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CEO shooting: Luigi Mangione charged with murder as act of terrorism

Luigi Mangione has been indicted for the 4 December killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, facing multiple murder charges, including first-degree murder.

18/12/2024

Business

Italy: Milan's Via MonteNapoleone wins out as world's priciest street

The average shopper on Via MonteNapoleone spent €2,500 per purchase between August and November - the highest average receipt in the world, according to the tax-free shopping firm Global Blue.

17/12/2024

Business

Bookstore staffers receive holiday bonuses from author James Patterson

"Booksellers save lives. Period," the author said in a statement through his publisher, Little, Brown and Company. "I’m happy to be able to acknowledge them and all their hard work this holiday season."

11/12/2024

USA

CEO shooting: What we know about suspect Luigi Mangione

Police have charged a 26-year-old man in connection to the killing of UnitedHealthcare's CEO Bryan Thompson last week.

10/12/2024

USA

New evidence comes to light in hunt for health care CEO's killer

US authorities, who are still probing the suspect’s identity, believe the gunman took a bus from Atlanta to New York ahead of the attack.

06/12/2024

Art

Lost works by Haring and Basquiat revived at reopened Luna Luna park

Luna Luna, a long-lost 1987 art carnival featuring iconic works by Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Basquiat, has been resurrected in New York City after decades in storage.

27/11/2024

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Pianist Tom Yun reveals Chopin’s hidden creation

An unknown musical work attributed to European composer Frédéric Chopin was performed by pianist Tony Siqi Yun.

21/11/2024

Art

Famous duct-taped banana sells for €5.8 million at art auction

Sotheby’s had estimated its value between $1 million and $1.5 million (€924,000 and €1.4 million). It sold for $6.2 million (€5.8 million) in NYC.

21/11/2024

Art

Painting by René Magritte makes surrealist history at auction

This is the first time that a painting by the Belgian artist René Magritte has sold for more than $100 million.

20/11/2024

Lifestyle

How a subway tunnel became NYC’s most unlikely therapy spot

Commuters are invited to share their thoughts, fears and dreams on the open wall, creating a collective expression of the city’s heart and mind.

13/11/2024

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New York City's underground tunnel becomes public therapy couch

Artist Matthew Chavez is installing his participatory art project called Subway Therapy in the New York underground.

12/11/2024

USA

New York presidential election 2024 results: Kamala Harris wins

The Democratic candidate has won the New York race and secured the state’s 28 Electoral College votes.

06/11/2024

Culture news

Watch: Timothée Chalamet crashes his own look-alike contest

Dune actor Timothée Chalamet made a surprise appearance at his own look-alike contest in NYC, thrilling fans and causing such a frenzy that police had to disperse the crowd.

28/10/2024

Art

Going bananas: Viral fruit artwork to auction for staggering amount

The world’s going bananas – and now an infamous artwork heading to auction will a-peel to wallets...

28/10/2024

Design

NYC's Vessel structure reopens with new suicide prevention measures

Manhattan's Vessel has reopened with enhanced safety features, including steel mesh nets, after a series of suicides led to its 2021 closure.

22/10/2024

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Giant sculpture of a pigeon in New York has the city in a flutter

Iván Argote's five-metre-high sculpture, entitled "Dinosaur", depicts a giant pigeon overlooking 10th Avenue in New York.

18/10/2024

Taste

London, Madrid, Copenhagen: Europe’s best pizzerias outside of Italy

These European cities rank among the best for pizza.

14/10/2024

Art

How Olafur Eliasson will take over Piccadilly Circus and Times Square

Icelandic-Danish artist Olafur Eliasson is set to take over some of the world’s biggest public spaces in his most impressive installation piece yet.

27/09/2024

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Dissident groups protest Iran government outside United Nations

Protesters outside the UN in New York displayed images of Iran's Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, with a snake’s head in opposition to the Iranian government.

25/09/2024

Earth News

Activists demand action as major climate events kick off in New York

New York is hosting Climate Week NYC, an annual event that promotes climate action, at the same time the UN General Assembly takes up the issue on several fronts.

20/09/2024