Coming up on today's show: Shaun Abreu, Council Member for District 7 (Manhattan Valley, Manhattanville, Morningside Heights, Hamilton Heights), and Ligia Guallpa, executive director of the Workers Justice Project, talk about proposed changes to how tipping on delivery apps works—and Council Member Abreu discusses his plan to control the rat population. Now facing a diagnosis of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), Dan Doctoroff, founder and chairman of the research foundation Target ALS,...
Officer Cadet Tom Delaney is looking forward to marching on the new parade ground at the Australian War Memorial. It will be good for his feet and good for his honour. "It offers the opportunity to think deeply about why I am in the Defence Force," the 20-year-old said as he stood on the gravel of the expanded parade ground. "I joined the Defence Force to develop myself but also to defend Australia's national interest." And good for his feet? The gravel suits marching. He is used to the bitumen...
President Stubb has begun a two-day trip to Sweden, his first state visit since taking office. He is meeting with the Swedish royals, Prime Minister Kristersson and others.
Ethnic Armenians who lost their homes in Nagorno-Karabakh worry Azerbaijan plans another war.
WNYC / Gothamist Albany reporter Jon Campbell talks about what's in and what's out of the just-approved New York State budget, including housing incentives, zoning changes, limited tenant protections, mayoral control of the schools, and more.
Donald Trump and Polish President, Andrzej Duda discussed the wars in Ukraine and the Middle East over dinner Wednesday in New York, the former US president’s reelection campaign said. Real estate magnate Trump, on a one-day break from court appearances in his hush money criminal trial, hosted Duda at his Trump Tower property in Manhattan. Read More
Common Man volunteers are bringing 19 tons of food and supplies to 400 children in nine safe houses.
The next Star Wars collab isn't far, far, away.
The new dancing droids debuted at the launch of Disney's Season of the Force event, along with new faces on the oldest Star Wars ride, a laughing Jabba the Hutt popcorn bucket and much more.
Researchers have unveiled a method capable of detecting drug substances from fingerprints lifted from crime scenes, which could provide fresh insights into unsolved cases. The research is published in the journal Drug Testing and Analysis.
Just in time for National Cold Brew Day, Dunkin', Pilot and Flying J Travel Centers, La Colombe and Dutch Bros. are offering up crave-worthy deals.
There are a few verifiable truths about Civil War photographer Timothy O’Sullivan. He was born in 1840 in Ireland. He apprenticed in the studio of famed photographer Matthew Brady, and he took what he learned onto the field of battle, where he made some of the most haunting photographs of the war. After the war, he traveled with several government expeditions and photographed the American West on the eve of its appropriation, division and exploitation by government and business interests. Back...