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Eryka Caldwell, a 41-year-old transgender woman described as beloved by her community, was stabbed to death in her Bushwick, Brooklyn apartment on Sunday morning.

He notified everybody that he was in hospice, so it was just a matter of time. He was certainly at peace with himself. He certainly left a mark, and he was a leader on on civil rights, on gay rights, on leading other marginalized communities, and then he helped the country get through the 2008 financial crisis, which was the most significant recession, depression, almost since 1930. So, I think he was a very, very important actor in the country during those times.

We just saw last week, The New York Times, of all media outlets, release a fictitious, fantastical story about dogs raping men. The insanity of it all, Leiter said. If they think that they can release a story like this, which is the imagination of a journalist, and not have it not result in people getting injured, they're making a huge mistake. He continued, They're contributing to this violence that we're seeing on the streets and this dramatic rise in antisemitism, attacks on Jewish institutions around the country.

Quite possibly her single most widely known piece of writing, the piece relates her encounters both direct and indirect with participants in the counterculture both obscure and prominent. That latter group includes no less a San Francisco hippie institution than the Grateful Dead, Didion's interview with whom didn't make it into the final piece. But over nearly six decades since then, its type-script has remained among her papers, and it was recently discovered in Didion and John Gregory Dunne's literary archive at the New York Public Library by Timothy Denevi.

To completely transform modern New York City back to the 1880s, the crew laid down massive textured carpets over the asphalt to perfectly mimic historic stone streets. There are over 350 background actors fully dressed in period-accurate costumes, alongside dozens of real horse-drawn carriages filling the block.

Hundreds of lawful permanent residents with green cards received free legal assistance with their naturalization application process at the City University of New York's (CUNY) annual Spring Citizenship Drive on May 16. The event, part of CUNY's Citizenship Now! program, was held at John Jay College of Criminal Justice in Upper Manhattan. Organized in partnership with Univision Nueva York, the event brought together staff and volunteers to help eligible immigrants complete their U.S. citizenship applications; 273 applicants were at the drive.

“DOJ has proven unworthy of this trust at every point in this case,” said Judge Mary McElroy in a ruling this week, quashing one of the DOJ's subpoenas. “It has misrepresented and withheld information to both this Court and the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas (the 'Texas court'). It did so in an obvious effort to shield its recent investigative tactics-previously rejected by every other court to review them-from this Court's review, in favor of a distant forum that DOJ deems friendly to its political positions.”

Macy's is going bigger than ever for this year's Macy's 4th of July Fireworks, which is celebrating its 50th anniversary this summer. In honor of the anniversary as well as the 250th birthday of the United States, Macy's 4th of July Fireworks will expand to both the lower East River in the Seaport District, the lower Hudson River in collaboration with Jersey City, and the Brooklyn Bridge, connecting all the communities to watch.

British Transport Police said a woman reported she was racially abused and had her hair grabbed as she entered the station with her sister and two young children at 19:30 BST on 11 October. US national Melissa Rein Lively, 40 - a "Maga" (make America great again) influencer - has been charged with assault by beating. Her partner, German national Philipp Ostermann, 37, has been charged with three public order offences, two of them racially aggravated.

Israel has announced that it will sue The New York Times and reporter Nicholas Kristof over a recent article called “The Silence That Meets the Rape of Palestinians,” which documents systemic sexual abuse by Israeli soldiers and settlers. In a social media post on May 14, Israel's foreign ministry stated that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar “have instructed the initiation of a defamation lawsuit” against The New York Times. The post decried the article, published on Monday, as “one of the most hideous and distorted lies ever published against the State of Israel in the modern press.”

The queue for vans was growing. Someone spurted hair spray on Tate McRae's long locks. The actress Tessa Thompson explained her blue fingers: "It's latex!" Joe Burrow, an N.F.L. quarterback, stood by the stairs in a navy Bode suit with bedazzled lapels, kicking his feet from side to side. "Can I have my phone real quick?" he politely asked an aide. Finally, a lull. It was time for the last departure: Cardi B, who was behind schedule. "We should all clap for her," a staffer said.

Under the headline, The Silence That Meets the Rape of Palestinians, Kristof alleged that one prisoner in Israeli custody was sexually abused in a spot where he others had met similar fates because he found other people's vomit, blood and broken teeth crushed into his skin, and that another prisoner was penetrated by a dog.

“Sheryl's husband killed himself,” Gillis said. “Apparently Black does crack if its married to Sheryl and jumps off a fucking roof.” While nothing is off-limits in the context of a roast,the line felt especially harsh given many were unfamiliar with her tragic story - unlike, say, the night's many jokes about Davidson's firefighter dad dying during 9/11.

Caitlyn Jenner, known for Keeping Up with the Kardashians and the docuseries I Am Cait, ran as a candidate in California's 2021 gubernatorial recall election. She publicly campaigned as a Republican, drawing extensive LGBTQ+ media attention and debate. The recall ended with Governor Gavin Newsom remaining in office.

Legendary journalist, film and cultural critic Rex Reed died early this morning, Tuesday, May 12, at his home in Manhattan after a short illness, surrounded by his closest loved ones, the statement read.

Kirby, born Jacob Kurtzberg in 1917 to Jewish immigrants, spent roughly the first 40 years of his life in New York, aside from a stint serving in the military during World War II. Before enlisting, he'd already embarked on a career as a comics artist. He went on to become a key figure during the medium's golden age, a period that most scholars and fans agree began with the creation of Superman in 1938 and ended with the implementation of the Comics Code Authority in 1956, which heavily restricted content until enforcement weakened in the 1970s.