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The soccer matches are estimated to bring over $3 billion in economic activity to both New York and New Jersey, which are co-hosting the games.

A substantial tumble since New Year’s Eve hasn’t diminished Mike Brown’s belief in a Knicks championship. 

The short-term discomfort that comes with setting boundaries yields long-term stability. 

The state budget director, Blake Washington, just made a mockery of Mayor Zohran Mamdani's claims to face a fiscal crisis by pointing out that New York City's social-service outlays have exploded 50% since the pandemic.

"Intelligence tools have changed what it means to build and run a company," he said.

Hundreds of roosters were seized as part of a suspected illegal cockfighting ring in a rural Bay Area enclave that’s known as a hotbed of bird fighting. Video posted by the Sonoma County Sheriff shows a massive and squalid facility in rural Santa Rosa where Saul Villalobos-Delacruz, a 30-year-old resident, allegedly ran a massive illegal...

Even as cartel carnage continues to cast a shadow, Californians’ favorite Mexican escape is turning up the heat on its tourism tax.

Escalation of violence between the volatile neighbours makes a Qatar-mediated ceasefire appear increasingly shaky

Pakistan carried out airstrikes in Kabul and two other Afghan provinces early Friday, Afghanistan’s government spokesperson said, hours after Afghanistan launched a cross-border attack on Pakistan in the latest escalation of violence between the volatile neighbours that made a Qatar-mediated ceasefire appear increasingly shaky.

At least three explosions were heard in Kabul, but there was no immediate information on the exact location of the strikes in the Afghan capital, or of any potential casualties.

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The drug-dealing housekeeper for Kouri Richins testified Thursday about the second time the Utah grief author mom lied about her husband's cause of death.

If your subway ride wasn’t annoying enough today — between delays, packed cars, “Showtime!” dancers and homeless people who plague the system — get ready for ads blaring at you on the platform while you wait for your train.

I overheard the news from Clarke Gayford on a dancefloor at 2am. I’m thrilled for our former first couple

I got the news that Aotearoa’s most (internationally) famous prime minister is moving to Sydney in a way that is only possible in New Zealand. I was at the final Splore festival in Tāpapakanga at the weekend (one of our longest-running and arguably most beautiful festivals) when Clarke Gayford, Jacinda Ardern’s husband, popped up next to me on the dancefloor dressed as a giant toadstool. “Yeah, we’re moving to Sydney,” he said to a man in funereal pirate garb. “Can’t wait!”

Maybe it was the joy of a perfect tracklist at 2am, maybe it was getting this breaking news from the horse’s mouth, but I felt thrilled for our former first couple. Like Splore, NZ has the hungover malaise of a party being cancelled and the lights going out.

Johanna Cosgrove is an award-winning actor/writer/comedian. She will perform her show Sweetie at the Melbourne international comedy festival and is now in NZ filming an exciting top-secret feature film

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In my experience, shoot first.

It's a party, man.

The acquisition was "always a 'nice to have' at the right price, not a 'must have' at any price," Netflix said.

The negotiations in Geneva were inconclusive, with Trump’s self-imposed deadline to reach an agreement on the future of Tehran’s nuclear program ticking down as soon as this weekend.

It's shaping up to be a year-long celebration.

OpenAI-powered assistant will help to ‘understand overall service patterns’, company says, as move sparks backlash

From hospitality workers to retail employees, the exaggerated “customer service voice”, often mocked in internet memes as wildly different from someone’s real voice, has long been a cultural trope. Fast-food giant Burger King is now taking that voice one step further, saying it will detect whether employees are using words like “please” and “thank you” through the assistance of artificial intelligence.

On Thursday, Burger King announced it is rolling out a new AI chatbot connected to employee headsets at hundreds of locations in the US as part of a platform called BK Assistant, powered by OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT.

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Democracy Volunteers says it saw 32 cases of apparent collusion – the highest levels in its 10-year history

An election observer group has raised concerns over people appearing to collude on voting in the Gorton and Denton byelection.

Democracy Volunteers, an organisation founded by Dr John Ault, and supported by the Conservative peer and psephologist Prof Robert Haywood, deployed four accredited election observers across the constituency.

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The Colts reportedly granted Richardson permission to seek a trade despite last season’s starter, Daniel Jones, coming off an Achilles tear and set to enter free agency. 

A former Chargers quarterback and one of his powerful buddies are reportedly making a serious run at buying the Padres.

Another season of telecasts — free TV, cable TV, pay-walled — is near and with no relief, no application of common sense in sight or hearing.

They're gonna blow a gasket.

America250 organizers have allotted one archival box for New York -- with space at a premium inside the 3-foot-by-2-foot vessel.