In 1796, when slavery remained both legal and common in New York, a white man named Aquila Giles set out to free Hannah, a 30-year-old woman he enslaved, and her daughter, Abigail, who was about 5.

It’s out with the old and in with the new in Times Square this year as the famous New Year’s Eve ball drop rings in 2026 with a dazzling new ball — the largest in the history of an event that started ...

Central Park got more than four inches of snow for the first time since January 2022, with higher totals outside New York City. By Maia Coleman and Christopher Maag See more of our coverage in your ...

NEW YORK, Dec 19 (Reuters) - Matt Holt, former managing director and president of private equity at New Mountain Capital, has left the firm and is in talks to lead a deal valued at more than $30 ...

EXCLUSIVE: There was some earth-shattering news earlier this week when Neon‘s Chief Marketing Officer and Longlegs and Parasite campaign architect Christian Parkes left the arthouse distributor — but ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about TV shows, movies, video games, entertainment & culture. It’s a big week for new TV shows, though the majority of the ...

For a holiday week, Netflix’s new releases lineup doesn’t have quite the volume you might expect, but that’s probably because they’re making way for one of the biggest Netflix shows of them all: the ...

New World at one point had over a million concurrent players on Steam, but will no longer get new content updates in 2026 Amazon Amazon Game Studios MMO New World Amazon Game Studios has announced ...

Torrential rain hit the U.S. Northeast on Monday night, flooding several parts of New York and New Jersey, forcing highway closures, suspending subway lines, and prompting New Jersey's governor to ...

Target fans will soon have more stores to choose from. The popular Minneapolis-based retailer has plans to open new stores across 22 states, including six new stores in both Florida and Texas. "From ...

Last year, research from Accenture and Microsoft found that generative AI could contribute between $76 and $108 billion to our economy each year by 2038. And today, new research from Microsoft partner ...

Millions of people across the country were expected to join in protest this weekend against Donald Trump's administration. Organizers of the 'No Kings' protests expect New York and Los Angeles, the ...