Facebook Shuts Out NYU Academics’ Research on Political Ads
New York (AP) – Facebook has shut down the personal accounts of a pair of New York University researchers and shuttered their investigation into misinformation spread through political ads on the social network. Facebook says the researchers
Attacker Who Beat and Robbed 68-Year-Old Man Last Month Finally Busted
New York (77WABC) – NYPD Commissioner Dermott Shea announced today that cops arrested the attacker responsible for pummeling and robbing a 68-year-old man on a Brooklyn sidewalk last month. ⚠️ARRESTED Thanks to great investigative work by the
Longtime AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka Dies At Age 72
Washington (AP) – Richard Trumka, the powerful president of the AFL-CIO labor union, has died at age 72, Democratic leaders said Thursday. News of his death was announced by President Joe Biden and Senate Majority Leader Chuck
Principals remove school mural celebrating diversity in Brooklyn
New York, NY (77WABC)- A group of fifth-graders at Park Slope’s P.S. 295 spent months designing a mural to celebrate diversity; which featured images of multi-racial hands clasped together and girls of color wearing crowns displaying messages
Video of Thieves Breaking Into a Brooklyn Establishment Fleeing with the Cash Register
Brooklyn, NY (77WABC)-The male suspects broke into a commercial establishment at 18 Wyckoff Ave in Brooklyn by forcibly disabling a security lock on a trap. door. Once inside, police say they removed a cash register containing $500
VIDEO; A Suspect Uses a Boxcutter to Rob a Woman at the Wall St. Subway Station
New York, NY (77WABC)-A brazen robbery suspect displayed a boxcutter demanding the property of a 26-year-old woman who was onboard a northbound #4 train in the vicinity of the Wall Street Station. The suspect stole the woman’s
Led by the Brooklyn Nets Kevin Durant the US Men’s Olympic Basketball Team Goes for the Gold Friday
SAITAMA, Japan (AP) — The U.S. Men’s Olympic Basketball Team has a shot at the gold at the Tokyo Summer Olympics. The US men’s team led by Kevin Durant came from behind in the win against Australia
Israel Intensifies Attacks Against Lebanon Following Rocket Launches
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — In a statement, Israel’s Army said it has escalated its response to rockets fired from Lebanon by launching rare airstrikes against that country. The Israeli army said that jets struck the launch
Former President Obama to scale back 60th birthday celebration due to surge in COVID-19 cases
Former President Barack Obama is scaling back plans to celebrate his 60th birthday this weekend in New England due to a resurgence of COVID-19. The celebration is scheduled to take place in Martha’s Vineyard in Massachusetts on
New York International Auto Show canceled amid spike of COVID cases due to Delta variant
For the second straight year, the New York International Auto Show has been cancelled. In a statement Wednesday afternoon, auto show president Michael Schienberg announced that the convention was being canceled due to spiking COVID-19 cases due
