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Tim Balk

Supreme Court sides with Cuomo aide Joseph Percoco in corruption case

May 11, 2023 at 5:41 p.m.

The Supreme Court on Thursday voided a 2018 fraud conviction against Joseph Percoco, a one-time top aide and confidant to Gov. Andrew Cuomo, in a unanimous decision that reduced federal...

Rihanna attends The 2023 Met Gala Celebrating "Karl Lagerfeld: A Line Of Beauty" at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 1, 2023 in New York City.

Brittney Griner arrives at 2023 Met Gala: ‘It feels good’

May 2, 2023 at 1:23 a.m.

Less than five months after returning to the U.S. from her Russian imprisonment, Brittney Griner beamed at the 2023 Met Gala on Monday night. Griner, who spent 10 terrifying months...

2023 Met Gala red carpet roundup: Who was there, who did they wear?

May 2, 2023 at 1:24 a.m.

The 2023 Met Gala is underway in Manhattan. The gowns are flowing. The cameras are clicking. And the press is shouting from behind the fence at the Mark, the 5-star...

FILE - Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, questions Interior Secretary Haaland during a Senate Appropriations subcommittee hearing on the budget on July 13, 2022, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Murkowski won reelection on Wednesday, Nov. 23 defeating Donald Trump-endorsed GOP rival Kelly Tshibaka. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib, File)

Alaska’s rejection of Sarah Palin, reelection of Sen. Lisa Murkowski are blows to Trump

November 25, 2022 at 4:32 p.m.

Midterm election results in Alaska marked the latest rebuke to former President Donald Trump, with Sen. Lisa Murkowski staving off a challenge from a Trump-backed candidate and former Gov. Sarah...

Rep. Hakeem Jeffries officially announces bid for Democratic House leader

November 19, 2022 at 6:00 a.m.

Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) officially announced his bid on Friday to succeed Speaker Nancy Pelosi as Democratic leader in the House of Representatives. Just a day after Pelosi stepped down,...

Elier Salazar Chacón, de 29 años, carga a su hija Cataleya Salazar Ramírez, de 3 años, mientras habla con un oficial de policía de Chicago después de llegar en un autobús con otros inmigrantes desde Texas a Union Station el 31 de agosto de 2022 en Chicago.

Dos salidas para una misma crisis

September 12, 2022 at 9:02 p.m.

La gente también llega aquí ahora, en autobuses llenos. Cientos de refugiados, rechazados por Texas y subidos a autobuses bajo las órdenes del gobernador Greg Abbott, han llegado en los...

FILE - U.S. Rep. Lee Zeldin speaks to delegates and assembled party officials at the 2022 NYGOP Convention on March 1, 2022, in Garden City, N.Y. U.S. Rep. Lee Zeldin, the Republican candidate for New York governor, was attacked on Thursday, July 21, 2022 by man with knife at an upstate event but was uninjured, his campaign says.(AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)

Rep. Lee Zeldin, GOP nominee for N.Y. governor, attacked at campaign event near Rochester

July 22, 2022 at 3:34 p.m.

A man attempted to stab Rep. Lee Zeldin, the Republican nominee for governor of New York, as he delivered a campaign speech near Rochester on Thursday night, according to his...

Erica Adams celebrating his win as New York City Mayoral at the Brooklyn Marriott in Brooklyn, New York, Tuesday, November 2, 2021.

Eric Adams beats Curtis Sliwa, is elected second Black mayor of NYC

November 3, 2021 at 5:15 p.m.

Eric Adams, a former cop who climbed from poverty in Queens to become a fierce voice for frustrated working-class voters, was elected the second Black mayor of New York City...

Danny Burstein accepts the award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical for "Moulin Rouge! The Musical" from Ron Cephas Jones onstage during the 74th Annual Tony Awards at Winter Garden Theatre on September 26, 2021 in New York City.

‘Moulin Rouge!’ dances away with 10 Tony wins as Broadway celebrates its recovery

September 27, 2021 at 4:19 p.m.

"Moulin Rouge! The Musical," the dazzlingly intense Broadway version of Baz Luhrmann's beloved 2001 movie, emerged a feel-good winner at the 2021 Tony Awards, waltzing away with 10 Tony Awards,...

Harrison Ford reads harsh edit notes from ‘Blade Runner’ at Oscars

April 26, 2021 at 4:21 a.m.

Harrison Ford flashed back some four decades at the Oscars on Sunday, reading scathing screening notes from the classic sci-fi film "Blade Runner." "Opening too choppy," Ford grumbled. "Why is...

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