Category: Central Park

Pit Bull Put to Death After Being Stabbed by Man in Central Park

NEW YORK—A man stabbed a pit bull following a quarrel with the dog’s owner in New York City’s Central Park, officials said. The seriously injured dog was transported to a local animal clinic, where he was euthanized after the stabbing Saturday evening, police said. According to the New York Daily News, an argument broke out…


LIVE 3 PM ET: Chinese in New York Commemorate COVID Whistleblower Dr. Li Wenliang

The Chinese diaspora in New York City, including international students, working professionals, and exiled dissidents, joined by Tibetans, Uyghurs, and Hongkongers, hold an event at 3:00 p.m. ET on Feb. 5 at Central Park to Commemorate the 3rd anniversary of the Chinese Whistleblower of COVID-19, Dr. Li Wenliang’s passing away. Dr. Li was alerted to…


LIVE NOW: Chinese in New York Commemorate COVID Whistleblower Dr. Li Wenliang

The Chinese diaspora in New York City, including international students, working professionals, and exiled dissidents, joined by Tibetans, Uyghurs, and Hongkongers, hold an event at 3:00 p.m. ET on Feb. 5 at Central Park to Commemorate the 3rd anniversary of the Chinese Whistleblower of COVID-19, Dr. Li Wenliang’s passing away. Dr. Li was alerted to…


Chinese in New York Commemorate COVID Whistleblower Dr. Li Wenliang

The Chinese diaspora in New York City, including international students, working professionals, and exiled dissidents, joined by Tibetans, Uyghurs, and Hongkongers, hold an event at 3:00 p.m. ET on Feb. 5 at Central Park to Commemorate the 3rd anniversary of the Chinese Whistleblower of COVID-19, Dr. Li Wenliang’s passing away. Dr. Li was alerted to…


6th Co-defendant Charged in Central Park Jogger Case Is Exonerated

NEW YORK—A long overlooked co-defendant of the Central Park Five, a group of teenagers wrongly convicted of raping a woman jogger in 1989 based on false confessions, was exonerated of a related conviction by a New York judge on Monday. Steven Lopez was 15 when he was first named in the indictment along with other…


Trump’s Ice Rinks in Central Park to Remain Open as Demand Forces de Blasio to Delay Termination

Two Central Park ice skating rinks will remain open for the rest of the season following a dispute between the city and the Trump organization, which operates the rinks. “New York City kids deserve all the time on the ice they can get this year,” New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio’s office said in…


Trump’s Ice Rinks in Central Park to Remain Open as Demand Prompts de Blasio to Delay Termination

Two Central Park ice skating rinks will remain open for the rest of the season following a dispute between the city and the Trump organization, which operates the rinks. “New York City kids deserve all the time on the ice they can get this year,” New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio’s office said in…


Charge Against Central Park Dog-Walker Amy Cooper Dropped After ‘Racial Equality’ Therapy

Amy Cooper, the New York woman from a viral video who called police on a black man after he asked her to leash her dog in Central Park, has been freed from criminal charge after completing “psychoeducation sessions” about racial equality. Cooper was arrested and charged last summer on one account of falsely reporting an…


Snowy Owl Appears in Manhattan’s Central Park for the First Time in 130 Years in Rare Migration

The internet is buzzing over the extremely rare appearance of a snowy owl landing in Central Park late January, a sight experts say hasn’t happened for over a century. According to CBS, the snowy owl was sighted in the North Meadow baseball field last week, likely migrating south for the winter. The bird, which is…


Rancho Santa Margarita Firms Up Splash Pad Plans

Rancho Santa Margarita city council is expected to approve a long-awaited splash pad for the city’s Central Park splash pad later this month. It was set to give the project the green-light during its Jan. 13 council meeting, but feel just short of approving its construction cost after questions arose about whether all proposed design…