This story has been updated. For the second straight night, The Miz got his comeuppance in a strange WWE WrestleMania 39 segment that saw the brief return of Shane McMahon before he tore his quad less than a minute after their impromptu match began. The surprise savior? Snoop Dogg. The rapper and The Miz repeated…
BED-STUY, NY — A new burger joint recently opened in Bed-Stuy, bringing affordable eats and an outdoor patio to Patchen Avenue. The spot on Patchen Avenue near Macon Street opened in late April serving up locally sourced baked goods, breakfast, sandwiches and burgers. Owners told Brownstoner they want Winfield’s to be a community space. Find…
Shiva Feshareki, Daphne Oram: Turning World London Contemporary Orchestra, Shiva Feshareki, James Bulley, Kit Downes NMC Recordings NMC D266 (CD, download). 2022. Jonathan Manners, Ellie Mant, prods., Gilly Chauhan, Andy Garratt, Ross Sanders, engs. Performance ***** Sonics ***** For her first proper full-length, British-born Iranian composer/performer Shiva Feshareki set her ambitions high, reaching up into…
WEST SPRINGFIELD, VA — Three wrestlers from the West Springfield High School girls wrestling team made it to the first-ever Girls’ State Wresting Meet in Manassas in February, with one of the girls winning the state title in her weight class. With West Springfield High School leading the movement in girls wrestling in Fairfax County,…
An ancient wooden sarcophagus that was featured at the Houston Museum of Natural Sciences was returned to Egypt after U.S. authorities determined it was looted years ago, Egyptian officials said Monday. The repatriation is part of Egyptian government efforts to stop the trafficking of its stolen antiquities. In 2021, authorities in Cairo succeeded in getting…
SHIRLEY, NY — Gunshots were fired into a home in Shirley early Sunday morning, Suffolk police said. The shots were fired into the Sleepy Hollow Drive home just after midnight and the shooter fled from the scene, according to police. No one was injured in the shooting. Find out what's happening in Shirley-Masticwith free, real-time…
Mexican security forces captured Ovidio Guzmán, an alleged drug trafficker wanted by the United States and one of the sons of former Sinaloa cartel boss Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán, Thursday in a pre-dawn operation that set off gunfights and roadblocks across the western state’s capital. Defense Secretary Luis Cresencio Sandoval said Army and National Guard…
The battle for conflict-battered Soledar in eastern Ukraine is one of the most ferocious of Russia’s nearly year-long campaign, with Moscow desperate for a win and Kyiv determined to hold ground. Here’s what you need to know about Soledar and why the battle for this small industrial city matters: Location, location, location Soledar is a…
BEAUMONT, CA — Law enforcement officers who have died in the line of duty throughout Riverside County will be honored later this month in a ceremony that’s expected to draw representatives from local, state and federal agencies, with an open invitation to the public to attend. The 40th Riverside County Peace Officers’ Memorial Ceremony is…
DOBBS FERRY, NY — Several Hudson Valley hospitals received top grades in protecting patient safety, even as the average risk of contracting deadly infections remained elevated nationwide after spiking to a five-year high during the pandemic, according to the spring 2023 hospital safety grades released Wednesday by The Leapfrog Group, an independent nonprofit health care…
