The NYC Rent Guidelines Board votes to increase rent for one-year and two-year leases.
NEW YORK, NEW YORK -(77WABC)- The New York City Rent Guidelines Board voted Tuesday night to increase rent for one-year and two-year leases. The board voted 5-4 to raise rent for rent-stabilized apartments to 3.25% for one-year
Civil trial jurors say Bill Cosby sexually abused a 16-year-old girl at the Playboy Mansion in 1975
SANTA MONICA, Calif. (AP) — Civil trial jurors have found that Bill Cosby sexually abused a 16-year-old girl at the Playboy Mansion in 1975. The Los Angeles County jury delivered the verdict Tuesday in favor of Judy
Monkey dressed up as drug gang mascot killed in shootout
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican narcos’ fascination with exotic animals was on display this week after a spider monkey dressed up as a drug gang mascot was killed in a shootout, a 450-pound (200 kilogram) tiger wandered
Update: Cab Driver Behind the Wheel in Flatiron Crash Reportedly Had 18 Road Violations
NEW YORK (77WABC) — The cab that crashed into a Manhattan building Monday and left six people injured had up to 18 road violations since late 2019, including for speeding in school zones and running red lights,
Texas Leader Says Uvalde Police Response an ‘Abject Failure’
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The head of the Texas Department of Public Safety says three minutes after a gunman entered a school where he slaughtered 19 elementary students and two teachers there was sufficient armed law enforcement
UK Rail Strike Strands Commuters, Pits Workers Against Govt
LONDON (AP) — Tens of thousands of railway workers have walked off the job in Britain, bringing the train network to a crawl in the country’s biggest transit strike in three decades. Tuesday’s action could be a
Most Land Mine Use by US Military Banned, Except for Korea
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s administration says it’s restricting the use of anti-personnel land mines by the U.S. military, aligning more closely with an international treaty banning the deadly explosives. Tuesday’s announcement reverses a more permissive
Stocks Open Higher, Clawing Back a Piece of Last Week’s Drop
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are opening broadly higher on Wall Street Tuesday, clawing back some of the ground they lost in their worst weekly drop since the beginning of the pandemic. The S&P 500 was up
Stonewall Visitor Center Will Be Dedicated To LGBTQ History
NEW YORK (AP) — A visitor center dedicated to telling the story of LGBTQ rights movement will open next door to the Stonewall Inn. Organizers say the groundbreaking for the Stonewall National Monument Visitor Center in New
‘Everything is on Fire’: Ukraine Region Weathers Bombardment
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian attacks are laying down a curtain of fire across areas of eastern Ukraine where pockets of resistance are denying Moscow full military control of the region. A regional official told The Associated
