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Infosys completes 8 years of NYSE listing, to ring closing bell

Infosys will ring the closing bell at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) to commemorate its eighth anniversary of listing on the exchange

Predawn fire guts old church housing New York's Liberty Bell

A historic church in lower Manhattan that houses New York's Liberty Bell and whose congregation dates to the earliest days of the city's settlement was gutted by a massive fire early Saturday that sent flames shooting through the roof. The Middle Collegiate Church in the East Village burned before dawn after a fire spread from a five-story vacant building adjacent to the church around 5 a.m. Video posted on Twitter shows flames shooting from the roof and the church's stately front window glowing from the conflagration inside. We are devastated. We are gutted like our building is gutted; our hearts are crushed like our doors are crushed, said the Rev. Jacqueline J. Lewis. "But we know how to be the church, and we know that God is God, yesterday, today and tomorrow. City Council member Carlina Rivera tweeted that no injuries were reported. Built in 1892, the church is home to the oldest congregation of the Collegiate Churches of New York, which date to the Dutch settlement of the isl

US Supreme Court blocks Covid-19 limits on religious services in New York

The court on a 5-4 vote granted requests made by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn and two Orthodox Jewish congregations

US Covid-19 hospitalisations jump 50% in 2 weeks, ushering in new shutdowns

Nearly 79,000 people were being in treated for the disease in hospitals across the country on Thursday, a Reuters tally showed, the most at any time during the pandemic

New Yorkers knew Trump first - and spurned him before many Americans did

When Trump was elected in 2016, it was his first serious venture into electoral politics. In the half-century before his election, the then 70-year-old Trump had been a real estate developer

World Coronavirus Dispatch: Record surge reaches oldest populations in US

German firms turn pessimistic on economic recovery, pharmacies see record flu shot demand, Rolls-Royce prepares temporary closures and other pandemic-related news across the globe

US governors urge president to hold meeting on Covid vaccination programme

New York State Governor released a letter asking Trump for a meeting to discuss how a vaccination program would be conducted and what the respective roles of the federal and state governments are

NY governor vows aggressive enforcement amid weak observance of Covid norms

Heavy-handed enforcement would be carried out in New York from Monday onwards, said State Governor Andrew Cuomo on Sunday amid low observance of Covid-19 norms in the city

New York records over 1,000 coronavirus cases in a day since June

More than 1,000 New Yorkers have tested positive for COVID-19 in a single day for the first time since June 5 the state has seen a daily number that high. The number of positive tests reported daily in the state has been steadily inching up in recent weeks, possibly because more businesses have been reopening and students have been returning to schools and college campuses. Governor Andrew Cuomo announced Saturday there were 1,005 positive cases tallied on Friday out of 99,953 tests, for a 1 per cent positive rate. From late July through the start of September, the state had an average of around 660 people test positive per day. In the seven-day period that ended Friday, it averaged 817 positive tests per day. That number of daily positive tests in a state of more than 19 million people still puts New York in a much better position than many other states. And it is better than the situation in the state in April, when the number of positive tests per day routinely topped 9,000 eve

New York: Deadly party shooting adds new layer to Rochester's grief

The 14 wounded by gunfire were not believed to have life-threatening injuries and were all between the ages of 17 and 23

Anti-Pak protest in NY on International Victims of Enforced Disappearances Day

On International Day of Victims of Enforced Disappearances, scores of people protested outside Pakistan consulate in New York against the forceful abductions of people from the minority communities

SEC approves New York Stock Exchange proposal to allow IPO alternative

It will widen the options available to private companies that are looking to go public, but are wary of the role played by investment banks in the IPO process

Are you doing OK? On the ground with NYC's coronavirus contact tracers

Contact tracing is a time-honored public health technique, but the pandemic is putting it to a grueling new test around the world

Coronavirus hasn't devastated the homeless in the US as many feared

While shelters saw some large Covid-19 outbreaks, the virus so far doesn't appear to have brought devastation to the homeless population as many feared

'The nice Trump': Robert, US President's younger brother, dies at 71

It is with heavy heart I share that my wonderful brother, Robert, peacefully passed away tonight, Donald Trump said in a statement

New York governor calls Donald Trump benefits executive order 'laughable'

Andrew Cuomo dismissed Trump's executive orders as laughable" and another chapter in the federal government's botched response to the coronavirus

New York, LA witness boom in plastic surgery due to coronavirus pandemic

As lockdowns took hold over much of America earlier this year, non-essential services were among the first to shutter-among them, cosmetic surgeons and dermatologists

How did it happen? America's unique failure to control coronavirus

How prioritising individualism, govt missteps hindered Covid-19 control in US

Lord Ram's image displayed at Times Square in NY to celebrate Bhoomi Poojan

The image of Lord Ram and the grand Ram Temple to be built in Ayodhya beamed across a giant billboard at the Times Square in New York City

'I rather not travel': Defending champion Rafael Nadal pulls out of US Open

Matches will be played behind closed doors and New York governor Andrew Cuomo had assured that robust testing will be conducted so that the tournament goes ahead smoothly