Coronavirus cases linked to ‘large’ Halloween weekend gathering forces New York high school to close

Tracy Morgan is giving back to his community. The "30 Rock" star handed out 1,200 turkeys for Thanksgiving at the Mott Haven Community Center in the Bronx on Tuesday.

Meghan Markle, the Duchess of Sussex, has revealed that she suffered a miscarriage in July, explaining in a deeply personal New York Times op-ed that losing a child means “carrying an almost unbearable grief.”

The New York City Police Department and the New York City Sheriff's Office don't expect to enforce Gov. Andrew Cuomo's executive order curtailing the number of Thanksgiving Day guests at private celebrations because of the coronavirus.

The New York Times took three days to print a correction of a significant error in its reporting about the Georgia recount process. After stating Friday that only "several hundred" uncounted ballots were found during the recount of the Georgia presidential contest, the Timeswaited until Monday to correct it to "more than 5,000." The article appeared on the front page of Saturday's edition, and the correction did not make it to print until Tuesday.

David Dinkins, who served as New York City's first and only Black mayor during the 1990s, has died at 93. Dinkins' health aide found him unresponsive in his Lenox Hill apartment Monday night, the New York Post reported. The NYPD confrimed the report.

Halsey told fans she’s “in shock” after her debut poetry book featured on the New York Times bestselling author list.The tome – I Would Leave Me If I Could: A Collection of Poetry – came out on November 10, 2020, and was number two on the Hardcover Fiction countdown as WENN went to press.Reacting to the news, Halsey, real name Ashley Frangipane, shared a childhood snap of herself, alongside the caption: “I woke up to discover that I am a New York Times Best Selling Author.

The date has been set for R Kelly’s New York trial on sexual abuse charges. It will begin on 7 Apr 2021, with jury selection taking place the previous day.Kelly has been held in custody ever since being arrested in July last year and faces charges in multiple American states.

Marta Balaga Cinematographer Frederick Elmes, who was named as the winner of EnergaCamerimage Film Festival’s First Look – TV Pilots Competition on Saturday for his work on the Amazon series “Hunters,” spoke about the show’s first episode “In the Belly of the Whale” during an online Q&A earlier this week.

Lindsay Blake Hollywood seems to be in a very New York state of mind lately considering the many recently-released productions showcasing the Big Apple, including “Dash & Lily,” “The Undoing,” and “On the Rocks.” The latter, Sofia Coppola’s latest streaming venture with Apple TV+ and A24, follows Laura (Rashida Jones), a melancholy author who, suspecting her husband of cheating, employs her womanizing father, Felix (Bill Murray), to help navigate the situation.

Eli Countryman New York’s Gov. Andrew Cuomo will be given the International Emmy Founders Award for effective communication and leadership during the COVID-19 pandemic, the International Academy of Television Arts and Sciences announced Friday.The award is being given to acknowledge Cuomo’s use of television to provide information and a sense of calm to viewers.

A county in New York is refusing to comply with one of Gov. Cuomo's coronavirus orders, citing mass depression and stress resulting from a "constant barrage" of regulations.

New York has still not released data regarding the total number of people at nursing homes in the state who died from coronavirus, weeks after receiving a request for more information from the U.S. Department of Justice.

Storms hammered New York, New Jersey and Connecticut on Sunday night, even sparking tornado warnings. The National Weather Service issued tornado warnings and severe thunderstorm warnings for parts of New York and Connecticut as the storms battered the area.

Governors across the country are implementing new coronavirus restrictions as cases rise from coast to coast. Among them, North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum announced a mask mandate for the state Friday evening, New York Gov.