Los Angeles Times
12 face charges after protests of raids
The cases mostly center on a series of clashes on a freeway overpass in June.
3 min |
October 30, 2025
Los Angeles Times
'Hero journey' of child prodigy
New musical 'Perfect World' explores the brief creative life of writer Barbara Follett.
4 min |
October 30, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Trump scores golden gifts as U.S., S. Korea advance trade talks
The United States and South Korea advanced trade talks Wednesday, addressing details of $350 billion that would be invested in the American economy, after negotiations and ceremonies that included the presentation of a gold medal and crown to President Trump.
4 min |
October 30, 2025
Los Angeles Times
What happens to your body when clocks 'fall back' an hour
Plan on a glorious extra hour of sleep as most of America “falls back” into standard time.
3 min |
October 30, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Pig kidney transplant lasts record 271 days in N.H. man
A New Hampshire man is resuming dialysis after living with a gene-edited pig kidney for a record 271 days, doctors said Monday. His experience is helping researchers in their quest for animal-to-human transplants.
1 min |
October 30, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Nobel winner’s U.S. visa revoked
Author Wole Soyinka of Nigeria says he had recently compared Trump to Idi Amin.
1 min |
October 30, 2025
Los Angeles Times
THE ARACHNID RENDEZVOUS
October is peak mating season for tarantulas in California. The hulking, furry males don't always come out alive.
3 min |
October 30, 2025
New York Amsterdam News
Federal judge indefinitely blocks firing of federal employees during shutdown
U.S. District Court Judge Susan Illston has extended her order stopping the Trump administration from firing federal workers because of the government shutdown.
2 min |
October 30, 2025
New York Amsterdam News
Highly anticipated UFC heavyweight clash prompts immediate rematch
In one of the most anticipated combat sports matchups of the year, UFC heavyweight champion Tom Aspinall clashed with Frenchman Ciryl Gane at UFC 321 this past Saturday at Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi — but only for four minutes and 35 seconds.
1 min |
October 30, 2025
New York Amsterdam News
Harlem's diverse senior Honeys and Bears just keep swimming
\"It's really a combination of team and family,\" says coach Oliver Foote (Foo-tay). \"Just like families, sometimes everybody feuds with one another, but at the end of the day, we all still love one another.
3 min |
October 30, 2025
New York Amsterdam News
Hurricane Melissa strikes Jamaica leaving most of the island without power, unknown death toll
Jamaica is trying to keep people and property safe from further harm while the strongest hurricane to hit the Caribbean island in a generation leaves devastation in its wake. However, much of the island was spared the worst of the storm
3 min |
October 30, 2025
New York Amsterdam News
Caribbean leaders ask to mediate U.S.-Venezuela conflict
Giving clear indications that they think war between the U.S. and Venezuela is imminent, Caribbean leaders offered themselves as 11th hour mediators at the weekend, saying military conflict will seriously affect the region.
3 min |
October 30, 2025
New York Amsterdam News
The Knicks encounter obstacles on their first road trip of the season
The road has been unkind for the Knicks to start this season.
2 min |
October 30, 2025
New York Amsterdam News
Hurricane Melissa strikes Jamaica leaving most of the island without power, unknown death toll
Jamaica is trying to keep people and property safe from further harm while the strongest hurricane to hit the Caribbean island in a generation leaves devastation in its wake.
3 min |
October 30, 2025
New York Amsterdam News
Seton Hall women's basketball brings fresh energy and high expectations
Seton Hall University women’s basketball kicks off its season tonight with an exhibition game on home court vs Thomas Jefferson. The 2024-25 season included postseason action in the WBIT, so this year's goal is to do better and earn a return trip to the NCAA Division I Tournament.
1 min |
October 30, 2025
New York Amsterdam News
Mamdani's offer to retain Commissioner Tisch concerns some long-time proponents
Mayoral hopeful Zohran Mamdani wants Jessica Tisch to remain as NYPD Commissioner under his potential administration. He broadcast those intentions during the final debate last Wednesday, Oct. 22.
6 min |
October 30, 2025
New York Amsterdam News
Highly anticipated UFC heavyweight clash prompts immediate rematch
In one of the most anticipated combat sports matchups of the year, UFC heavyweight champion Tom Aspinall clashed with Frenchman Ciryl Gane at UFC 321 this past Saturday at Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi — but only for four minutes and 35 seconds.
1 min |
October 30, 2025
New York Amsterdam News
Harlem's diverse senior Honeys and Bears just keep swimming
\"It's really a combination of team and family,\" says coach Oliver Foote (Foo-tay).
3 min |
October 30, 2025
New York Amsterdam News
Misty Copeland's farewell performance — and a career that opens doors
Perhaps it was the fact that this was a historic event and Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall was filled with over a thousand excited and fidgety youngsters who had come to see the farewell performance of Misty Copeland, American Ballet Theatre's (ABT) first Black female principal since it was founded in 1940, but the theater was electric.
3 min |
October 30, 2025
New York Amsterdam News
What to know as federal food help and preschool aid will run dry Saturday if shutdown persists
A new lawsuit by Democratic state officials Tuesday seeks to uncork emergency money to help tens of millions of Americans keep buying food for their families after federal SNAP funding is expected to run dry Saturday due to the U.S. government shutdown.
3 min |
October 30, 2025
New York Amsterdam News
The Stars of New York Dance are champions for children
As the curtain rises during The Stars of New York Dance competition, Cheryl Todmann hopes you will be in Brooklyn sitting in The Theater at City Tech.
4 min |
October 30, 2025
New York Amsterdam News
Early voting brings New Yorkers out as campaign enters home stretch
Early voting kicked off with a bang last weekend, bringing in an impressive number of voters in a few days compared to the 2021 mayoral election.
2 min |
October 30, 2025
New York Amsterdam News
Disgraced lawyer Solny not sentenced yet for housing scams targeting Black New Yorkers
Sanford Solny, the disbarred attorney convicted of stealing 11 properties from predominantly Black and Brown homeowners facing foreclosure, appeared in a Downtown Brooklyn courtroom on Oct. 22, for his scheduled sentencing but he has not been sentenced for his crimes — yet.
3 min |
October 30, 2025
New York Amsterdam News
Crossing the line? Islamophobia marks the NYC mayoral race
With Election Day around the corner, New York City's mayoral race swerved heavily into islamophobic rhetoric over the past several days with Republicans taking serious shots at mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani because of his Muslim identity.
4 min |
October 30, 2025
New York Amsterdam News
One-on-one: Zohran Mamdani makes his case for Black New Yorkers' votes
If Zohran Mamdani, according to the demographic breakdown of the Democratic party primary, is struggling to win over Black voters in advance of the New York City general elections, it wasn’t immediately obvious on one particular sunny day on Nostrand Avenue, in the heart of largely Caribbean central Brooklyn.
8 min |
October 30, 2025
New York Amsterdam News
Butternut & Acorn Squash Soup with Bacon, Mascarpone, Chives & Truffle Oil
Yields 8 10 servings
1 min |
October 30, 2025
New York Amsterdam News
Kai Cogsville and Defend Harlem are leading the charge against housing inequity
Kai Cogsville was born and bred in Harlem's Sugar Hill section. He's seen the evolution of his neighborhood, and says there is no community in the world like it.
3 min |
October 30, 2025
New York Amsterdam News
Black churches lead the charge on climate justice
At this year's Green the Church summit in Atlanta, the message was clear: The climate crisis is already here, and Black folks are bearing the brunt of its devastation.
3 min |
October 30, 2025
New York Amsterdam News
Federal judge indefinitely blocks firing of federal employees during shutdown
U.S. District Court Judge Susan Illston has extended her order stopping the Trump administration from firing federal workers because of the government shutdown.
2 min |
October 30, 2025
New York Amsterdam News
'Ragtime' is spectacularly sublime!
\"Ragtime\" is a spectacular — and incredibly timely — musical story of three families going after the American dream at the turn of the 20th century, and what that dream looks like for each family.
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