ROCKVILLE CENTRE, N.Y.—A tanker carrying gasoline lost control, crashed into a vacant building, and burst into flames on Long Island early Wednesday, injuring the truck driver and three firefighters who responded, authorities said. In a video posted to Twitter, thick black smoke was seen billowing from the Rockville Centre building, which was fully engulfed in…
Noom Diet App Reaches $62 Million Settlement Over Automatic Subscription Renewals
February 15, 2022
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NEW YORK—Noom Inc. reached a $62 million settlement of a lawsuit accusing the weight loss app provider of tricking customers into signing up for “risk-free” trial periods only to force them into automatic, costly renewals that were difficult to cancel. The preliminary settlement filed on Friday night in Manhattan federal court calls for Noom to…
Man Who Attacked Falun Gong Information Booths Arrested for Alleged Hate Crime in Flushing
February 15, 2022
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NEW YORK—A man has been arrested four days after he violently tore up information stands in Flushing that were meant to highlight the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) long-running persecution of the faith group Falun Gong. The attacker, 32-year-old Zheng Buqiu, was arrested at around noon on Feb. 15 at the crossing between Main Street and…
New York Man Charged With Hate Crime for Attacking Falun Gong Information Booths
February 15, 2022
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NEW YORK—A man has been arrested four days after he violently tore up information stands in Flushing that were meant to highlight the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) long-running persecution of the faith group Falun Gong. The attacker, 32-year-old Zheng Buqiu, was arrested at around noon on Feb. 15 at the crossing between Main Street and…
Illegal Aliens Ran Sex-Trafficking Ring in New York City, Using Minors From Mexico
February 15, 2022
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Five members of a family-run sex trafficking operation smuggled young Mexican women and girls to New York City and forced them into prostitution. Several girls were 14 years old. Last week, all five received prison sentences of 20 to 39 years for sex trafficking, sex trafficking conspiracy, sex trafficking of minors, interstate prostitution, alien smuggling,…
Jury Decides in Favor of New York Times in Sarah Palin’s Defamation Lawsuit
February 15, 2022
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NEW YORK—After roughly 15 hours of deliberation over three days, the jury in the Sarah Palin v. The New York Times trial delivered a verdict of “not liable” on Feb. 15, giving the newspaper a victory. Since the verdict in the defamation trial was not in Palin’s favor, there was no monetary figure attached for…
Whoopi Goldberg Returns to ‘The View’ After Suspension
February 15, 2022
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NEW YORK—Whoopi Goldberg returned to “The View” on Monday after a two-week suspension for remarks about the Holocaust, expressing surprise at some people who had reached out to her during her absence. Goldberg had been criticized for comments Jan. 31 on the daytime talk show where she said the Holocaust was not about race, but…
New York City Fires Nearly 1,500 Workers For Refusing COVID-19 Vaccine: Mayor
February 15, 2022
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New York Mayor Eric Adams announced on Monday that 1,430 public-sector workers in the city were fired for failing to meet a Feb. 11 deadline to get vaccinated against COVID-19. As many as 4,000 city workers were given notice in January to be fully vaccinated as a condition of employment. Three-quarters of those workers had…
Boston-to-Washington Train With 106 on Board Stuck in NYC for Hours
NEW YORK—A high-speed Amtrak train headed from Boston to Washington with more than 100 passengers lost power and got stuck in New York City for almost seven hours Monday, railroad officials said. The Acela train left Boston on time at 5:05 a.m. but got stuck in the Hunters Point neighborhood of Queens at 8:37 a.m….
Woman Killed by Man Who Followed Her Into NYC Apartment
NEW YORK—A woman was stabbed to death inside her lower Manhattan apartment by a man who followed her from the street into her building, authorities said. Christina Yuna Lee, 35, was found fatally wounded in her bathtub at about 4:30 a.m. Sunday, police said. The suspected killer was taken into custody after he at first…
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