Case dropped after woman in racist NYC run-in gets therapy
FILE - This May 25, 2020 file image, taken from video provided by Christian Cooper, shows Amy Cooper with her dog calling police at Central Park in New York. There is no relation between Christian Cooper and Amy Cooper. AdIlluzzi said that when officers arrived, Christian Cooper was gone and Amy Cooper admitted he hadn't tried to assault her. Amy Cooper also warned him she would summon police unless he stopped recording. โThereโs an African American man, Iโm in Central Park, he is recording me and threatening myself and my dog.
Fans, Ono, bandmates mark 40 years since John Lennon's death
Photos, flowers, and candles have been left at Strawberry Fields in New York's Central Park to remember John Lennon, Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2020. The rock star and former Beatle was shot to death outside his New York City apartment building by a fan on Dec. 8, 1980. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)NEW YORK โ Fans remembered John Lennon with flowers, candles and songs Tuesday, the 40th anniversary of the former Beatle's death after being shot outside his New York City apartment building. It was Dec. 8, 1980, when the world-famous musician was with his wife, Yoko Ono, and was shot by Mark David Chapman outside the Dakota apartments on Manhattanโs Upper West Side. After 40 years, Sean, Julian and I still miss him," Ono said, referring to Lennon's two sons.
Yusef Salaam writing memoir about his wrongful imprisonment
NEW YORK โ One of the five teens wrongly imprisoned for the assault on a Central Park jogger has a memoir coming out in the spring. The five Black and Latino teens were coerced into confessing to a rape they didnโt commit in 1989. Ken Burns made a documentary about them and Ava DuVernay directed a Netflix series. โOne of the most powerful lessons I learned while being wrongfully incarcerated was that instead of going through something, I was going to grow through something," Salaam said in a statement. โPunching the Air,โ co-written by Ibi Zoboi, came out in September.
Suspect arrested in attack on actor Rick Moranis
NEW YORK โ A New York man was arrested Saturday in connection with an unprovoked assault against Rick Moranis that occurred as the 67-year-old actor was walking near Central Park in October. New York City police said 35-year-old Marquis Ventura, whom authorities listed as homeless, was arrested Saturday afternoon. It wasn't known if Ventura had retained an attorney who could comment. Video released by police showed a man wearing a black โI (heart) NYโ sweatshirt hit Moranis with a sucker punch and knock him to the ground. Police didn't identify Moranis at the time, but Moranis's representative, Troy Bailey, confirmed the actor had been attacked.
Actor Rick Moranis sucker punched while walking in NYC
NEW YORK โ Actor Rick Moranis was sucker punched by an unknown assailant while walking Thursday on a sidewalk near New York's Central Park, a law enforcement official told the Associated Press. The attack happened just a few blocks from the Central Park West apartment building where Moranis' character lived in the movie. Moranisโ representative Troy Bailey said in a written statement Friday: โRick Moranis was assaulted on the Upper West Side yesterday. Police describe the incident as a โrandom unprovoked assault.โMoranis was attacked while walking south on Central Park West. Moranis suffered back, hip, neck and head pain, though the full extent of his injuries was not clear, the official said.
Central Park monument honors women's rights pioneers
Jaya Shri, 13, , right stands with friends at the unveiling of a new statue honoring suffragettes in Central Park on Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2020. bronze statue depicting womens rights pioneers Sojourner Truth, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony was unveiled in Central Park on Wednesday. It's the 167-year-old parks first monument honoring real historical women as opposed to fictional heroines like Alice in Wonderland and Shakespeares Juliet. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey)NEW YORK A bronze statue depicting womens rights pioneers Sojourner Truth, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony was unveiled in Central Park on Wednesday, becoming the 167-year-old parks first monument honoring historical heroines, as opposed to fictional female characters like Alice in Wonderland and Shakespeares Juliet. The commission from Monumental Women, a nonprofit that formed in 2014 to raise funds for a suffragist statue in Central Park, originally included just Stanton and Anthony, two white leaders of the fight for women's equality. Truth, a Black woman who escaped slavery and went on to campaign for abolition as well as women's rights, was a late addition.
Kristen Bell will no longer voice a mixed-race character on Central Park
CNN Citing her own "pervasive privilege," Kristen Bell has announced she is leaving her role as a mixed-race character on the Apple TV+ animated series, "Central Park." Bell, a White actress beloved for playing Anna in the "Frozen" film franchise, voices Molly on the animated musical comedy about the Tillermans, a family that lives in Central Park. Her departure is one of the latest examples of the racial reckoning happening in Hollywood and around the world following the death in Minneapolis police custody of George Floyd. This is a time to acknowledge our acts of complicity. Playing the character of Molly on Central Park shows a lack of awareness of my pervasive privilege, Bell wrote Wednesday in the caption of a photo showing a statement from the series on her verified Instagram account.
Franklin Graham: No interest in federal money meant for WHO
Franklin Graham, president and CEO of Samaritan's Purse, sits for a portrait at his group's field hospital in New York's Central Park. โBut it would be too much of a controversy if they gave Samaritanโs Purse a penny. The prospect of Samaritan's Purse receiving funding redirected from the U.N. health agency prompted warnings from some Graham critics, including the secular group American Atheists. Samaritanโs Purse is no stranger to controversy during the pandemic. A spokesman for the charity said that the Central Park site had not accepted volunteers, relying solely on employees.
New York's newest hotel suite runs $350,000 a week
Park Hyatt New York's new three-bedroom suite boasts sweeping views over Central Park. NEW YORK (CNN) - The views are spectacular from the highest Central Park-facing hotel suite in New York City. The three-bedroom suite, which was unveiled on Wednesday, stretches across 4,200 square feet on the 59th floor of the One57 luxury residential tower. In the Grand Salon, the suite's floor-to-ceiling windows showcase Central Park -- where changing leaves are on full display this time of year. Park Hyatt New York, 153 West 57th Street, New York, NY 10019; +1 646 774 1234The-CNN-Wire & 2019 Cable News Network, Inc., a Time Warner Company.
This October heat is record-breaking
Each day this week, dozens of daily high-temperature records have been set in the eastern half of the country. From Indianapolis to New Orleans, from New York City to Atlanta, temperatures are holding above 90 degrees Fahrenheit into the early days of autumn. Unusual weather has made headlines this yearThis lingering U.S. heat follows other sweltering systems that have baked the Northern Hemisphere this year. Europe dealt with a dangerous heat wave in August. Meanwhile, a late September storm brought record-breaking snow to Montana.
How Taylor Swift's Dad Surprised Her Fans: Today on Inside Edition
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Taylor Swift's Dad Delivers Pizza to Hungry Fans Lined Up for Concert
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