#Manhattan prosecutors on Mon asked the judge overseeing the #criminal case against #Trump to prohibit him from attacking witnesses or exposing jurors’ identities.
#Flaco, the Eurasian eagle-owl whose escape from the #CentralParkZoo & subsequent life on the loose in #Manhattan captured the public’s attention, died Fri night after apparently striking a building on the Upper West Side, ofcls said.
The #Wildlife#Conservation Society, which operates the #zoo, said in a statement that Flaco had been found on the ground after hitting a building on West 89th Street.
Building residents contacted the #WildBirdFund, a #rescue org, whose staff members responded quickly, retrieved him & declared him dead a short time later, the society said.
#Zoo employees took him to the #BronxZoo, where a necropsy will be performed to determine the cause of death. He would have turned 14 next month.
A #Manhattan#jury found 3 top execs of the National Rifle Association liable in a lengthy #civil#trial that focused on alleged corruption & the misspending of millions of dollars.
Longtime NRA leader #WayneLaPierre, a key architect in the nonprofit's hardline #gun rights agenda who stepped down as CEO last month, was central to #NY state's case.
Judge Merchan rejected #Trump’s bid to throw out the #Manhattan DA’s #criminal charges against him & announced the decision to begin #JurySelection.
Trump said outside the courtroom that his lawyers' plan was to #delay. Trump’s atty Blanche tried to carry out that strategy, but Justice Merchan seems set on March 25. Blanche said that the DA was willing to delay, Bragg, seated in the audience, shakes his head very slightly—he had indicated a willingness before the first federal trial was delayed.
'Hoe Nederlanders de slavernij naar New York brachten
Vierhonderd jaar geleden werd Nieuw Nederland gesticht. De rijkste New Yorker, een timmerman uit Bolsward, vergaarde zijn familiekapitaal met slavernij, piraterij, belastingontduiking en grootgrondbezit.'
“Autumn Chairs, Whitney Museum” — Colorful chairs and an autumn tree outside the New Whitney Museum, Manhattan.
As each season passes, the sensations of the previous season fade. But only a short time ago it was about colorful leaves falling from trees, crunching underfoot, and blowing along sidewalks and trails. I made this photograph as we passed the Whitney Museum at the end of a very long Manhattan walk in late November on one of those beautiful autumn days...continues: https://gdanmitchell.com/2024/01/24/autumn-chairs-whitney-museum/
WebMD’s parent company, Internet Brands, released a cringey and abusive internal video threatening their employees to #returnToOffice. “We aren’t asking or negotiating at this point”, the CEO says. “Don’t mess with us”, the video reads at the end. The video features employees dancing and celebrating RTO (at gunpoint? or at least under threat of firing by HR?).
I know corporate videos are all kinda crappy, but this one is…spouse-beating levels of terrible.
Long story short: Cities are listening to capitalists and small business owners who are desperate to get commuters back, more than their residents, and certainly more than mental health or environmental experts who see benefits to WFH.