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Robert Dick and Mark Dresser re-unite at the Fridman Gallery
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Midtown Manhattan Nightclub Shooting: one killed, shooter at large
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Wikinews attends Veterans Day event in Texas, United States
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Current New York Police Department commissioner agrees to stay on for Mamdani's mayoralty
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Mamdani wins New York City mayoral election
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2025 Queens World Film Festival features filmmakers breakfast and ceremony honoring Warrington Hudlin
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Wikinews interviews magician and illusion builder Bruce Chadwick for National Magic Week
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United National Congress party wins elections, new government cabinet meets in Trinidad and Tobago
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Grateful Dead bassist Phil Lesh dies, aged 84
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The Voluptuous Horror of Karen Black performs as part of Vaginal Davis' exhibit at MoMA PS1
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Country music songwriter Brett James dies in North Carolina plane crash
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New York judge rules terrorism charges legally insufficient in Mangione case
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New York county clerk says Texas cannot fine abortion doctor
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Brazil's supreme court sentences former president Jair Bolsonaro to 27 years in prison
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American rapper Lil Nas X pleads not guilty of alleged assault of police officer in Los Angeles
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United States, Florida: A man fatally stabs a Barnes & Noble bookstore shopper, claims 'no cause' to police
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Summer Streets returns with uninterrupted car-free stretch across Manhattan
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Malcolm-Jamal Warner, 'Cosby Show' actor, drowns in Costa Rica
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Players line up for the launch of the Nintendo Switch 2 in New York City
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Baseball: Detroit Tigers sweep San Francisco Giants, making their fourth win in a row
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Nobel laureate writer from Peru, Vargas Llosa dies
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Ruby slippers worn by American actress Judy Garland in 1939 film The Wizard of Oz break sales record, sold for US$28 million at auction
On Saturday, a pair of ruby slippers worn by American actress Judy Garland while portraying Dorothy in the 1939 American musical fantasy film The Wiza
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US, Florida: Hollywood train service halts in both directions for investigation of body discovered on tracks
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