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Nationwide protests scheduled over Trump’s immigration crackdown, health care cuts
Chicago: Protests and events against President Donald Trump’s controversial policies that include mass deportations and cuts to Medicaid and other safety nets for poor people are planned Thursday at more than 1,600 locations around the country....

NYS Office Of Cannabis Management holds Listen and Learn event, educating parents and kids about marijuana
The day's major News events, business reports, sports updates, Rochester area weather information and tomorrow's forecast are presented by the News10NBC Team. ROCHESTER, N.Y. – The New York State Office of Cannabis Management (OCM) is working to...

URBAN AGENDA: Federal Loan Caps Put NY’s Workforce and Educational Equity at Risk
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NYC schools will be ready for cell phone ban, chancellor and governor say
The city has not yet finalized its plan for complying with a statewide cellphone ban in classrooms, but Gov. Kathy Hochul and Schools Chancellor Melissa Aviles-Ramos say schools will be ready by September. “This is starting this fall. I’m...

Trump pick for top prosecutor in Northern District of New York is back in the job
In yet another unusual twist, John Sarcone is back on the job as the top federal prosecutor for the Northern District of New York. Attorney General Pam Bondi appointed Sarcone as acting U.S. Attorney back in March, a temporary move that had to be...

The True Cost Of Donald Trump’s Immigration Policies
By Felicia J. Persaud News Americas, NEW YORK, NY, July 16, 2025: Donald Trump campaigned on the promise of alleviating inflation and addressing pocketbook issues, claiming that his focus would solely be on deporting criminal immigrants. Sadly,...

EXCLUSIVE: Tag Heuer Named Official Timekeeper for New York Marathon
After stepping away in 2016, Tag Heuer is once again partnering with the New York Road Runners as the official timekeeper of the TCA New York City marathon. “We are very proud to be back,” Tag Heuer chief marketing officer George Ciz told WWD....

New York Rum Festival shares 2026 date
On the heels of its most recent showcase, the New York Rum Festival has announced it will return to Brooklyn next June. The New York Rum Fest welcomes hundreds of attendees each year Hosted by The Rum Lab, next year’s New York Rum Festival will...
ICEBlock app reports immigration agent sightings amid crackdowns
ICEBlock, an app that allows people to report sightings of Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials, has been downloaded about one million times and has become the bane of US President Donald Trump's administration. While the app continues to...

Church of England considers plans to exhume head of martyr
A statue of St Thomas More at a church in Hauppauge, New York (OSV News/Gregory A. Shemitz) The Church of England is considering plans to exhume and enshrine the head of St Thomas More, the patron saint of statesmen and politicians, in time for...

The new New York Jets owe former GM a (partial) debt of gratitude
You have to feel for Joe Douglas. Unless you think Joe Douglas deserved this. He almost certainly deserved better … and yet he made his bed. Such is the enigma wrapped in a riddle that general managers of the New York Jets – or former ones in...

Immigration News Today: Trump’s ‘One Big Beautiful Bill Act’ Plans to Spend $6 Billion to Expand U.S.-Mexico Border Surveillance
Just have a minute? Here are the top stories you need to know about immigration. This summary was featured in Documented’s Early Arrival newsletter. You can subscribe to receive it in your inbox three times per week here. Washington D.C. Trump...

Ariana Biermann Shares An Inside Look Into Her New $10,000 A Month NYC Apartment On Next Gen NYC
Ariana Biermann was just a child when her mother, Kim Zolciak, appeared on The Real Housewives of Atlanta. However, now at 23-years-old, Ariana stars in her very own Bravo series, Next Gen NYC, and fans get an inside look at her new move to the...

NYC Black Pride, slated for mid-August, presses on despite budget cuts
NYC Black Pride, which hosts an annual five-day slate of multicultural events catering to the Black and Latino LGBTQ community, will reduce its programming this year in the face of significant budgetary restraints largely due to dried-up...

Ex-police commissioner sues New York City and Eric Adams over alleged NYPD corruption
A former New York police commissioner is suing the city, Eric Adams, the mayor, and top police officials, accusing them of a “coordinated criminal enterprise that had taken root at the highest levels of city government”. Tom Donlon, who served for...

Theater Review (NYC): ‘Polishing Shakespeare’ by Brian Dykstra
Contemporary playwrights sometimes try their hand at writing in verse, and why not? Shakespeare and his contemporaries and artistic heirs did it. Molière did it. Even T.S. Eliot did it. But few modern scribes have matched the wit, depth, and élan...

Supreme Court ruling allows Trump to gut Education Dept., sparking fears for vulnerable students
The Supreme Court’s decision Monday allowing President Donald Trump’s administration to conduct mass layoffs at the Department of Education is renewing concerns that the gutting of the agency will further marginalize the nation’s most vulnerable...

Megan Thee Stallion and Klay Thompson have PDA-packed date night at NYC hotspot after confirming romance
Megan Thee Stallion and Klay Thompson put their new romance on display with a PDA-packed date night. In photos obtained by Page Six, the “WAP” rapper and the Dallas Mavericks shooting guard were seen holding hands while leaving New York City...

Mega-influential preacher John MacArthur supported slavery & hated LGBTQ+ people. He just died.
John MacArthur, an influential evangelical pastor and Biblical originalist who espoused misogyny, racism, and homophobia over a sixty-year career behind the pulpit, died on Monday. He was 86. MacArthur was noted for his expository preaching,...