(Reuters) – Electric car maker Fisker will publish a merger with a blank checking company backed by private equity firm Apollo Global Management Inc to a valuation of $ 2.9 billion, the companies said Monday. FILE PHOTO: The Fisker logo is seen on a Fisker Karma car at the “Auto …
Read More »1-year-old boy killed after being shot at a New York cookout
Police confirmed Monday that the 1-year-old boy who was shot in the stomach during a cookout in a Brooklyn park died of his injuries. The baby, in addition to three men, was shot around 11:35 pm in front of the Raymond Bush Playground on Madison Street and Marcus Garvey Boulevard …
Read More »Shattered Frederick Douglass statue in Upstate New York Park
A statue of abolitionist Frederick Douglass was downed and destroyed in upstate New York, on the 168th anniversary of his most famous anti-slavery speech. Rochester police said the statue of the former slave was taken Sunday from Maplewood Park, a site along the subway where Douglass and Harriet Tubman helped …
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The tattoo parlors are among the big Apple companies to go live again on Monday under Phase 3 of the state’s reopening plan, and the coronavirus is already a coveted design. “I had a group of nurses and doctors, who were in town to help me, sending me an email …
Read More »The violent weekend of July 4 sees dozens of shots fired in New York
About 40 people were shot in New York City from July 4 to early Sunday, including several deaths, police sources said. Between midnight Saturday and 6:30 am Sunday, 39 people were hit by gunfire in all counties except Staten Island, with at least three people dead, the sources said. Between …
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