Nursing Student Ben Wins $250,000 in IShowSpeed’s NYC Scavenger Hunt
A nursing student named Ben followed livestreamed GPS clues and found IShowSpeed first in a New York City scavenger hunt, winning the $250,000 grand prize.
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Pink Has the Best Response to Viral Makeup-Free NYC Photo: ‘I Look HOT’
Pink responded with humor after a candid makeup-free photo from New York City circulated online, declaring, “I look HOT.”
NYC Bets $29 Million on an NYU Quantum Lab, and Gets a 15% Cut of What It Invents
Mayor Zohran Mamdani's administration is putting $29.2 million into NYU's planned Quantum Fabrication Facility. In return, the city gets three board seats and 15% of NYU's proceeds from inventions made with city-funded tools.
Six Nonverbal Autistic Kids Were Lost on a Brooklyn School Bus for Over 4 Hours, City Watchdog Finds
A city investigation found a bus carrying six nonverbal autistic children, ages 6 to 8, wandered Brooklyn for more than four hours while parents tracked it with AirTags. One child arrived lying in urine.
"He's Breathing": Body Cam Shows NYPD Officers Bring a 1-Month-Old Baby Back to Life in Astoria
Two NYPD officers from the 114th Precinct performed two-finger CPR on a 1-month-old boy who stopped breathing in Astoria, Queens, until he started breathing again. He has since gone home.
Federal Judge Tosses Trump Administration's Lawsuit Against New York City's Sanctuary Laws
A Brooklyn federal judge ruled the Justice Department had no valid basis to sue over NYC laws limiting cooperation with ICE, a week after an ICE agent shot a man in Marble Hill.
Speaker Menin Says Grok Made a Sexualized Image of Her "Within a Second" as SpaceXAI Is Grilled Under Oath at NYC Council
Elon Musk's SpaceXAI testified under oath to the New York City Council only after a subpoena, and couldn't explain how Speaker Julie Menin found a sexualized Grok image of herself in seconds.
Rare Barn Owl Family Nests in a Manhattan Water Tower, a First on Record for the Borough
A family of barn owls is raising young in a rooftop water tower on the Upper West Side. Birders say it's the first documented barn owl nest in Manhattan, and crowds gather nightly to watch.