Culture Travel New York City Not everyone likes Midtown, despite the museums, the shopping, great restaurants, historic buildings and other diversions. So we’re here to help. Below we’ve dug up some fun stuff in one of the most underrated parts of Manhattan that don’t include Times Square, the Empire State Building, and Rock Center – we’ll let you discover those on your own. View an interactive Google Maps list of all the (not so obvious) things there are to do in Midtown Manhattan. iStock/Getty Images Holding and displaying a staggering amount of arresting photos, this archive is a fascinating journey through history. While there are hundreds of thousands of photos here, the emphasis is on photos depicting historical change, particularly on the darker side of things, including death, destruction, disease, debauchery, crime, and war. The archive isn’t open to the public but you can make an appointment for a viewing and/or check to … [Read more...] about 8 Great (Not Totally Obvious) Things to Do in Midtown
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Alec Baldwin pleads guilty to harassment violation stemming from alleged punch over parking spot
close Video Alec Baldwin pleads guilty to 2nd degree violation of harassment in NYC parking spot incident The actor will take part in an anger management program after charges that he punched a man during a dispute over a New York City parking spot in 2018. Alec Baldwin pleaded guilty to a second-degree harassment violation stemming from when he punched a man during a dispute over a New York City parking spot late last year. The hotheaded thespian appeared Wednesday morning in a Manhattan courtroom, where he agreed to the district attorney's recommendation that he attend a short anger management program as part of his plea. The D.A. also said at the hearing that they were able to go over video and complaints and that given Baldwin, 60, didn't have a criminal record, they recommended a violation charge of harassment in the second degree. ALEC BALDWIN'S ARRESTS AND SCANDALS THROUGH THE YEARS, FROM PARKING SPACE FIGHT TO WRONG-WAY BIKE TICKET Baldwin will also have … [Read more...] about Alec Baldwin pleads guilty to harassment violation stemming from alleged punch over parking spot
Fact-checking Republican attack ads in tight House races
Salvador Rizzo, The Washington Post Published 3:47 am CDT, Friday, August 31, 2018 Attack ads are our bread and butter at The Fact Checker - and, boy, are we swimming in butter this week. The Congressional Leadership Fund, a super PAC aligned with House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., has been running a series of negative ads about Democratic candidates in close races across the country. The super PAC has raised more than $100 million and, with control of the House up for grabs in November, the group's wall-to-wall advertising strategy seems to make sense. But the attack ads themselves don't make much sense. We rounded up six 30-second spots released by the Congressional Leadership Fund over the last two weeks. These were literally the first six ads we clicked on while browsing the super PAC's YouTube channel. The ads almost unfailingly portrayed Democrats as dangerous and outside the mainstream. A Rhodes scholar with a Harvard Law School degree is depicted as a profane and … [Read more...] about Fact-checking Republican attack ads in tight House races
POLITICO Playbook: Will the White House hand over a former U.S. ambassador to Putin?
SOMETHING TO WATCH … THE NEXT BIG THING: NYT’S MAGGIE HABERMAN had an exchange with SARAH HUCKABEE SANDERS at yesterday’s press briefing on a topic that is going to get a lot of attention going forward. HABERMAN: “Russian authorities yesterday named several Americans who they want to question, who they claim were involved in Bill Browder’s ‘crimes,’ in their terms, including a former ambassador to Russia, Michael McFaul. Does President Trump support that idea? Is he open to having U.S. officials questioned by Russia?”Story Continued Below SANDERS: “The president is going to meet with his team, and we’ll let you know when we have an announcement on that.” HABERMAN: “[I]s that a topic that came up in their conversation? Did President Putin raise this with President Trump?” SANDERS: “There was some conversation about it, but there wasn’t a commitment made on behalf of the United States. And the … [Read more...] about POLITICO Playbook: Will the White House hand over a former U.S. ambassador to Putin?
Pre-trial hearing in Troy quadruple homicide continues
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