I’d rather Hurricane Gustav was NOT the focus of the news this week. I’d not have watched the RNC, but it would be better than a potentially devastating Hurricane. Along that line: Stuart Shepard of Focus on the Family encouraged people to pray for “rain of biblical proportions” to ruin Sen. Obama’s speech. It goes to show you: You should be careful what you wish for.
Gothamist Feed
- Family of bystander shot in Brooklyn subway station files $80M claim against NYC
- Longshoremen strike paused as NY ports resume operations amid tentative agreement
- NYPD arrests East Harlem state Assemblymember Eddie Gibbs
- A Bronx mother avoids eviction for now. Her legal fight could help thousands keep their homes.
- Queens woman sentenced for fatally stabbing immigration lawyer, DA says
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NY Times Feed
- Union Agrees to Suspend Port Strike
- 3 Former Officers Acquitted of Most Serious Charge in Tyre Nichols’s Death
- Trump Rally in Michigan Dominated by More False Statements
- Garth Brooks Is Accused of Rape and Assault in Lawsuit
- Los Angeles District Attorney Says He Is Reviewing Menendez Case
- In Retrial, Man Convicted of Murder of Transgender Woman
- Who Is Hashem Safieddine, the Latest Hezbollah Official Targeted by Israel?