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NYC Mayor Plans to House Illegal Immigrants in Houses of Worship, Private Homes

June 5, 2023
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New York City Mayor Eric Adams, a Democrat, announced a plan on Monday to house illegal immigrants in houses of worship and private homes as the city struggles to cope with arrivals from the southern border. With Republican governors in Southern border states sending illegal immigrants north to sanctuary cities like New York, Adams has…

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‘A Symbol of Defiance’: Memory of Tiananmen Square Massacre Kept Alive by Advocates

June 4, 2023
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Then-five-year-old Hu Yang was too young to be part of the pro-democracy movement in Tiananmen Square that would later be violently crushed by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) using tanks and guns. But that hasn’t stopped him from trying to keep its memory alive. In front of a local government building in his hometown, the…

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New Tiananmen Museum Opens in New York Ahead of June 4 Anniversary

June 3, 2023
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NEW YORK—The hope for a “free China” lives on in a new Manhattan museum dedicated to the Chinese communist regime’s 1989 suppression of pro-democracy demonstrations around Tiananmen Square, exhibit organizers said on Thursday ahead of the 34th anniversary of the massacre. The June 4th Memorial Museum in New York will be the only such permanent…

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Post-Mortem Exams Being Performed on 2 Dead Whales Seen Floating Off New York This Week

June 3, 2023
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SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y.—Two dead humpback whales were spotted floating in the waters off New York this week, officials said, part of a troubling rise in whale deaths in the region. Necropsies were being performed Friday to determine what killed the two whales that were first seen Wednesday, one off eastern Long Island and one in Raritan…

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3rd Man Charged in 2002 Shooting Death of Run-DMC Star Jam Master Jay

May 31, 2023
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NEW YORK—A third man has been charged in the 2002 shooting death of Run-DMC star Jam Master Jay, prosecutors said Tuesday, marking the latest movement in a case that languished for years. Federal prosecutors in the Eastern District of New York filed a superseding indictment on Tuesday, charging Jay Bryant, 49, in the death of…

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Brooklyn’s 156th Memorial Day Parade

May 29, 2023
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The Brooklyn Memorial Day parade is the third largest in the nation. It remains as the oldest, continuous-running major city Memorial Day parade in America. In addition to the participation by several veteran groups, and bands, there will be 7 floats, plus NYC Fleet Week sailors and marines in the line of march. It will…

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DOJ Charges 2 Suspected Chinese Agents for Targeting Falun Gong in the US

May 26, 2023
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NEW YORK—Federal prosecutors charged two men with attempting to bribe a public official with tens of thousands of dollars in a scheme to help the Chinese Communist Party “topple” the persecuted faith group Falun Gong. John Chen, a 70-year-old U.S. citizen born in China, and Lin Feng, a Chinese citizen aged 43, have attempted to…

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DOJ Charges 2 Suspected Chinese Agents for Targeting Falun Gong in US

May 26, 2023
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NEW YORK—Federal prosecutors charged two men with attempting to bribe a public official with tens of thousands of dollars in a scheme to help the Chinese Communist Party “topple” the persecuted faith group Falun Gong. John Chen, a 70-year-old U.S. citizen born in China, and Lin Feng, a Chinese citizen aged 43, have attempted to…

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NYC Commission Votes to Freeze Municipal Deposits at Capital One, KeyBank

May 26, 2023
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New York City’s banking commission voted Thursday to freeze new deposits at Capital One Bank and KeyBank, saying that the banks failed to submit a plan detailing steps they’re taking to “root out discrimination” in their operation. The 3-0 vote by the commission, consisting of New York Mayor Eric Adams, Comptroller Brad Lander, and Commissioner…

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US Confident It Can Win a War Over Taiwan: Admiral Aquilino

May 25, 2023
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The United States is confident that it could win in a war defending Taiwan should China choose to mount an invasion, said United States Indo-Pacific Commander, Admiral John C. Aquilino. “The United States does not choose to escalate, we are not being provocative. That said, I’m confident that we’d be able to fight and win…

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