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Because Trump really does talk like a second grader, check out today's midday links: Ja Rule's festival dreams, Kenny G on V-Day surprise, Big Pharma recruits Instagram influencers, Meg Ryan interview, selfie seats, and a corn stalker. [ more › ]...

  From the moment Amazon announced that it had chosen Long Island City, Queens for one half of their new corporate campus, Maritza Silva-Farrell says she knew the company was underestimating its grassroots opponents. She'd...

A man is in critical condition after falling from an Upper East Side apartment on Friday morning. [ more › ]...

East Village residents and preservation groups are rallying against a developer's plan to enlarge an office building planned for Third Avenue and St. Marks Place, saying the project represents an increasing commercial assault on a strip that was once...

  First the historic flood. Then the noxious fumes. And while we'd braced ourselves for the next L train plague to be frog-related, according to one shaken commuter, we're now at the "sky is literally falling" stage of cala...

  You may have heard the term "fatberg" before—it shows up a lot in British headlines, since fatbergs grow to the size of a Cloverfield monster over there and take their toll on the country's aging Victorian sewers. B...

Who would dare stop Amazon from creating 25,000 to 40,000 high-paying jobs in Long Island City? Who would be stupid enough to chase away billions of dollars in tax revenue for transportation and education and affordable housing? Listening to the chor...