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NEW YORK , United States (AFP) — Two documents signed by Abraham Lincoln in his drive to abolish slavery in 19th century America go on auction next week, expected to fetch up to $5 million. Limited edition copies of the Emancipation Proclamation delivered on January 1, 1863 and the 13th Amendment, which abolished slavery two years later, were issued by the man whom many still consider the greatest US president. Sotheby’s, which is conducting the […]
(REUTERS) — Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders is throwing a concert in a park with a dramatic view of Manhattan’s skyscrapers. At the northern end of New York state, Republican front-runner Donald Trump will hold a rally in Buffalo, a Rust Belt city recovering from economic decline. The Democratic front-runner, former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who represented New York for eight years in the U.S. Senate and whose main home is in a […]
STATEN ISLAND, NEW YORK, United States (Reuters) – Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton told supporters in New York on Sunday (April 17) that she was “sick and tired of people running for president who view our country through a negative lens.” Her remarks came while she was campaigning at Staten Island in the Empire State ahead of the Democratic primaries in the delegate heavy state. “This nation of immigrants with Lady Liberty in the harbor […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — White House hopeful Bernie Sanders extended his winning streak in his bid to pull off a shock and defeat Hillary Clinton, grabbing victory in the Wyoming Democratic caucuses Saturday, US media said. The state — which is overwhelmingly Republican — only awards 14 delegates, meaning Sanders barely puts a dent in Clinton’s more than 200-delegate lead. But it gives the self-described democratic socialist another morale boost, ahead of […]
A suspended Guatemalan judge who was arrested last month as part of a U.S. investigation into corruption in soccer’s world governing body FIFA won the right to be released from jail on Thursday (January 07) on a $4 million (USD) bond. Héctor Trujillo, 62, was secretary general of the Guatemalan soccer federation and a Constitutional Court judge until his Dec. 4 arrest while aboard a Disney cruise ship docked in Florida. With Trujillo’s wife and […]
Hundreds of activists rallied on Thursday (December 10) in front of Donald Trump’s hotel in midtown New York City to condemn the Republican 2016 presidential candidate’s call to bar Muslims temporarily from entering the United States. Chanting “Dump Trump” and “refugees welcome,” the protesters castigated Trump’s comments. “There shouldn’t be a number on how many Syrians should be allowed into this country and Islamophobia and Arabphobia and Xenophobia and all of it, it’s becoming a real […]
(Eagle News) — Filipino boxing legend Manny Pacquiao is set to receive today, Oct. 13, the prestigious 2015 Asia Game Changer of the Year 2015 in New York, USA. He depared for the US Sunday night, October 11, to receive the honor, following Asia Society’s earlier announcement of the 2015 Asia Game Changers. He follows in the footsteps of Alibaba CEO Jack Ma, who took the honor in 2014. “The Asia Game […]
Trading in all securities were halted on the New York Stock Exchange on Wednesday following earlier reports of technical difficulties, although NYSE-listed issues was still trading on other exchanges. After the halt, U.S. stocks extended their losses, but in low volumes, with the S&P 500 hitting a session low and the Dow Jones Industrial Average and Nasdaq both falling more than 1 percent. “It’s under control. We’re just waiting for word. There’s no sign […]
(Reuters) Police using dogs and air support converged on a town in western New York state on Saturday (June 20) to investigate a possible sighting of two convicted murderers who escaped a maximum-security prison two weeks ago, a police spokesman said. New York State police shut off roads and searched cars near the town of Friendship close to the border with Pennsylvania, as police helicopters flew patrols overhead. Richard Matt, 48, and David Sweat, 34, […]
New York’s Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts will rename its Avery Fisher Hall for music mogul David Geffen, who has made a $100 million gift to help with its renovation, officials said on Wednesday (March 04). Large-scale renovation of the concert hall, home to the New York Philharmonic, is due to begin in 2019 at a cost of about $500 million, Lincoln Center said. It will be named David Geffen Hall in September at […]
The family of an unarmed black man shot and killed by a police officer called for a conviction at the trial, which had started just the other day. On Wednesday, rookie New York City police officer Peter Liang was charged with second-degree manslaughter and five other offenses for the fatal shooting of Akai Gurley inside a dark stairwell of a housing project last November. Officer Liang was patrolling with his partner in the Brooklyn housing […]
(Reuters) – New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio sought to ease tensions with the police force on Monday, calling for a suspension of protests against the use of excessive force until after the funerals of two officers killed by a gunman over the weekend. De Blasio, a Democrat who has come under intense criticism from some police unions for his handling of protests over police killings of unarmed black men, asked the city to […]
