Category Archives: New York

Police officer in ‘I can’t breathe’ death won’t be charged

July 16, 2019
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NEW YORK (AP) — Federal prosecutors said Tuesday that they won’t bring criminal charges against a white New York City police officer in the 2014 chokehold death of Eric Garner, a black man whose dying words — “I can’t breathe” — became a rallying cry as the nation confronted a long history of police brutality.…

June 30, 2019
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NEW YORK (AP) — The largest political action committee dedicated to electing LGBTQ candidates endorsed Democrat Pete Buttigieg for president on Friday, saying he’s “redefining what is possible in American politics” and is the best person to defeat President Donald Trump. LGBTQ Victory Fund President Annise Parker joined the 37-year-old gay mayor of South Bend,…

June 30, 2019
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FILE - Marchers participate in the Queer Liberation March in New York, Sunday, June 30, 2019. New York is throwing a massive LGBTQ Pride march as other cities including San Francisco, Chicago and Seattle also host parades commemorating the 50th anniversary of the clash between police and gay bar patrons that sparked the modern gay rights movement. The organizers of the smaller Queer Liberation March say the larger Pride event has become too commercialized and too heavily policed. (AP File Photo/Seth Wenig)

NEW YORK (AP) — Crowds gathered outside New York’s historic Stonewall Inn on Sunday to celebrate five decades of LGBTQ pride on the 50th anniversary of the police raid that sparked the modern-day gay rights movement. Other cities throughout the country planned parades. More than 2,000 people gathered outside the bar where patrons resisted a…

June 26, 2019
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NEW YORK (AP) — Grammy-winning rapper Cardi B was arraigned Tuesday on new felony charges in connection with a fight last year at a New York City strip club. “Not guilty, sir, honor,” said the rapper dressed in a dark blue and light pink pantsuit with her hair tinted blue as she pleaded in state…

June 26, 2019
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NEW YORK (AP) — Cuba Gooding Jr. is due in court as his lawyer seeks the dismissal of charges that the actor grabbed a woman’s breast without consent at a New York City bar. A hearing for Gooding is scheduled for Wednesday morning in Manhattan. It’s his first court appearance since his June 13 arrest…

June 2, 2019
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NEW YORK (AP) — The latest iteration of the Godzilla franchise took over the top spot from “Aladdin” and roared louder than Elton John at the weekend box office, but it still left a notably smaller footprint on North American theaters than its city-wrecking predecessors. “Godzilla: King of the Monsters,” Warner Bros. and Legendary Entertainment’s…

May 17, 2019
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The cover art for Dionne Warwick's new album, "She's Back", released Friday, May 17, 2019. Image source: Kind Music/Entertainment One

NEW YORK, N.Y. (FNN NEWS) – Legendary Grammy Award-winner Dionne Warwick releases her new album, She’s Back (Kind Music/Entertainment One), today. The album features ten tracks of new songs as well of remakes of pop/soul gems, and features duets with Kenny Lattimore (“What Color Is Love”), Musiq Soulchild (“Am I Dreaming?”), Kevon Edmonds (“How Do You Keep The Music Playing”), Brian McKnight (“Forever in My Heart”), as…

May 13, 2019
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New York, NY. – Today, Governor Ron DeSantis issued the following statement after meeting with leaders in New York’s technology and financial industry. Governor DeSantis was accompanied by Jamal Sowell, President and CEO of Enterprise Florida, Inc. “Today, I met with leaders in New York’s technology and financial services industries to discuss the many advantages and…

May 11, 2019
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WASHINGTON (AP) — One of the founding members of the 1990s hip-hop group the Fugees has been charged in a campaign finance conspiracy that took place during the 2012 presidential election, the Justice Department said Friday. A four-count indictment accuses Prakazrel “Pras” Michel of conspiring with fugitive Malaysian financer Low Taek Jho, usually known as…

May 6, 2019
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Norah O’Donnell will become anchor and managing editor of the “CBS Evening News” and Gayle King is getting two new morning show co-hosts as CBS News seeks to boost the programs’ ratings and put a tumultuous, scandal-scarred period behind it. The changes announced Monday were orchestrated by Susan Zirinsky, a 47-year CBS News veteran who…