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Tuesday, May 5, 2026 · 71 stories
Steven Roth, the chief executive of Vornado, criticized Mayor Zohran Mamdani for singling out the billionaire Ken Griffin in his bid to make the wealthy pay more taxes in New York City.
Fire officials said the fire broke out after midnight and quickly engulfed the six-story apartment building at 207 Dyckman Street. A serious fire shook a Manhattan community after three people died and several others were injured on Monday when flames quickly spread through the only stairwell of an apartment building in Inwood. “It was very, very refreshing to be around someone who knew exactly who she was and exactly what she wanted, and would go after it with all the excitement in the world,” she said.
Yulduz Usmonova had been booked for a sold-out Mother’s Day concert at the Oceana Theater. GOP candidate for governor Bruce Blakeman.
Broadway show “The Book of Mormon” has started canceling shows after a fire broke out at the Eugene O’Neill Theater, where the show has been put on for the past 15 years. NEW YORK (WABC) -- A fire broke out at the 100-year-old Eugene O'Neill Theatre in the heart of the theater district where the Broadway hit "The Book of Mormon" has been running for over 15 years. Fire broke out Monday at Broadway's Eugene O'Neill Theatre, long host of "The Book of Mormon," drawing an extensive emergency response and blocking traffic in midtown Manhattan.
A British man, 69, who became ill on the ship was taken to a private health facility in Johannesburg, according to the South African health ministry, which said he tested positive for hantavirus. A suspected outbreak of the rare hantavirus infection on a cruise ship in the Atlantic Ocean killed three people – including an elderly married couple – and sickened at least three others, the World Health Organisation (WHO) and South Africa’s health department said on Sunday.
Russia declared a unilateral ceasefire in Ukraine for Friday and Saturday to mark the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II, but threatened to strike back at Kyiv if it tries to disrupt festivities.
Other fireworks manufacturers in Liuyang, in central Hunan province, ordered to halt production after deadly blast An explosion at a fireworks plant in a central Chinese province has killed at least 26 people and injured 61, prompting the halting of all firework. Rescue operations have wrapped up at the Huasheng Fireworks plant in the southern city of Liuyang, after an explosion on Monday afternoon forced authorities to evacuate everyone within a 3km (1.9 mile) radius of the plant. An explosion at a fireworks factory in China's Hunan province has killed 26 people and left 61 wounded, according to state media.
Search and rescue at a fireworks plant in a central Chinese province has largely been completed, but verification of the casualties and identification of the victims are still underway.
(Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images) SZA attends the 2026 Met Gala celebrating "Costume Art" at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 04, 2026 in New York City.
The New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association voted Monday to sanction girls' flag football as a varsity high school sport beginning with the 2026-27 school year, becoming the latest state to expand one of the nation's fastest-growing sports. New Jersey becomes the 18th state to sanction girls' flag football as a varsity sport, according to the NFL Flag Football organization, joining Alaska, Hawaii, Washington, California, Nevada, Arizona, Colorado, Illinois, Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York and Connecticut.