Tag: New York

‘Digital Dollar’ Begins in US; G20 Used to Advance Great Reset

An experimental “digital dollar” is being rolled out by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, with involvement from financial companies including Mastercard, Citigroup, HSBC Holdings, and Wells Fargo. The 12-week experiment will work as a test for the creation of a centralized bank digital currency (CBDC) in the United States, similar to the “digital…


Parts of New York Dig out After Potentially ‘Historic’ Snowfall

NEW YORK—Parts of New York finally caught a break Sunday after a storm spent days dumping a potentially record-setting amount of snow on cities and towns east of Lake Erie and Lake Ontario. Many businesses in the hardest-hit areas remained closed, but highways reopened and travel bans in many areas were lifted, though bands of…


‘Power Rangers’ Star Jason David Frank Dies at 49

NEW YORK—Jason David Frank, who played the Green Power Ranger Tommy Oliver on the 1990s children’s series “Mighty Morphin Power Rangers,” has died. He was 49. Justine Hunt, Frank’s manager, said in a statement Sunday that Frank passed away. She did not name the cause of death or say when he died, but asked for…


LIVE 11/21, at 10:30 AM ET: ‘Digital Dollar’ Begins in US; G20 Used to Advance Great Reset

An experimental “digital dollar” is being rolled out by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, with involvement from financial companies including Mastercard, Citigroup, HSBC Holdings, and Wells Fargo. The 12-week experiment will work as a test for the creation of a centralized bank digital currency (CBDC) in the United States, similar to the “digital…


Buffalo Supermarket Shooter to Plead Guilty, Victims’ Lawyers Say

BUFFALO, N.Y.—The man who killed 10 people in a shooting at a Buffalo supermarket plans to plead guilty to all of the state charges against him, according to lawyers representing families of the victims. Payton Gendron, 19, is scheduled to appear in court Monday, according to court records. His lawyers didn’t respond to phone messages…


Massive Snowfall Buries Cars, Keeps Falling in Western NY

BUFFALO, N.Y.—Piles of snow, in some places taller than most people, buried parts of western and northern New York as a lake-effect storm pounded areas east of Lake Erie and Lake Ontario for a third straight day Saturday, with possibly even more to come. Snowfall totals as high as 77 inches (196 centimeters) were reported…


NYPD Counterterrorism Force Thwarts Threat to Jewish Community

The New York Police Department (NYPD) stopped a threat to the Jewish community on Saturday in a joint effort with the FBI, the police department said. “The FBI/NYPD Joint Terrorism Task Force, NYPD Counterterrorism and Intelligence Bureau investigators, working with their law enforcement partners, uncovered a developing threat to the Jewish community on Friday,” NYPD…


Lawyer Who Torched Police Car During 2020 Riots Sentenced to 15 Months in Prison

A New York lawyer who torched a police car during the 2020 riots with a Molotov cocktail was sentenced Nov. 18 to 15 months in prison. Urooj Rahman, the lawyer, saw her last-minute plea to the judge for no jail time rejected. “I’m so incredibly sorry for my reckless and wrong actions,” Rahman said in…


2 Deaths Reported as ‘Lake-Effect’ Snowstorm Paralyzes Western New York

BUFFALO, N.Y.—An early winter “lake effect” storm dumped heavy snows on parts of western New York state on Friday, with at least two deaths reported, travel disrupted, and icy powder expected to pile higher through the weekend. The squalls blowing in from Lake Erie and Lake Ontario had dumped 3 to 5 feet (1–1.5 meters)…


Police: Man With Ax, Sword Asked to Enter New York Times Newsroom

NEW YORK—A man with an ax and a sword went into the lobby of the New York Times building on Thursday and asked to speak to the political section, authorities said, then handed over his weapons and waited for emergency personnel when he was denied entry. The New York Police Department said officers responded to…