Investigators first thought Mangione had taken a bus out of the city because he was seen on surveillance video at the George Washington Bridge bus station. ... Read full Story
By New York Post | Shane Galvin | 12/13/2024 9:33 PM
Just as Angiolini, 50, walked from his car to the pizza joint, he was promptly jumped by several men who popped out of a black SUV. ... Read full Story
Mayor Eric Adams told incoming border czar Tom Homan he wants to reopen the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement office on Rikers Island — sparking swift outrage from immigration advocates and setting up an almost-certainly fierce fight with the City Council. The mayor’s desire to thaw the troubled jail complex’s ICE office — recounted to... ... Read full Story
Bus driver Ian Bascombe, 58, was behind the wheel of the B41 at Foster and Flatbush avenues in Kensington around 12:20 p.m. when a troubled "known recidivist'' customer, Quentin Branch, 33, ordered him to stop because he’d boarded the wrong bus, according to cops and sources. ... Read full Story
“Tenants in [landlord] Lilmor’s buildings, including children, were forced to live with leaks, mold, infestations, and elevated levels of lead,'' state Attorney General Letitia James said. ... Read full Story
A teen straphanger was slashed in a clash with a stranger who bumped into him during Thursday's evening rush in Queens, cops and sources said. ... Read full Story
By New York Post | Aneeta Bhole | 12/13/2024 5:21 PM
The agency wants to contract analysts for a behavioral study that could cost up to $1 million to help curb “historic highs” of fare evasion with help of new grant money, a request for proposal on their website revealed. ... Read full Story
By New York Post | Kate Sheehy | 12/13/2024 3:37 PM
“They’re absolutely hovering over critical infrastructure, which is concerning if you don’t know the origins. ... They seem to be doing a grid pattern. It seems as if they’re patrolling,'' said Belleville, NJ, Mayor Michael Melham. ... Read full Story
The body part was discovered around 6:30 p.m. wedged between the rocks off the East River in the area of Water Street near Dock Street in DUMBO, cops and sources said. ... Read full Story
Smiling Hogshead Ranch came close to losing the plot this month after its landlord, the MTA, chastised the group for "health and safety issues." ... Read full Story
The Brooklyn Public Library is celebrating the centennial of civil rights activist and writer James Baldwin’s birth with a special exhibition of never-before-seen photographs. Called “Turkey Saved My Life – Baldwin in Istanbul, 1961-1971,” the installation features photographs by Turkish photographer Sedat Pakay that shed light on a fertile period in Baldwin’s life when he [...]
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“Vietnam is the world’s third-largest rice exporter, and the staple importance to Vietnamese culture is palpable in the Mekong Delta. The fertile patchwork of green fields crisscrossed by silvery waterways has helped stave off famine since the Vietnam War ended in 1975. Rice isn’t just the mainstay of most meals, it is considered a gift from the gods and continues to be venerated.” — Aniruddha Ghosal, The Associated Press, 22 Apr. 2024
Did you know?
Among the pantheon of ancient Roman deities, has any been so venerated—that is, deeply respected—over the centuries as Venus, goddess of love and beauty? Of course, one may personally prefer Vulcan or, um, Robigus (the god associated with wheat blight), but from Venus de Milo to the classic pop song “Venus,” Venus has inspired far more enduring reverence. To venerate something or someone—whether an artist or a saint—is to hold them in similarly high regard, which makes sense given venerate’s origins. The word comes from the Latin verb venerārī, which can mean “to solicit the good will of,” “to worship,” “to pay homage to,” and “to hold in awe.” That verb, in turn, is related to—you guessed it—Venus.