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New Yorkers are getting a new area code.

The new all-services overlay area code, 465, will be rolled out across the Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island and Marble Hill, the New York State Public Service Commission said in a statement on Thursday. The agency announced the change earlier this year, citing an increased demand for phone numbers in the region.

The region’s existing area codes — 347, 718, 917 and 929 — are expected to be exhausted by the end of 2026, at which point the new numbers will start being assigned.

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The top Manhattan federal prosecutor ordered to drop corruption charges against Mayor Eric Adams has quit, a spokesperson said Thursday.

Danielle Sassoon, a career prosecutor and Republican, was appointed last month to run the U.S. attorney's office for the Southern District of New York until President Donald Trump's nominee Jay Clayton could be confirmed by the Senate.

Her departure, which was first reported by the New York Times, comes three days after the Department of Justice told her in a memo to dismiss the five-count indictment, which includes charges of bribery, soliciting illegal donations, wire fraud and conspiracy.

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I was at the Preds game last week against the Ottowa Senators, and man, it's hard to enjoy the experience right now. The team was off, lots of bad passes and missed opportunities, and that was rough.

But the experience really sucked because of the fans. Admittedly, I was sitting behind a loud and obnoxious group, but there were a lot of jerks in the seats. It started out rough with booing the Canadian national anthem, and went downhill from there. More booing, yelling, spilled beers, the usual bad behavior. It really sucked the joy out of the experience.

I'm probably not coming back anytime soon, and it's not because of the performance on the ice. It's just not worth coming downtown and finding parking and paying $$$ for concessions when the fans around you won't stop being asses.

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The upcoming season will feature eight Nashville premieres, including the following:

The Wiz - Sept. 23-28, 2025
The Outsiders - Oct. 14-19, 2025
Disney’s Beauty and the Beast - Nov. 4-16, 2025
Suffs – March 3-8, 2026
Back To The Future: The Musical - March 17-22, 2026
Some Like It Hot - April 21-26, 2026
Water for Elephants - May 12-17, 2026
Hamilton - June 17-28, 2026

The season will also include three limited return engagement presentations, including:

Les Misérables - Jan. 20-25, 2026
Six - Feb. 3-8, 2026
The Book of Mormon - June 2-7, 2026

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In a sign of increasing cooperation with Donald Trump’s anti-immigration plans, New York City’s Democratic mayor, Eric Adams, is weighing whether to allow the federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency (Ice) to re-establish an office at the city’s notorious Rikers Island jail.

An Ice office there closed in 2015 under sanctuary laws that severely limit the city’s involvement with federal immigration enforcement. Having a facility at the jail would make it easier for federal agents to deport people held there before they can be released on to the streets.

In addition, Adams has enraged immigration advocates by issuing guidance to all city agencies making it easier for Ice officers to go into what had previously been designated as sensitive locations, such as schools, migrant shelters, churches and hospitals.

Under current law, signed by the former mayor Bill de Blasio, New York City police and corrections officers do not usually cooperate with Ice enforcement, and Ice is prohibited from many locations except when they have a warrant signed by a judge that alleges a serious crime has been committed.

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Following the recent Antioch High School shooting, MNPS installed Evolv Technologies concealed weapons scanners at the front doors of the school as a pilot program to assess how the technology works and the feasibility of implementing it district-wide.

But depending on how the technology is being used, there’s a chance it would not have detected the pistol in the Antioch High School shooter’s backpack.

“Evolv is saying that it can automatically differentiate weapons from common objects — you know, it’s going to have this seamless, touchless experience,” Don Maye, head of operations at the security and surveillance research group IPVM, told the Banner. “But in reality, you either have to lower the sensitivity settings so low that weapons will go through, or you put it so high that most metal objects will alert it, and that really seems to defeat the value proposition of Evolv.”

Evolv’s concealed weapons scanners detect ferrous metals — metals containing iron as the main component. However, unlike a traditional metal detector, the sensors are supposed to distinguish between weapons and harmless everyday items instead of alerting when they detect metal. Unlike traditional metal detectors, which require people to file through one by one, emptying their pockets and bags of any metal items, Evolv scanners are meant to allow large numbers of people to quickly enter through security checkpoints without having to discard harmless metal objects.

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NASHVILLE, Tenn (WTVF) — A shooting that began as a robbery in the parking lot of Green Hills Mall Tuesday afternoon resulted in one person’s death and created a massive traffic nightmare for thousands of commuters.

Metro Nashville Police (MNPD) say the incident began around 2:30 p.m. when a man carrying high-end Louis Vuitton shopping bags was confronted by a suspect in the mall's parking lot. The suspect, later identified as 30-year-old Omari Moore, approached the unidentified shopper while a second man waited in a Tesla nearby.

According to witness accounts and surveillance footage, Moore got out of the car and attempted to rob the shopper.

"We can obviously see the confrontation between the shopper and the passenger of the vehicle," said Don Aaron, MNPD Public Affairs Director.

After the robbery attempt, the driver of the Tesla circled back to pick up Moore. It is at this point that police believe the driver was shot.

Moore, who is a convicted felon, claims he was unaware that his accomplice had been shot.

As the vehicle pulled away, the victim reportedly chased after it and threw an extended gun magazine at the Tesla. The magazine and two spent shell casings were recovered by investigators from the parking lot.

The suspects took off from the scene — the driver of the Tesla lost control and crashed into a tree along the I-65 northbound entrance ramp from I-440 shortly after fleeing the mall parking lot.

After the crash, MNPD says Moore got out of the wrecked car and threw an automatic pistol missing a magazine, which was later recovered by police. He was arrested at the scene after an officer witnessed the crash. The driver, whose identity has not been released, was found deceased with at least one gunshot wound.

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While the early editions were more of a sprinters’ race, the Tour Down Under has morphed into a well-rounded event allowing climbers to showcase their talents for the general classification during the more challenging stages.

Race director Stuart O’Grady and his organization did a fantastic job honoring the 25-year history of the event’s classic routes and finishes, while also including some new roads that tested the riders’ early season condition with almost 10,000m of climbing over six stages surrounding Adelaide.

The general classification was won by Ecuadorian rider Jhonatan Narváez of the mighty UAE Team Emirates-XRG in front of Javier Romo of Movistar and Finn Fisher-Black of Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe. But for me, there were many more takeaways than just the overall result.

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The UAE Tour Women 2025 starts on Thursday, with three flat stages and a summit finish atop Jebel Hafeet. There is always a risk of crosswinds and echelon racing in the UAE but the flat stages will surely see some of the biggest sprinters in the women's peloton go head to head.

Twenty teams will race on the fast flat and wide roads of the UAE, with warm temperatures and crosswinds likely in the next few days.

Elisa Balsamo (Lidl-Trek), Charlotte Kool (Team Picnic PostNL) and Lorena Wiebes (SD Worx-Protime) will be fighting for the stage victories.

"It's the first time for me racing here and it's the sprinting world championship," said Balsamo. "We have a good team and we are ready to fight."

Kool won two stages in the 2023 edition but missed last year's race because of sickness. Her winter has been affected by the consequences of her broken collarbone at the Tour de France Femmes.

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Swiss Champion Mauro Schmid (Jayco-AlUla) has won Cadel’s Race, capping a solid team effort and securing Jayco-AlUla’s men’s squad’s first victory in its home one-day race.

Schmid opened a small gap at around 7 km remaining, soloing in to the finish where he finished three seconds ahead of a select chasing group. Veteran Kiwi Aaron Gate (XdS-Astana) took second, with fellow New Zealander and defending champion Laurence Pithie (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) rounding out the podium.

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Marlen Reusser (Movistar) beat Mavi García (Team Spain) to win the Trofeo Palma Femina, the second race of the women's Challenge Mallorca, after a head-to-head battle in the hilly final kilometres.

The two surged away from a front group on the late Coll de Sa Creu climb near Palma, descended to the coast together and then fought for victory on the ascent to the Castell de Bellver.

Reusser led García on the climb to the finish and led out the sprint, simply powering away from García.

Silvia Persico (UAE Team ADQ) won the close sprint for third place, beating Thalita de Jong (Human Powered Health).

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