Health Apr 06 Tiger at NYC’s Bronx Zoo tests positive for COVID-19 A tiger at the Bronx Zoo has tested positive for the new coronavirus, in what is believed to be the first known infection in an animal in the U.S. or a tiger anywhere, federal officials and the zoo said Sunday.
Health Apr 04 Gov. Cuomo: China sending 1,000 ventilators to New York NEW YORK — New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Saturday that China is facilitating the shipment of 1,000 ventilators to his state, as he continues to shop for more of the lifesaving devices ahead of a growing number of coronavirus…
Health Apr 02 Central Park houses hospital ward as NY races to add beds Spaces including pro tennis courts, college dorms and a cruise ship terminal are supposed to start housing patients over the next few weeks.
Health Mar 25 New York struggles with coronavirus as U.S. deaths top 1,000 New York authorities mobilized to head off a potential public health disaster in the city Wednesday, with its emergence as the nation's biggest coronavirus hot spot a warning flare — and perhaps a cautionary tale — for the rest of…
Education Mar 23 School districts take unplanned plunge into online learning With schools shut down for the coronavirus outbreak, districts and educators are launching a massive, unplanned test of virtual teaching.
Education Mar 13 NYC keeping schools open, defying novel coronavirus trend Mayor Bill de Blasio's decision leaves the Big Apple as an outlier amid a growing list of cities and states that have elected to close schools for a week or more as part of a nationwide attempt to limit the…
Nation Mar 11 Weinstein sentenced to 23 years for sexual assaults Weinstein, who has been accused of violating scores of women, was convicted last month of raping a woman in a New York City hotel room in 2013 and forcibly performing oral sex on another woman at his apartment in 2006.
Nation Feb 25 How Weinstein’s conviction could influence other sex crime prosecutions If any case seemed to encapsulate the #MeToo reckoning with sexual misconduct, gender dynamics and power as a form of coercion, it was Weinstein's.
Nation Jan 31 Woman testifies Weinstein raped her twice A key accuser in Harvey Weinstein's trial says he raped her twice, once bellowing that she owed him as he dragged her into a bedroom.
Nation Jan 30 E. Jean Carroll’s lawyers request DNA sample from Trump Lawyers for a woman who says President Donald Trump raped her in the 1990s are asking for a sample of his DNA. The attorneys for advice columnist E. Jean Carroll say they want to determine whether Trump's genetic material is…