any public evidence that they updated their Kotick coverage at Kotick’s counsel’s request, at least one has. Back in October 2025, the mainstream outlet Reuters applied the most transparent article update I’ve seen. On the 3rd of the month, they published an article about the state of the Swedish pension fund’s lawsuit. Days later, they added this: In an October 7 letter sent after publication of this article, Kotick’s defamation counsel disputed claims of widespread harassment at Activision. “Not a single investigation, court finding, verdict, or ruling ever concluded that there was any merit” to the allegations of widespread harassment at Activision, Tom Clare and Nick Brechbill of Clare Locke wrote. I’ve never added a statement to my article on Game File, because none was needed. Not for fairness’ sake, nor to meet any demands of Kotick’s lawyers. I’ve nevertheless wanted to be transparent with Game File readers. If someone powerful is questioning my reporting, is threatening a lawsuit over it… if that threat is part of a pattern involving other games media outlets and if, in my case, the whole thing ran into a ridiculous ditch, I want you to know about it. I also share this as a real example of how I handle threats to Game File. I stand up for my own reporting, even when it’s not comfortable to do so. (In that same category of standing up for the work I do, I’ll point to an incident in late August. Asocial media post I published to X/Twitter regarding reporting I did about Take Two and GTA VI was hit by bogus copyright claim by a firm working for the publisher. I pushed back and got it reversed; even while a bigger games media outlet let themselves be censored. This is the other reason I’m sharing this story: To emphasize that dealing with threats from powerful people is one of the costs of covering the video game industry independently and as fearlessly as possible. This is where you come in. Your support, through free and paid subscriptions (sign up here!), can help me keep doing that. It can ensure that I’ve got the back-up I need. And it can help make fiascoes like this even less of a worry, so I can spend my evenings dealing with more important things, such as making sure I steam the kids’ broccoli just right. 1 That pension fund lawsuit I wrote about in January has all but gone away. In May, the fund and Activision Blizzard owner Microsoft agreed to settle. Lawyers for the fund brokered a $250 million settlement for former Activision Blizzard shareholders. In the settlement, the fund’s lawyers changed their rhetoric. Where once they’d questioned the meaning of the California settlement language, they adopted a version of it for themselves. Several weeks ago, while seeking to get a court to sign off on the terms of the settlement, they proposed their fee for their work in the case: $60 million.

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Sep 28 • 4:13 PM EDT • Technology • gamefile.news
Yankees Get Sudden Aaron Judge Update Before Playoffs

Could Aaron Judge actually take the field for the New York Yankees?

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Sep 28 • 2:47 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Stony Brook University Professor Daniel Klein Receives a 2027 Lifetime Achievement Award from the Association for Psychological Science (APS)

STONY BROOK, NY—September 28, 2026—The State University of New York (SUNY) at Stony Brook (Stony Brook University) Distinguished Professor in the Department of Psychology Daniel Klein has been awarded a 2027 Association for Psychological Science (APS). “Mentor Award.” This award recognizes APS members who have significantly helped foster the careers of others, honoring those who

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Sep 28 • 2:18 PM EDT • Science • news.stonybrook.edu
NYC business leaders renew push to ease short-term rental restrictions

(The Center Square) — New York City business leaders are urging the City Council to ease restrictions on short-term rentals they say have created a shortage of temporary housing.

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Sep 28 • 2:15 PM EDT • Business • thecentersquare.com
Company news: Michael Waterhouse joins St. Joseph’s Health anesthesiology

Board-certified anesthesiologist Michael Waterhouse has joined St. Joseph's Health to serve patients across Central New York.

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Sep 28 • 1:56 PM EDT • Health • syracuse.com
The Giants just traded for J.J. McCarthy. Will he start for them?

The Giants acquired J.J. McCarthy in a trade from the Vikings. Will he start for New York, or will Jameis Winston continue to hold onto that role?

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Sep 28 • 1:35 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Reimagining the treatment of mental health: Maria Carolina Bittencourt Gonçalves

By Jessica Leff Listen to Maria tell her story | Wyss Institute · Maria C. B. Gonçalves – Reimagine the WorldMaria Carolina Bittencourt Gonçalves, Ph.D., grew up in São Paulo, Brazil, the largest city by population in South America. It’s comparable to New York, but with a tropical climate. “I knew I wanted to be...

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Sep 28 • 1:17 PM EDT • Health • wyss.harvard.edu
Merger between Maimonides Health and NYC Health + Hospitals receives unanimous vote

On Sept. 17, the New York State Council voted unanimously to approve a proposed merger between Maimonides Health and NYC Health + Hospitals.

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Sep 28 • 12:49 PM EDT • Health • brooklyneagle.com
J.J. McCarthy traded to Giants

Minnesota Vikings QB J.J. McCarthy was acquired by the New York Giants Monday in exchange for a fifth-round pick in 2027.

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Sep 28 • 12:23 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
The price of having fun: How New Yorkers are spending on fall entertainment

As entertainment costs rise, New Yorkers are becoming more selective about where they spend their money.

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Sep 28 • 11:13 AM EDT • Entertainment • spectrumlocalnews.com
Gautam Mukunda: The incentives for entrepreneurs have become warped

A recent New York Times investigation found that sports betting company DraftKings Inc. built a machine-learning model that scored customers by how much they would lose for each free bet

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Sep 28 • 10:56 AM EDT • Entertainment • thederrick.com
PWHL Detroit sets date for inaugural home opener

PWHL Detroit will host its inaugural home opener at Little Caesars Arena on December 12 against the New York Sirens.

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Sep 28 • 10:36 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Grande Cosmetics Announces Actress Lucy Hale as First-Ever Brand Ambassador

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sep 28, 2026--

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Sep 28 • 9:02 AM EDT • Business • rutlandherald.com
Jimmy Kimmel Returns to 'The Howard Stern Show'

This week, Jimmy Kimmel Live! is broadcasting from the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) in New York City.

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Sep 28 • 8:00 AM EDT • Entertainment • siriusxm.com
Valley National Bancorp to Acquire Bluevine Inc., Accelerating Its Digital Small Business Growth Strategy and Meaningfully Enhancing Its Core Funding Capabilities

NEW YORK, N.Y. and JERSEY CITY, N.J., Sept. 28, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Valley National Bancorp (“Valley”) (NASDAQ: VLY) and Bluevine Inc. (“Bluevine”) announced today that they have entered into a definitive agreement whereby Valley will acquire Bluevine, a leading nationwide digital banking platform for small businesses. The acquisition directly aligns with Valley’s stated strategic priorities of enhancing its funding base, expanding its small business franchise, and accelerating its digital

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Sep 28 • 7:30 AM EDT • Business • finance.yahoo.com
Tennessee Titans news: Titans lose another heartbreaker vs. Giants

The Tennessee Titans are going frustrated after a loss against the New York Giants in Week 3.

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Sep 28 • 7:00 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Shelby County commission divided early; Cohen pushes for Trump impeachment

Also, Justin J. Pearson makes national headlines at a New York Times climate conference.

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Sep 28 • 6:04 AM EDT • Politics • commercialappeal.com
New York hospitals push for exemption from federal H-1B visa fee

Hospitals warned U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services that the policy could have “detrimental impacts” on the healthcare sector.

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Sep 28 • 5:30 AM EDT • Health • crainsnewyork.com
Schmear We Go Again: New York BagelFest Rolls Out Its Judges, Industry Talks and Entertainment

Acclaimed judges, bagel industry icons, world-class magic and live art join an international lineup of leading bagel makers.

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Sep 28 • 5:00 AM EDT • Entertainment • perishablenews.com
Donald Trump’s Warm Zohran Mamdani Meetings Come With a Political Catch

President Donald Trump and New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani walked out of Gracie Mansion together after an hour-long sit-down. They also traded compliments in front of cameras even though their poli...

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Sep 28 • 4:15 AM EDT • Politics • yahoo.com
After Taxi Driver Deaths, Union Pushes Mamdani for Health Fund

Several New York City cabbies were recently found dead in their cars. A taxi union is seeking to revive a fund that would provide medical screenings, disability insurance and other benefits.

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Sep 28 • 3:00 AM EDT • Health • nytimes.com
Yahoo Sports: Do the Knicks have enough frontcourt depth for title defense? 3 reasons for optimism

New York losing Mitchell Robinson stings, but could the champs actually be better off?

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Sep 28 • 1:05 AM EDT • Sports • nba.com
Haberman discusses Trump’s health, cruelty and GOP enablers

Maggie Haberman is “a resident of Donald Trump’s head,” according to Texas Tribune co-founder Evan Smith. Haberman, a White House reporter for The New York Times, sat down with Smith for an...

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Sep 27 • 10:54 PM EDT • Health • baptistnews.com
Kenyon Sadiq makes history in New York Jets loss

The talented Jets tight end made a statement in his 3rd NFL game

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Sep 27 • 10:15 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Detroit Lions DB Christian Izien Throws Shade at Jets

Lions defensive back Christian Izien had a pointed assessment of the Jets after Detroit's 31-24 victory, saying New York should not have scored 24 points.

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Sep 27 • 9:44 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Malik Nabers totals five receptions

New York Giants wide receiver Malik Nabers posted five receptions for 26 yards on six targets in Week 3

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Sep 27 • 7:41 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Breece Hall exits with thigh injury

New York Jets running back Breece Hall left the Week 3 game against the Detroit Lions in the second half due to a thigh injury

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Sep 27 • 3:42 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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Lions vs. Jets: Live score updates, highlights, injury news

Live score updates for the Detroit Lions vs. New York Jets game, with highlights, injury news.

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Sep 27 • 12:45 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Inside Titans vs Giants best photos in NFL Week 3

The Tennessee Titans play on the road for the first time in the 2026 NFL season. The Titans play the New York Giants.

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Sep 27 • 12:41 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
New York Jets vs Detroit Lions Game Thread

The Jets try to get back on track against the Detroit Lions

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Sep 27 • 12:30 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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NFL Week 3 expert picks, score predictions: Jets at Lions

New York Jets vs. Detroit Lions NFL Week 3 expert picks from the Pride of Detroit staff.

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Sep 27 • 9:30 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Knicks face an uncomfortable ask from a championship guard

“I’m a little disappointed.” That’s how Miles McBride described his extension talks in Kristian Winfield’s interview for the New York […]

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Sep 27 • 9:24 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Mets Morning News: The end is here

Your Saturday morning dose of New York Mets and MLB news, notes, and links.

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Sep 27 • 8:45 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
New York State Senate District 46 Preview: Pat Fahy vs Martha McHugh
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Sep 27 • 8:00 AM EDT • Politics • cbs6albany.com
New York Jets vs Detroit Lions Pre-Game Ball

Who will be a key factor for the Jets against the Lions?

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Sep 27 • 8:00 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
New York Jets Flight Connections 09/27/26

Happy Sunday, Jets fans! The Jets visit the Detroit Lions today looking to bounce back from a tough overtime loss to the Green Bay Packers. A win puts the Jets at 2-1 and would put the loss to Green Bay into the rear view mirror. This won’t be an easy game, but if the Jets […]

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Sep 27 • 7:00 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Rafael Flores Jr. Has Earned the Pirates’ Starting Catcher Role

Many were critical of the Pittsburgh Pirates when they traded All-Star closer David Bednar to the New York Yankees at the 2025 trade deadline. Not only was Bednar a fan favorite, but a quality closer, and the return looked light compared to other relievers who were traded at the time. However, the headliner of the …

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Sep 27 • 5:00 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
New York Jets vs Detroit Lions Game Day Forecast

A perfect day for football is in store for Jets fans under the dome in Detroit

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Sep 27 • 5:00 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
'SNL' host Jalen Brunson jokes about Taylor Swift-Travis Kelce wedding

The King of New York is live from New York.

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Sep 27 • 1:12 AM EDT • Entertainment • centraloregondaily.com
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FUTURE-HEALTH

Future Health – A Global Initiative by Abu Dhabi convened Ministers, senior government representatives, and global health leaders in New York on the sidelines of the 81st Session of the

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Sep 27 • 1:08 AM EDT • Health • hastingstribune.com
'SNL' spoofs Trump and Mamdani bromance, skewers Natalie Harp

"Saturday Night Live" is back! The NBC sketch show returned on Sept. 26 with the premiere of Season 52, hosted by New York Knicks star Jalen Brunson and with musical

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Sep 27 • 12:19 AM EDT • Entertainment • centraloregondaily.com
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The MTV VMAs Are Here With Taylor Swift Making History and Madonna Leading the Nods: How to Watch

NEW YORK (AP) — The 2026 MTV Video Music Awards are here and Swifties, it looks like the night is already yours. Earlier this week it was announced that Taylor Swift will receive the inaugural Artist Director Honors, becoming the most awarded artist in VMA history. Swift is currently tied with

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Sep 27 • 12:06 AM EDT • Entertainment • usnews.com
CDC vaccine policy recommendations grind to a halt under Health Secretary Kennedy - WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports

NEW YORK (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration recently approved a new flu vaccine that tested well in older adults. But the federal agencyRead More

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Sep 26 • 11:52 PM EDT • Health • wsvn.com
'Godzilla Minus Zero' makes franchise history, aims to 'shock' fans

NEW YORK – Look out, Manhattan. Godzilla has arrived in the Big Apple.

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Sep 26 • 8:01 PM EDT • Entertainment • centraloregondaily.com
‘SNL’ pokes fun at Trump and Mamdani’s relationship

New York Knicks star guard Jalen Brunson hosted the Season 52 premiere of “SNL.” He talked about proving his “biggest doubters” wrong by leading his team to win the NBA championship. The episode also poked fun at President Donald Trump and New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s political relationship.

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Sep 26 • 8:00 PM EDT • Business • cnn.com
Jets' Geno Smith punished by NFL right before Lions game

Just hours before the New York Jets and Detroit Lions game, the NFL announced a punishment for Jets quarterback Geno Smith.

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Sep 26 • 7:40 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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83rd Annual E.J. Herman Cross-Country Invitational

Cross-country teams from across the central New York area headed to Proctor Park Saturday morning for the 83rd E.J. Herman Cross-Country Invitational.

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Sep 26 • 7:10 PM EDT • Business • wktv.com
House Democrats plan vast oversight of Trump administration. Impeachment is an option

“There is a cost to the American people of the out-of-control corruption,” said Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries of New York, who is in line to become House speaker if Democrats win control at the Capitol.

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Sep 26 • 5:53 PM EDT • Politics • pbs.org
Nor’easter knocks out power to 19K homes, businesses in Hudson Valley

As a nor’easter continues to bear down on New York and New England, electricity crews are working to restore power to thousands of customers.

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Sep 26 • 4:36 PM EDT • Business • news10.com
What to expect at Sunday’s MTV Video Music Awards

NEW YORK — MTV’s Video Music Awards will be handed out Sunday at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. While anything can happen at this traditionally wild event, Madonna is

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Sep 26 • 2:31 PM EDT • Entertainment • recorderonline.com
What will make this Red Sox season a success?

A season ago, the Red Sox finished third in the American League East, winning 89 games. This season, depending on the result of a final game at Tropicana Field against the Chicago Cubs (a real sentence), the team will win 87 or 88 games. Last year, Boston was the 5-seed playing at the New York […]

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Sep 26 • 12:00 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Previewing the New York Jets’ opposition: Detroit Lions

The Jets aim for a road win against a tough Detroit Lions opponent

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Sep 26 • 9:00 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Jalen Brunson hosts ‘Saturday Night Live’ Season 52 premiere tonight

The New York Knicks star makes his hosting debut as NBC’s long-running comedy series returns for a new season.

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Sep 26 • 8:46 AM EDT • Entertainment • lohud.com
Wall Street week ahead: consumer confidence, inflation, employment updates

NEW YORK — Wall Street has a busy week ahead with important updates on inflation, the jobs market and consumer confidence.

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Sep 26 • 8:12 AM EDT • Business • gmtoday.com
VIDEO: Lions vs. Jets Week 3 preview: Madden 27 Sim

What does a game of Madden 27 think will happen between the Detroit Lions and New York Jets? Our simulation previews the game.

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Sep 26 • 8:00 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Yankees Castoff Returns To All-Star Home After Surprising Cut

The New York Yankees received a surprising update on their former All-Star trade acquisition after he seemed to find a resurgence.

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Sep 26 • 8:00 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Yankees Handed Rotation Prediction for Red Sox Wild Card Series

For the second straight year, the New York Yankees will face the Boston Red Sox in the Wild Card Series. The question will be who the Yankees will go with to open the series, and WFAN’s Chris McMonigle already sees how New York will line up its rotation for this series. Rather than having Cam […] The post Yankees Handed Rotation Prediction for Red Sox Wild Card Series appeared first on HEAVY.

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Sep 26 • 4:46 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Mark Gongloff: Private jets have a free-rider problem

If you try to take a free ride on, say, public transit in New York City, you’ll get in trouble with the law. If your mode of transportation is a

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Sep 26 • 4:00 AM EDT • Entertainment • thederrick.com
Ken San Jose set for Broadway debut in ‘Evita’ revival

Ken San Jose will star in the upcoming Broadway revival of "Evita" via Instagram/@ kensanjose Filipino American performer Ken San Jose will make his Broadway debut in the 2027 revival of Evita, joining the ensemble of director Jamie Lloyd’s production starring Rachel Zegler as Eva Perón. Previews begin Feb. 27 at the Winter Garden Theatre in New York,…

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Sep 26 • 2:43 AM EDT • Entertainment • asianjournal.com
N.Y. governor candidates stake out AI stances

Absent standard federal AI regulations, states like New York are trying to take the lead.

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Sep 25 • 8:45 PM EDT • Politics • ny1.com
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I Had 5 Key Pillars of Health Tested, in Less Than Six Hours

With two Biograph locations, one in New York and one in the San Francisco bay area, the preventative care clinics evaluate assessments across five key pillars of health.

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Sep 25 • 7:34 PM EDT • Health • creators.yahoo.com
Could New York use expanded federal voter citizenship database?

New York election officials can now choose to use an expanded federal database to verify the citizenship of people on voter rolls.

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Sep 25 • 7:03 PM EDT • Politics • spectrumlocalnews.com