U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is getting involved in the state’s contentious home care overhaul, which remains in limbo a week after it was supposed to take full effect. Kennedy said in a Saturday post on X that the federal government is conducting a 90-day review of payment changes within […]
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Photo: Jason C. Andrew/Bloomberg/Getty Images In February, Health and Human Services secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. appeared to downplay the seriousness of an ongoing measles outbreak in Texas after an unvaccinated child became the first person to die from the virus in the United States since 2015. “There’ve been four measles outbreaks this year. In
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OpenAI is reportedly mulling a deal to buy io Products, a hardware startup looking to make an A.I. device, for up to $500 million, The Information reported. io Products, which took shape about two years ago, involves several notable tech figures, including OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and former Apple (AAPL) designer Jony Ive. It has
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For years, workers at Citywide Mobile Response, a Bronx-based ambulance service, griped about what they described as their absentee union. Whenever medical equipment and safe trucks were in low supply, they said, their complaints to management fell on deaf ears — and their union was nowhere to be found. The frustrations led to a campaign
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You don’t have to look very hard to find onigiri in Japan. The delicious rice balls—stuffed with a variety of fillings from tuna to salmon and pickled plum—are sold in convenience stores, on trains, and at izakayas. They’re one of the most popular and affordable snacks in the country. In fact, the Japanese have enjoyed
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Donald Trump holds a large chart labeled “Reciprocal Tariffs” during a public address. The chart lists various countries alongside two columns showing “Tariffs Charged to the U.S.A.” and “U.S.A. Discounted Reciprocal Tariffs,” with noticeable differences between the figures. Trump’s hand rests on the top of the board, and he is speaking at a podium with
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The city is giving landlords the ability to generate some extra cash by installing outdoor battery charging stations in front of their buildings and charge a fee for bikers to access the amenity. The Department of Transportation on Monday launched an application process for building owners to install e-bike battery charging and swapping cabinets on
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The long-awaited second act for a historic Upper West Side cinema that’s sat vacant since the early aughts has finally been scripted. Local nonprofit group the Upper West Side Cinema Center finalized a $6.9 million deal to acquire the beloved Metro Theater at 2626 Broadway with the help of a combined $4 million in grants
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A once high-flying landlord is at risk of losing a Chelsea rental building to foreclosure. Stone Street Properties has been hit with a foreclosure suit from lender Community Preservation Corp. over allegedly defaulting on an $8 million mortgage for 350 W. 18th St., according to a lawsuit filed Friday in Manhattan state Supreme Court. The
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Photo: Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images Last week Donald Trump announced sweeping tariffs, then suggested via an article shared to Truth Social that everyone should relax because he’s “purposely crashing the market.” Despite the president’s call to “HANK TOUGH” on Friday, everyone did the exact opposite over the weekend. Americans stressed about their shrinking 401(k)s and stocked
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