World & Nation
Health: Marty Markowitz asks his constituents to ‘Lighten Up’ in response to reports of high rates of heart disease deaths.
April 28, 2002
The results are in: Marty Markowitz, the admittedly hefty Brooklyn borough president who put himself and 2.5 million other area residents on a diet eight weeks ago, has lost 11 pounds.
June 19, 2002
Television
A true-tale podcast about the relationship of a manipulative psychiatrist and his needy patient becomes a formulaic, wearing miniseries on Apple TV+.
Nov. 12, 2021
Music
Adam Yauch of the Beastie Boys -- perhaps better known to his fans as MCA -- died at the age of 47 one year ago, on May 4, 2012, after a lengthy battle with cancer.
May 4, 2013
Daily Dish
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March 16, 2011
Sports
The owners of the New Jersey Nets approved the team’s sale to a Brooklyn developer intent on moving it across the Hudson River -- a move immediately hailed in New York for returning big-time sports to the borough.
Jan. 24, 2004
Five songs to remember Adam Yauch of the Beastie Boys by
Fact: Several years ago, director Lynne Littman sat in a meeting discussing whether her Oscar-winning documentary about old Jews in Venice could be turned into a fictional TV project.
Sept. 10, 1989
NRA’s LaPierre riles some New Yorkers with post-Sandy crime claims
Feb. 18, 2013
Bus and subway trips will cost $2. Some say too many of the costs are passed on to travelers.
March 7, 2003