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Twitter hands over Occupy protester messages to prosecutors
Twitter has relented in its fight with New York prosecutors to hand over three months worth of messages from an Occupy Wall Street protester ahead of the activist’s criminal trial. Twitter had argued that the posts belong to Malcolm Harris and as such it would be violating fourth amendment privacy…
New York man suing Hooters after finding racist slur on receipt
A New York man is suing the Hooters restaurant chain after he was identified with an anti-Asian slur on his receipt to the company’s Queens location. According to WCBS-TV, Kisuk Cha, a recent immigrant to the U.S. from Korea, said he and his girlfriend were called “chinx” on the receipts…
Muslim fashion designer covers up models during New York Fashion Week
Designers love to push boundaries in the search for that sexy catwalk look, but Nzinga Knight, an American Muslim, takes an even more daring tack: covering her models up. At New York Fashion Week, which starts Thursday, impossibly tall, slinky creatures will sashay down the runways at Lincoln Center in clothes…
New York man builds 50 foot tennis racket
NEW YORK — Talk about having a big serve: wacky New Yorker Ashrita Furman has just built a tennis racket the size of a bus. Furman, who holds the record for the most Guinness World Records at one time — currently 151 — hopes his mammoth wooden racket will soon…
NYPD’s use of stop-and-frisks suffers marked drop
New York’s controversial stop-and-frisk policy of fighting crime, which many critics say involves racial profiling of black and Hispanic citizens, has been reduced markedly in recent months, it has been claimed. The New York police department’s tactic has become a major source of debate in the city as proponents say…
Goldman Sachs invests $9.6 million in New York inmate rehabilitation
New York’s notorious Rikers Island jail would not immediately suggest an obvious source of lucrative profits for the banking industry. But investment giant Goldman Sachs is now hoping to make potentially millions of dollars by helping persuade the prison’s inmates to turn over a new leaf. The strange turn of…
Same sex wedding business booming in New York
For some, the payoff has yet to come. A year after gay marriage became legal in New York state, divorce lawyer Daniel Clement’s same-sex caseload is still pretty thin. “A blissful marriage is bad for a divorce attorney”, the self-confessed cynic said, noting that in the 12 months since city’s registrar opened its doors…
Oxytocin scientist studies what makes humans good and evil
The American academic Paul Zak is renowned among his colleagues for two things that he does to people disconcertingly soon after meeting them. The first is hugging: seeing me approach across the library of his club, in midtown Manhattan, New York, he springs to his feet, ignoring my outstretched hand,…
NY appeals court throws out challenge to same-sex marriage law
A New York appeals court on Friday dismissed a lawsuit brought against the state’s year-old marriage equality law, ruling that the state legislature did not violate open meetings rules while working toward a deal on the measure. The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in Rochester unanimously ruled 5-0 against…
Katie Holmes in New York after filing for divorce from Tom Cruise
NEW YORK — Katie Holmes was spotted in New York on Monday without her wedding ring after filing for divorce from fellow actor Tom Cruise. The 33-year-old Hollywood star left a shoot for a television series in Times Square, her hair pulled back conservatively in a sleek pony tail and…
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