2+ day, 21+ hour ago   (633+ words) The sibling owners of an Ozone Park pizzeria charged with bribing a top aide to ex-Mayor Eric Adams pleaded guilty to felony conspiracy charges Wednesday, the first guilty pleas in a case that kicked off a damning series of corruption…...

3+ day, 16+ hour ago   (410+ words) DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN — The court case challenging Brooklyn Democratic Party Chair Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn’s proposed bylaw changes is awaiting a ruling from Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Jill Epstein as of Sept. 8. In the June Democratic Primary, the Brooklyn Can’t Wait coalition,…...

3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (1084+ words) Fourteen months after Donald Trump signed the Republicans’ One Big Beautiful Bill to provide billions in tax cuts while seeking to reduce the cost of programs like SNAP food aid and Medicaid, the South Asian Council for Social Services in…...

4+ day, 10+ hour ago   (198+ words) Brooklyn Eagle TALLAHASSEE — If these are first year students, remnants of glitter will surely stay with them ‘til senior year: Florida State students react during a stadium-wide power outage before an NCAA college football game against SMU, Monday, Sept. 7, 2026, in…...

4+ day, 17+ hour ago   (189+ words) Brooklyn Eagle GOWANUS — MORE THAN 1,600 PEOPLE have already signed up for a chance to participate in the first-ever marathon reading of classic 1974 tome “The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York” by Robert Caro. Roughly 400 participants will…...

4+ day, 20+ hour ago   (870+ words) For at least two decades, thousands of Americans have been going to Peru, Ecuador, Colombia and Brazil to look for ayahuasca, a psychoactive brew traditionally used in sacred ceremonies in South America. Ayahuasca contains the psychedelic compound DMT, N-Dimethyltryptamine, and…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (300+ words) ESTONIA — Nature’s delight … ever so golden, so sweet! A bumblebee feeds on flower nectar in a city park in Tallinn, Estonia, Friday, Sept. 4, 2026. KYIV — Attacks on Kyiv have been unrelenting as Ukraine struggles with a shortage of air defenses: Firefighters…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (362+ words) DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN — The courtroom battle over Brooklyn Democratic Party Chair Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn’s proposed bylaw changes remains unresolved as of Sept. 4, after Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Jill Epstein adjourned the hearing until Sept. 8. On Sept. 3, lawyer Anthony Genovesi, who is…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (963+ words) HAVERSTRAW, N.Y. — U.S. Rep. Mike Lawler is considered one of the nation’s most vulnerable Republicans in this year’s midterm elections. It was the same story in his last campaign, too. But in a political era where both parties are drifting further…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (997+ words) A record amount of outside spending from deep-pocketed donors flooded the 2025 citywide elections, but the windfall wasn’t always successful in getting candidates elected or defeated, a new analysis by the city’s Campaign Finance Board shows. Mayor Zohran Mamdani won two…...