UrbaNerd: Where NYC’s Fires Were in 2017
Alexander Baxevanis
The New York City Fire Department responded to 41,000 fires in calendar year 2017.
One night last summer my family and I were driving back to our neighborhood when we saw a thick, black plume of smoke …
Register to win VIP tickets and pit passes to AMA Supercross!
Monster Energy AMA Supercross is coming to The Dome at America’s Center Saturday, March 17th! Register to win a family four-pack of VIP tickets plus access to the Pit Party!
Check out some of these Supercross riders and …
UK outs extremism blocking tool and could force tech firms to use it
The UK government’s pressure on tech giants to do more about online extremism just got weaponized. The Home Secretary has today announced a machine learning tool, developed with public money by a local AI firm, which the government says can …
North Greenbush woman reunites with police officers who saved her life
NORTH GREENBUSH, N.Y. (NEWS10) – Imagine being trapped for hours in the freezing cold as the sun sets and hopes of being rescued begin to fade.
For one local mother of five, that nightmare became a reality.
Her name is …
Southfield church will once again offer drive thru ashes on Ash Wednesday
Once again the Lenten season is upon us.……
Strangest State: February 2018
LUFKIN // A masked bandit broke into Angelina County’s probation office early in the morning of December 12. “Very cute but very agitated, so he had to go,” an employee wrote on the office’s Facebook page…
Public Weighs In During Confirmation Hearing for Appointed Police Chief David Nisleit
Feedback on Mayor Kevin Faulconer’s choice of veteran lawman David Nisleit as the next police chief was largely positive Monday at the first of two City Council public confirmation hearings, with representatives from a range of groups describing the …
Opinión: El Plan de Rezonificación de Inwood Les Falla a Las Comunidades Inmigrantes
Adi Talwar
Esquina de 207th Street y Sherman Avenue.
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Nueva York es la ciudad inmigrante por excelencia. Con un 28 por ciento de la población nacida fuera del …
Ethics study shows that county officials are short-changed
An ethics commission study unveils new proof that salaries for Miami-Dade County’s commissioners and mayor are badly distorted.
Not that we needed proof that 13 commissioners who get $6,000 full time to spend $7 billion a year are vastly underpaid. …
St. Louis County Police issue endangered person advisory for missing man
ST. LOUIS COUNTY, MO – The St. Louis County Police Department needs the public’s help to find a man who made suicidal threats.
The department issued an Endangered Person Advisory for Edward E. Kinder late Monday evening. He made suicidal …