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A new Manhattan program is connecting teen performers with theatrically inclined seniors. The Stage Exchange was started by 16-year-old Bailee Stein last year. The Upper West Side native, disturbed by what she saw as ageism in the theater world, saw an opportunity to forge connections within her community. She created the Stage Exchange, a musical…

Residents attend a Durango City Council meeting to speak about the continued fluoridation of the city’s drinking water, Nov. 5, 2024, in Durango, Colo. Christian Burney/The Durango Herald via AP For about 50 years, adding cavity-preventing fluoride to drinking water was a popular public health measure in Yorktown, a leafy town north of New York…

Friday on the News Hour, another former challenger to President-elect Trump joins his administration. The House speaker pushes an ethics committee not to release a potentially damning report on Matt Gaetz. The health community raises concerns about trust in science with RFK Jr. chosen to head the nation’s health department. Plus, how Ghana is inundated…

The medical examiner who analyzed Jordan Neely’s body after Daniel Penny kept him in a chokehold on an uptown F train last year could not identify any other reasonable explanation for his death besides compression of his neck, she testified during Penny’s Manhattan criminal trial on Friday. “It is your opinion, if Mr. Neely’s neck…

On Tuesdays and Fridays The Moth’s podcast feed presents episodes of the Peabody-Award Winning Moth Radio Hour and original episodes of The Moth Podcast. Since its launch in 1997, The Moth has presented thousands of true stories, told live and without notes, to standing-room-only crowds worldwide. Moth storytellers stand alone, under a spotlight, with only…

The incoming administration may follow the mantra “Drill, baby, drill,” but demand hasn’t been vigorous and the International Energy Agency predicts an oil surplus next year. In this episode, what too much product could mean for the domestic oil market. Plus, retirees feel financially stretched, North Carolina’s tourist industry navigates disaster recovery and Disney turns…

President-elect Donald Trump has announced his pick to lead the U.S. attorney’s office for Southern District of New York — the same office that’s prosecuting Mayor Eric Adams’ on corruption charges. Trump said he’ll nominate Jay Clayton of New York, who served as chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission during his first first…

Thirty alleged gang members who authorities say are responsible for half of this year’s shootings in Inwood and Washington Heights this year were indicted Thursday on a range of charges — including murder, attempted murder, weapons possession and conspiracy to commit violence. The busts come after shootings surged during the pandemic. Even though shootings have…

After some revisions, the highly-contested rezoning of the 962-972 Franklin Ave. site in Crown Heights — which would give the OK to Continuum Company’s planned multifamily development — was passed by the City Council’s Subcommittee on Zoning and Franchises on Tuesday. The proposal will next go to the Committee on Land Use. Under the city’s…

This image provided by New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection shows the wildfire in Jennings Creek, N.J., Saturday, Nov. 9, 2024. New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection via AP New wildfires burned Tuesday across the Northeast, adding to a series of blazes that have come amid very dry weather and killed at least one person, while much…