ca Lufthansa seeks €9 billion bailout amid political talks By www.rte.ie Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 07:14:17 +0000 Lufthansa is negotiating a €9 billion bailout with Germany's economic stabilisation fund to ensure its future, the airline said, confirming an earlier Reuters report. Full Article Business
ca Donohoe says Covid funding can't go on indefinitely By www.rte.ie Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 12:52:51 +0000 The Minister for Finance has said the State can afford to continue to fund the measures put in place by the Government to deal with the fallout from the Covid-19 pandemic. Full Article Business
ca Bring on the e-scooters: A Bird executive explains how New York City can smartly and safely welcome the micromobility devices By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 20:08:58 +0000 Electric scooters are coming to New York and, with a little planning and preparation, they can safely thrive here. To understand how, it helps to start with some context. Full Article
ca Pass an essential workers’ bill of rights: During crisis, give those doing critical jobs added protections and pay By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 09:00:00 +0000 The COVID-19 crisis is laying bare our city’s extreme racial and economic inequality. Not only have communities of color borne the brunt of the pandemic, but workers of color make up 75% of New York’s essential workers, the people who are risking their health to provide the services on which we all rely. Full Article
ca Donald Trump’s legacy is truth decay By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 12:22:25 +0000 Our country is reeling under the dual onslaught of COVID-19 and runaway unemployment, but there’s one person who’s willing to give President Trump high marks for handing the situation: Donald Trump. “I think in a certain way, maybe our best work has been on what we’ve done with COVID-19,” he mused in an interview this week. Full Article
ca Taking government money? Disclose your political spending: Companies should opt for transparency now more than ever By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 13:00:00 +0000 With increasing reports of large public companies and politically connected ones receiving COVID-19 rescue aid and the Trump administration blocking proper oversight, business leaders can act on their own to protect the integrity of the government aid effort and of companies themselves. They can do that by disclosing their companies’ political spending to show that political influence is not a factor in who gets help. Full Article
ca Justice extended, not denied: Gov. Cuomo rightly extends the deadline under which Child Victims Act survivors can face their By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 08:05:00 +0000 Last Feb. 14, Gov. Cuomo signed the Child Victims Act into law. He did it in the newsroom of the Daily News, because it was this paper that, over many years, spotlighted the wrenching cases of people abused as children, perversely prevented from seeking justice as adults. Full Article
ca Let the whistles blow: Never mind the Trump administration; listen to those calling out wrongdoing By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 13:00:00 +0000 Add Dr. Rick Bright to the list of coronavirus whistleblowers silenced or sidelined for trying to push truth over politics as we battle this deadly scourge. He was just ousted from his post as director of the HHS agency working on a COVID-19 vaccine for what he claims was his refusal to support a “game-changing” supposed cure President Trump and friends have been touting. CDC chief Robert Redfield suffered a similar rebuke for warning of a second wave of the virus next winter, contradicting the more rosy picture the president wants trying to paint. Not fired (yet), but clearly pressured to toe the line, truth and science be damned. Full Article
ca Devonte Green’s complicated path to the NBA Draft By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 18:45:33 +0000 He is preparing for the 2020 NBA Draft in a year where basketball is no longer the same. Full Article
ca Olympic figure skater Evan Lysacek sells Chicago condo for $827,000 By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Fri, 13 Sep 2019 16:34:08 +0000 Lysacek, originally from Naperville, took a loss on the two-bedroom condo. Full Article
ca Orioles stars Cal Ripken and Adam Jones’ former Baltimore County estate back on market By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Thu, 31 Oct 2019 14:28:38 +0000 The sprawling Baltimore County home once inhabited by Orioles stars Cal Ripken Jr. and Adam Jones is back on the market after less than six months. Full Article
ca The world’s largest Starbucks opens tomorrow in Chicago. Here’s what to expect if you go, from rare beans to coffee cocktails. By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Wed, 13 Nov 2019 00:52:26 +0000 The Reserve Roastery Chicago opens Friday, transforming the former Crate & Barrel space into five floors of coffee wonderland. Full Article
ca Free six-bedroom house available in New Jersey - as long as you can move it By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Tue, 19 Nov 2019 14:57:54 +0000 Looking for a house? Well, there’s a free one in New Jersey if you want it. You just need to come and get it. Literally. Full Article
ca California holds 73% of the nation’s priciest ZIP codes for home buyers By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Thu, 05 Dec 2019 15:49:17 +0000 According to a new report from real estate database PropertyShark, California has accounted for roughly 73% of the country’s priciest ZIP codes for home buyers this year. Full Article
ca As Chicago’s building boom continues, new nonprofit aims to train women and minorities for construction trades By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Fri, 06 Dec 2019 22:53:55 +0000 Major players in commercial real estate, construction and organized labor are teaming up with the United Way to try to place thousands of and minorities into trade careers in Chicago, where there is both a shortage of skilled labor and a dearth of jobs in swaths of the city. Full Article
ca Jay Cutler and Kristin Cavallari toss Tennessee mansion back on the market By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Fri, 10 Jan 2020 22:38:48 +0000 Jay Cutler and Kristin Cavalarri have chopped the price of their Tennnessee mansion to $4.95 million. Full Article
ca Paint job makes $500,000 Florida home look like cartoon By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Mon, 27 Jan 2020 09:45:54 +0000 The home was painted in large patches of extremely bright primary colors with random splatters throughout. The home in the Il Regalo Circle Community in Naples resembles a pre-school play toy or cartoon home. Full Article
ca ‘They slap lipstick on a pig’: What Chicago real estate experts think of the HGTV effect and ‘Windy City Rehab’ woes By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Wed, 12 Feb 2020 11:00:40 +0000 Chicago real estate experts bust myths portrayed by home improvement shows, from actors subbing in as buyers to unrealistically low renovation costs. Full Article
ca First signs of disruption appear in housing; markets ‘calm’ By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Wed, 25 Mar 2020 20:00:12 +0000 The outbreak of the coronavirus has dealt a shock to the global economy with unprecedented speed as it continues to spread across the world. Here is a look at some of the latest developments Wednesday related to the global economy, particular economic sectors, and the workplace. Full Article
ca Canceled open houses and virtual home tours. Realtors pivot amid pandemic to keep selling homes By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Mon, 06 Apr 2020 13:00:00 +0000 Locally, the housing market got off to a great start at the beginning of the year, and all signs seemed to point to a bright spring season. And then the coronavirus struck. Full Article
ca Ruby Walsh believes racing can work behind closed doors By www.rte.ie Published On :: Fri, 01 May 2020 15:51:27 +0000 Ruby Walsh believes enforcing social distancing should not prove too much of an issue when racing eventually resumes. Full Article Racing
ca Wicklow jockey Jackson cheered on to biggest career win By www.rte.ie Published On :: Tue, 05 May 2020 19:33:35 +0000 Irish jockey Shane Jackson achieved the biggest win of his eight-year Australian stint with victory in the Grand Annual Steeplechase at Warrnambool on Tuesday. Full Article Racing
ca Hanover card kicks off German racing's return By www.rte.ie Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 15:38:08 +0000 Majestic Colt landed the first Listed prize of the German season as racing sparked back to life at Hanover on Thursday. Full Article Racing
ca French racing to return with magnificent Monday card By www.rte.ie Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 12:26:30 +0000 Victor Ludorum heads eight declarations for Monday's Prix de Fontainebleau at Longchamp. Full Article Racing
ca Koeman issues upbeat update after health scare By www.rte.ie Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 15:46:00 +0000 Netherlands manager Ronald Koeman is feeling "fit as a fiddle" after undergoing a heart procedure in Amsterdam at the weekend, the former Everton and Southampton boss confirmed. Full Article Soccer
ca Off-duty FDNY firefighter busted for DWI after found sleeping in parked car By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Sun, 01 Dec 2019 16:27:07 +0000 Police discovered firefighter Lenzell Ross, 28, snoozing in his parked Tesla on the side of the Belt Parkway near Shore Parkway in Lindenwood about 2:30 a.m., authorities said. Full Article
ca NYPD tow truck driver’s death in Brooklyn crash blamed on medical problem By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Tue, 03 Dec 2019 02:24:51 +0000 The on-duty driver was heading south on Flatbush Ave. near Avenue R in Marine Park around 6 p.m. when he lost control of his truck, said police. Full Article
ca Gambino capo, 10 cohorts picked up on federal racketeering conspiracy, loansharking, bribery charges By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Thu, 05 Dec 2019 21:06:27 +0000 Veteran captain Andrew Campos, 50, was arrested only months after a search warrant uncovered multiple photos of the mobster and co-defendant Richard Martino making prison visits to imprisoned Mafioso Frank LoCascio, once the underboss to the infamous “Dapper Don” Gotti. Full Article
ca Defense lawyer, in closing arguments for 2016 slaying of beloved Brooklyn pizzeria owner, insists prosecutors failed to prove their case By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Sat, 07 Dec 2019 00:01:45 +0000 Attorney Javier Solano, in his final jury address Friday, insisted there was a “piece that didn’t fit” in the prosecution’s presentation against murder suspect Andres Fernandez in the June 30, 2016, shooting of Louis Barbati. Full Article
ca Off-duty NYPD cop charged in fatal two-car Brooklyn crash; second driver flees scene By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Sun, 08 Dec 2019 22:11:26 +0000 A driver abandoned his wrecked vehicle and left one of his passengers to die after a drunken off-duty cop in a muscle car t-boned his vehicle in Brooklyn early Sunday, police said. NYPD Officer Rohan Shaw was driving a white 2019 Nissan GT-R, zooming east on Foster Ave. just before 5 a.m., when a black 2016 Mazda 6 rolled through a stop sign on E. 55th St. and right into the cop’s path, police said. Full Article
ca ‘She was a pleasure to be around... you never expect this:' distraught dad grieves for daughter, killed by off-duty NYPD cop in car wreck By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Mon, 09 Dec 2019 23:32:42 +0000 Instead of waking up to wish his daughter the best on her 23rd birthday, Collin Dixon got the phone call every parent dreads. Full Article
ca Shocking claims of racism, other misonduct by high-ranking NYPD cops emerge in ‘collar quotas’ case By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Sat, 14 Dec 2019 01:26:09 +0000 The city withheld explosive allegations of racism against two high-ranking NYPD cops accused of demanding arrests of black and Hispanic people, an attorney charged Friday. Full Article
ca Suspect with knife captured on video in sleeping man’s home may have also slipped into Brooklyn building: police By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Wed, 18 Dec 2019 15:00:50 +0000 Cops are looking into the possibility a man who stalked through a Brooklyn home with a knife may have trespassed through another nearby location the night before. Full Article
ca Brooklyn teen accused of swiping more than $1 million from dozens of victims in cryptocurrency scam By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Wed, 18 Dec 2019 18:40:54 +0000 Yousef Selassie, 19, pleaded not guilty to first-degree grand larceny, identity theft and other charges at his Manhattan Supreme Court appearance for the lucrative scheme that operated from January through May this past year. Full Article
ca Vision uh-oh: Two more pedestrians killed by vehicles in Manhattan and Brooklyn, capping off deadly three days across NYC By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Fri, 20 Dec 2019 14:45:44 +0000 The Friday morning deaths capped off a deadly three days across the city. Full Article
ca Brooklyn assault suspects get welcome reprieve under new reforms: No bail despite alleged violent offenses in separate cases By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Fri, 03 Jan 2020 00:19:33 +0000 Two men accused of violent crimes were freed without bail from Brooklyn Criminal Court on Thursday amid growing concern about the state's new bail reform laws. Full Article
ca Former Mexican security chief linked to Sinaloa Cartel held without bail by Brooklyn federal judge on multi-million dollar bribery charge By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Fri, 03 Jan 2020 22:14:35 +0000 Garcia Luna, accused of turning a blind eye toward murderous drug overlord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman while serving as Mexico’s secretary of public security from 2006-12, arrived in Brooklyn Federal Court with his attorney for a Friday afternoon hearing. Full Article
ca SEE IT: Boy violently struck by car in Brooklyn, then gets up and walks away By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Fri, 10 Jan 2020 15:40:32 +0000 The frightening incident happened Wednesday around 8 a.m., on 55th St. between 14th Ave. and New Utrecht Ave. in Borough Park, according to Ezra Friedlander, who shared the video on Twitter. Full Article
ca After legendary 53-year career, Brooklyn Federal Judge Jack Weinstein hangs up his robe at age 98 By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Wed, 12 Feb 2020 20:36:02 +0000 Judge Jack Weinstein on Monday moved to inactive status, closing out a 53-year career. A highlight of his law career was working with Thurgood Marshall on the legal arguments that led the U.S. Supreme Court to rule in Brown v. Board of Education that school segregation was illegal. He was named a federal judge in 1967, and on his retirement was the last appointee of President Lyndon Johnson still on the bench. Full Article
ca Pistol-whipping Russian mobster explodes at prosecutor at Brooklyn sentencing: ‘I can’t listen to these lies!’ By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Thu, 20 Feb 2020 23:24:49 +0000 Aleksey Tsvetkov, 40, blew up while an Assistant U.S. Attorney recited his criminal history during his sentencing hearing in Brooklyn Federal Court on racketeering charges.. Full Article
ca Mom wants justice for Mexican son shot by ICE on vacation visit to Brooklyn By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Sat, 22 Feb 2020 00:59:19 +0000 “Those people shot him to kill him. It’s a miracle that my son is alive,” Carmen Cruz said of the Feb. 6 incident in which her son, 26-year-old Erick Diaz-Cruz, was wounded in a confrontation with Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Gravesend. Full Article
ca Brooklyn’s McCarren Park bustles even as state goes ‘on pause’ over coronavirus By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Sat, 21 Mar 2020 02:08:48 +0000 Friends played touch football and shared sweaty exercise equipment while others kept their distance from others Full Article
ca Two NYC Education Dept. employees who shared building with principal who died of coronavirus also hospitalized: sources By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Tue, 24 Mar 2020 23:01:37 +0000 Rona Phillips, the principal of KAPPA V High School in Brownsville, is in intensive care with pneumonia, officials said. “Our thoughts are with Principal Phillips and her family for a speedy recovery, and we’ll support the school community in every way we can,” said Education Department spokeswoman Miranda Barbot. Full Article
ca SEE IT: Crooks steal cash register from Brooklyn bistro: police By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Wed, 25 Mar 2020 00:49:27 +0000 A pair of crooks broke into a Bushwick bistro and swiped the cash register during an early-morning robbery over the weekend, police said Tuesday. Full Article
ca Beloved Brooklyn pastor dies from coronavirus at age 49 — first Catholic priest killed by disease in the U.S., officials say By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Sat, 28 Mar 2020 22:14:19 +0000 The beloved 49-year-old priest, born in Mexico City, passed away Friday evening at the Wyckoff Medical Center in Brooklyn, the diocese said. Father Jorge, as he was known to worshippers, served as the diocesan coordinator of the ministry for Mexican-Americans among his other duties. Full Article
ca No coronavirus release for former Mexican top cop Garcia Luna, accused of taking millions in bribes from cartels By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Tue, 31 Mar 2020 17:21:49 +0000 A Brooklyn federal magistrate denied Genaro Garcia Luna release from prison due to coronavirus, saying he was a flight risk. Full Article
ca Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams calls for express supermarket lanes for first responders, with Foodtown already onboard By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Sat, 04 Apr 2020 18:29:02 +0000 Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams called Saturday for all New York supermarkets to offer express lane treatment for those heroic New Yorkers on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic. Full Article
ca Cops bust thief trying to steal dozens of shoes and baseball caps from closed Brooklyn Foot Locker By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Sat, 04 Apr 2020 19:56:06 +0000 Suspect Donte West, 28, broke into a side door of the shoe store on Pitkin Ave. near Bristol St. in Brownsville about 8:45 a.m. Saturday and loaded up a Chevy Trailblazer with more than three dozen pairs of sneakers and nearly 40 baseball caps as cops arrived, police said. Full Article
ca SEE IT: Crook wears N95 face mask to rob deli of cash and 36 Red Bulls By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Thu, 09 Apr 2020 20:39:44 +0000 A pair of crooks smashed their way into a grocery store in Brooklyn and stole the deli’s cash register along with three dozen Red Bulls, cops said. Full Article
ca SEE IT: Burglar in surgical mask robs Brooklyn church twice in 5 days By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Sun, 12 Apr 2020 19:29:42 +0000 The crook first targeted Grace Baptist Church on New Jersey Ave. near Liberty Ave. in East New York around 8 p.m. March 31, cops said. He forced open a side door and made off with a wad of cash. Full Article