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responds to sexual misconduct allegations

Washington - Muslimchronicle

Actor and comedian Aziz Ansari has acknowledged a sexual encounter with an anonymous accuser but insisted it was "completely consensual." The accusations, published Sunday in online magazine Babe, were made by a 23-year-old photographer from Brooklyn, New York, named only as "Grace." She said she met Ansari -- who recently won a Golden Globe for his performance in Netflix comedy 'Master of None' --Read more

Japanese tycoon loans Basquiat masterpiece

New York - Muslimchronicle

A Basquiat masterpiece, bought by a Japanese billionaire for a record $110.5 million, will make its museum debut this month, going on display in the artist's home borough of Brooklyn. Jean-Michel Basquiat's 1982 "Untitled" has been virtually unseen in public and never previously been exhibited in a museum. It depicts a skull-like head in oil-stick, acrylic and spray paint, andRead more

Football: FIFA bribery trial to kick off in New York

New York - Muslimchronicle

More than two years after U.S. prosecutors unveiled a sweeping corruption case that rocked FIFA, football's world governing body, three former officials linked to the organisation are due to face trial on graft charges on Monday in a New York court. Selection of jurors is scheduled to begin before U.S. District Judge Pamela Chen in Brooklyn. On trial Manuel Burga,Read more

‘Happy Death Day’ success marks return of slasher movies

Los Angeles - Muslimchronicle

Vampire in Brooklyn, Thinner, The Dentist, Leprechaun 3... the horror genre in the mid-90s was terrifying for all the wrong reasons. It was barely even a thing, at least outside of the very bottom shelf of video rental library (remember those?). But then Wes Craven, whose career had wound up in an equally dread-filled place, made Scream, a slasher film thatRead more

Charles Bradley, late-blooming US soul great, dead at 68

New York - Muslimchronicle

Charles Bradley, the soul singer whose robust, brassy voice won him stardom in his final years after decades of scraping along, died Saturday from cancer. He was 68. Bradley -- who earlier this year had triumphantly returned to the stage where he thanked his fans and God -- died surrounded by family, friends and bandmates at his home in Brooklyn,Read more

29Rooms, the exhibition created for social media

New York - Muslimchronicle

Visitors are touching the art, wearing it and even jumping on it at the popular immersive exhibition "29Rooms" being held in a Brooklyn warehouse. Artists, companies and non-profits have come together for the interactive event hosted by the website Refinery29 which closes on Monday after a four-day run. In stark contrast with traditional museums, visitors to 29Rooms are encouraged toRead more

Three women at same nursing home celebrate 100 years of life

New York - Arab Today

Three women at the same nursing home on Monday celebrated living more than 100 years with cake, songs and flowers while sharing their secrets of long life with friends, family and neighbours. The three centenarians -- Lucille Price, 100, Sophia Smith, 101, and Grace-Marie Baker, 102 -- cut into a white cake while more than 50 people gathered at theRead more

Ex-fugitive Israeli fraudster sentenced to 30 months

Washington- Arab today

Former Israeli fugitive Jacob "Kobi" Alexander was finally sentenced to prison for securities fraud dating from the last century, ending a decade-long saga, the US Department of Justice announced Thursday. The sentence of 30 months in prison ended a case that underscored the difficulties US authorities sometimes face in winning the extradition of defendants accused of financial and white-collar crimes.Read more

Guzman extradition opens door to new cartel

Brooklyn - ArabToday

The incessant shouts carry through air vents and heavy metal doors. It's how the segregated prisoners commiserate about life behind bars. They pound the walls until their fists are bloody. They clog toilets and flood their cells, urine and feces pouring into the corridors. Such is life in the most restricted units of the nine-story Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC) inRead more

New York train crash injures more than 100 commuters

New York - ArabToday

A New York City train derailed at a downtown Brooklyn terminal during Wednesday’s morning rush hour, injuring more than 100 commuters in the metropolitan area’s second major rail accident since late September. Emergency crews swarmed Atlantic Terminal after the Long Island Rail Road train went off the tracks inside the busy transportation hub at 8:20am local time (1320 GMT), theRead more