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Jeenah Moon/Bloomberg via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — More than 7,000 nurses at two hospitals in New York City went on strike early Monday morning demanding better pay, better working conditions and more staffing. The strike began at 6 a.m. after nurses at Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx and Mount Sinai Hospital in Harlem […]

Weiquan Lin/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — For nearly a century, people have flocked every holiday season to Radio City Music Hall to watch the famous Rockettes perform in the Radio City Christmas Spectacular show. The latest show, however, is stirring up controversy among customers and privacy advocates. That controversy is over technology — specifically, facial […]

E4C/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The holiday meltdown at Southwest Airlines last month cost the company as much as $825 million in lost revenue and added expenses, the company said in a government filing on Friday. Southwest Airlines, the largest domestic airline in the U.S., canceled more than 16,000 flights over an 11-day period at […]

Witthaya Prasongsin/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The former chief executive of the cryptocurrency lending platform Celsius Network defrauded hundreds of thousands of investors out of hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of cryptocurrency, New York Attorney General Letitia James alleged in a new lawsuit filed Thursday. Alex Mashinsky lied to investors, concealed Celsius’ dire financial […]

Adam Glanzman/Bloomberg via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Peloton has agreed to pay a $19 million fine as part of a settlement over its treadmill recall, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announced Thursday. The fitness company recalled its Tread+ and Tread treadmills in May 2021 following reports of more than a dozen injuries and […]

nycshooter/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Hundreds of Uber drivers in New York City are carrying out a day-long strike on Thursday after a lawsuit from the rideshare company temporarily blocked a pay increase set to take effect last month. Striking drivers were set to hold a rally at the Manhattan headquarters of Uber, demanding the […]

Javier Ghersi/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Shares of Tesla plummeted 12% on Tuesday, wiping nearly $50 billion from the company’s value and eliciting scrutiny of CEO Elon Musk as he appears to focus on Twitter. The losses exacerbated a skid that goes back months. Since Musk acquired Twitter in late October, Tesla stock has fallen […]

Oscar Wong/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Eating with the seasons is a great way to consume produce at peak freshness when it’s full of both nutrients and flavor. Plus, it supports local and regional growers. Winter dishes and cozy recipes call for things like braised beans, stews full of carrots, onions and potatoes or even […]

IronHeart/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The first Mega Millions game of the new year is among its largest, with an estimated $785 million jackpot. The winning numbers for Tuesday’s jackpot were 25, 29, 33, 41 and 44 and the Gold Mega Ball number was 18. It’s the fourth-largest jackpot in the lottery game’s 20-plus-year history […]

ABC News (NEW YORK) — Disgraced crypto executive Sam Bankman-Fried pleaded not guilty to federal criminal charges in Manhattan on Tuesday and was tentatively scheduled to stand trial Oct. 2. Bankman-Fried, instantly recognizable by his mop of unkempt hair, appeared before Judge Lewis Kaplan in a dark suit and tie. His mother sat behind him […]