Dog's killing leads to Brooklyn progressive civil war over 'social justice,' New York Times reports

Haleigh Breest finished testifying Tuesday in her sexual assault civil trial against filmmaker Paul Haggis, and jurors began watching the video deposition of another Haggis accuser who has said she went to his office in Los Angeles in 2008 to discuss a possible book adaption and wound up fleeing the building when he suddenly tried to kiss her.

Jonathan Martin is returning to Politico after almost a decade at The New York Times.

Kevin Spacey remained composed Tuesday during cross examination at a civil trial, repeatedly rejecting suggestions that he wasn't telling the truth when he denied an actor’s claims that he made a sexual advance on him when he was 14 in the 1980s. His testimony for several hours on cross examination by a lawyer for actor Anthony Rapp, 50, went smoothly enough that Spacey's lawyer did not ask any questions after the examination was completed by early afternoon.

Broken Social Scene, joining them onstage in New York to sing ‘Anthems For A Seventeen Year-Old Girl’.The band have been on their 20th-anniversary tour of ‘You Forgot It In People’, with tonight’s (October 16) show taking place at New York’s Webster Hall. Treating fans to an extra special performance, they invited actors and unlikely guests Ullman and Streep onstage for ‘Anthems For A Seventeen Year-Old Girl’.Watch footage captured by fans below.Holy hell, Tracy Ullman and Meryl Streep just came out to sing “Anthems For a Seventeen-Year-Old Girl” with #BrokenSocialScene pic.twitter.com/5yGaqihFl1— Dan "Dracula" Caffrey (@DwCaffrey) October 17, 2022I cried three separate times during #BrokenSocialScene at Webster Hall tonight.

Jenna Lyons is former President and Executive Creative Director of J.Crew Group, where she was widely recognized as the creative force behind the American retail chain’s phenomenal rise from floundering catalogue chain to one of the most coveted fashion brands in the US. Jenna is now Co-Founder and CEO of direct-to-consumer beauty brand, LoveSeen, and resides in New York City with her son Beckett.Sai De Silva is an Afro-Latina, born and raised in New York. She is the creative director of Scout the City, which originated as a passion project blog and quickly evolved into an online lifestyle destination.

— featuring an entirely new cast!News of the brand new cast first broke during a live taping of with Andy Cohen at BravoCon 2022 on Sunday, when the new housewives walked out onto the stage and surprised fans in attendance.As the upcoming season of the show features an entirely new ensemble of Housewives who fans will be seeing for the first time, Bravo is giving fans an introduction to all the new faces and the worlds of fashion, real estate, entertainment and philanthropy in which they operate.Sai De Silva is the creative director of Scout the City, a lifestyle and fashion blog that «chronicles Sai’s adventures of chic parenting, from her home in Brooklyn where she resides with husband David Craig and their two children, London and Rio,» as Bravo explains.A post shared by UBAH (@ubah)A Somalian model and philanthropist, Ubah Hassan immigrated to Seattle when she was a child, and later moved to Canada, where she was discovered by a photographer in a park, and soon signed to a modeling agency. Later, she moved to New York City, which she now calls home.

The New York Times tweeted out a rhetorically charged description of Wisconsin's U.S. Senate race candidates that led to familiar charges of bias against the liberal outlet.  Leading into the Thursday night debate, the Times sent a tweet that labeled Republican Sen. Ron Johnson as a "leading peddler of misinformation" and Democratic candidate Lt.

Protecting the safety and freedoms of a citizenry is the first principle of any government, and from that principle derive all other benefits a society confers. Like the freedom to go to a bar and get hammered without getting shot on your way home.  Freedoms like that are under threat in New York, as worsening street conditions have become a significant drag on the city’s famed nightlife. It’s another downstream effect of rising crime and homelessness – and one which won’t help the city’s looming budget problems.    The scenario is not restricted to New York – nearly all the nation’s major municipalities are in the same boat.

The New York State Department of Health has discovered more evidence of polio in NYC wastewater.  Officials noted that 63 of 70 wastewater samples discovered last week were linked to a polio case of a 20-year-old male from Rockland County.The individual has since developed paralysis in his legs, according to the state health department.  Most of the samples were found in Rockland. Still, officials also collected others all over the state, including Orange County, Sullivan County, and Nassau County, and one sample was found in Brooklyn.

The FBI is tracking a lead in the Gilgo Beach serial killings case to Alabama.  In a Friday Facebook post, the Mobile Police Department said that the FBI is seeking relatives and friends of a long-deceased man named Elijah "Lige" Howell/Howard, who lived from 1927-1963.  Howard lived in Prichard, Alabama, with his wife Carrie and passed away in Mobile in 1963 "with Ms.  Lillie Mae Wiggins Packer," police wrote.

New York City Mayor Eric Adams today signed a bill to to designate Times Square a so-called gun-free zone.

A group of Orthodox Jews in New York City are suing the state’s new law banning carrying a firearm in a house of worship and arguing that it essentially makes them "sitting ducks." The Jewish congregation in Midwood, Brooklyn, in a suit organized by the New York State Jewish Gun Club in Rockland County, filed the lawsuit on September 29 objecting to the state’s Concealed Carry Improvement Act signed by New York Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul, the New York Post reported.

Jennifer Aniston and Justin Theroux have had one of the healthiest breakups in Hollywood. The couple, which were together for eight years, continues to spend time together and have a healthy friendship. This past Friday, Aniston and Theroux were spotted having dinner together, accompanied by a group of friends.David Schwimmer teases Jennifer Aniston with a shower picture ahead of her LolaVie releaseJennifer Aniston buys Oprah Winfrey’s $14.8 million Montecito estateThe pair met up in the restaurant Laser Wolf and were accompanied by Howard Stern, Jason Bateman, Jon Hamm and Jimmy Kimmel.

Kevin Spacey arrived to court Thursday for his civil sexual assault trial, after Broadway star Anthony Rapp accused the beleaguered actor of trying to seduce him when he was a teen. Rapp made the allegations in 2017 to BuzzFeed, marking the first in a string of sexual misconduct claims that left Spacey fighting for his career. The "House of Cards" star, 63, arrived Thursday morning to Manhattan federal court for jury selection in the civil trial, which is expected to last two weeks and feature testimony from both men.

Major left-leaning networks, such as MSNBC and CNN, have been inundated with coverage of the Herschel Walker abortion payment story over the last two days, with media figures ripping into the Georgia Republican Senate nominee over his alleged hypocrisy.  A Monday report alleged Walker urged an unnamed former girlfriend to get an abortion, and reimbursed her $700 for the procedure.The woman claimed she had a bank receipt of the alleged payment, as well as a "get well" card from the Walker himself.   Since the report came to light, a number of television personalities, journalists, and commentators have criticized Walker over the report, as well as a number of other past controversies alleging various lies and instances of domestic abuse.