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Central Park to get first statue honoring women

NEW YORK – Central Park has 23 statues of men who left their mark in history but not a single one honoring the accomplishments of a woman. That will change after a city commission...

DATE: Oct 23, 2019 | CATEGORY: Travel

Empire State Building shows off new $165 million observatory

DATE: Oct 20, 2019 | CATEGORY: Travel

The Vessel: Soaring sculpture is centerpiece of massive NYC development

NEW YORK – A towering sculpture called Vessel – made up of 2,500 twisting steps the public can climb – is the visual centerpiece of Hudson Yards, a $25 billion urban complex on Manhattan’s W...

DATE: Mar 23, 2019 | CATEGORY: Travel

Famous Waldorf Astoria getting makeover

NEW YORK – The word “grand” matched few hotels in the world better than New York City’s Waldorf Astoria, but this bastion of gilded splendor is now closing for two to three years for a trans...

DATE: Mar 3, 2017 | CATEGORY: Business

New York’s Met Museum offers exercise amid world-class art

NEW YORK – World-class art, meet sweaty aerobics. New York City’s cavernous Metropolitan Museum of Art has been holding lively morning workout sessions this winter amid its prized...

DATE: Feb 21, 2017 | CATEGORY: Travel

Inventor of iconic General Tso’s Chicken has died

Popular dish never caught on in China

DATE: Dec 6, 2016 | CATEGORY: Food

NYPD bee squad ready for sting operations

NEW YORK – Daniel Higgins is one police officer who knows a thing or two about sting operations. Although the New York Police Department detective’s main job is working in a count...

DATE: Jul 30, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Sept. 11 museum stages show

NEW YORK – To mark the 15th anniversary of the terror attacks, the 9/11 Memorial Museum is staging a major special exhibition. It features artists who have transformed a day of terror – ofte...

DATE: Jul 15, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Sept. 11 museum stages art exhibition rife with reality

NEW YORK – To mark the 15th anniversary of the World Trade Center attacks, the 9/11 Memorial Museum is staging an art exhibition that in some cases uses actual remnants of the day of terror ...

DATE: Jul 14, 2016 | CATEGORY: Visual Arts

New N.Y. law would allow booze with Sunday brunch

NEW YORK – On Sunday mornings, some New Yorkers count down the minutes till noon, when they can legally order an alcoholic drink to cap their brunch. This blue law – a remnant ...

DATE: Jun 21, 2016 | CATEGORY: Food

Sky high: NYC ‘trophy apartment’ could list for $250 million

NEW YORK – Billionaires’ Row. That’s what New York real estate experts have dubbed a lineup of a half-dozen new superluxury skyscrapers overlooking Central Park that are home to ...

DATE: Jun 4, 2016 | CATEGORY: Business

Stolen stamp returned to owner

Rare Inverted Jenny was taken in 1955

DATE: Jun 3, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World