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An air quality alert is also in effect for New York City’s five boroughs, Long Island and Westchester and Rockland counties through 11 p.m. Friday, the NWS said.
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Muri Assunção, New York Daily News, 25 July 2025
Phase one was launched in 2016 to establish fifty mini-pitches across the city’s five boroughs and expand access to free soccer programming.
—Lee Igel, Forbes.com, 23 July 2025
New York City now has an NYC Public Safety account on the real-time incident alert app Citizen, which will provide 3 million users across the five boroughs with alerts about heat emergencies, floods, fires, crimes, and more.
—PC Magazine, 22 July 2025
Founded by Caroline Hirsch in 2004, the New York Comedy Festival features 200+ top comedians from around the globe across more than 100 shows in all five boroughs, taking over iconic NY venues like Carnegie Hall, the Beacon Theatre, Madison Square Garden and Town Hall.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 14 July 2025
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Muri Assunção, New York Daily News, 25 July 2025
Phase one was launched in 2016 to establish fifty mini-pitches across the city’s five boroughs and expand access to free soccer programming.
—Lee Igel, Forbes.com, 23 July 2025
New York City now has an NYC Public Safety account on the real-time incident alert app Citizen, which will provide 3 million users across the five boroughs with alerts about heat emergencies, floods, fires, crimes, and more.
—PC Magazine, 22 July 2025
Founded by Caroline Hirsch in 2004, the New York Comedy Festival features 200+ top comedians from around the globe across more than 100 shows in all five boroughs, taking over iconic NY venues like Carnegie Hall, the Beacon Theatre, Madison Square Garden and Town Hall.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 14 July 2025
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According to Retirement Living, here are the 10 best cities to retire in California: 1.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
1 Aug. 2025
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An Israeli source told CNN on Friday morning that Witkoff had arrived at the aid site in the southern city of Rafah that is run by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF).—
Ibrahim Dahman,
CNN Money,
1 Aug. 2025
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Deputies responded to a residence in Hilliard, a small town northwest of Jacksonville, around 8 p.m. Thursday, but got no response from anyone inside and found multiple shooting victims upon entering, Leeper said.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
25 July 2025
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The book is a loose spinoff to the author’s 2024 enemies-to-lovers romance How My Neighbor Stole Christmas, about two rivals who meet while competing in their town's annual holiday contest.—
Carly Tagen-Dye,
People.com,
25 July 2025
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In her previous role as sr. public affairs manager at Arizona Public Service in Yuma, Ariz., Twomey worked closely with various nonprofits, municipalities, and community agencies to form partnerships for success.—
News Release,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
1 Aug. 2025
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More than 100 municipalities across the state—including Morton Grove, Glencoe, and Des Plaines—have already voted to continue the tax, said Gillian Cookerly-Dietrich, management analyst for the village.—
Jennifer Johnson,
Chicago Tribune,
31 July 2025
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This find is the first time a Caracol king has been identified over the decades of research at the site, which was a dominant Maya metropolis before its abandonment by 900 AD.—
Jenna Sundel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 July 2025
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Shanghai is the third-largest city in the world, with a population of just over 40 million, and is one of the most vibrant metropolises in the country.—
John Wogan,
Travel + Leisure,
8 July 2025
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On top of a reputation for corruption, the burg was also scarred by redlining and persistent racial tensions.—
Jeffrey Steele,
Forbes.com,
25 June 2025
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However, don’t necessarily count out those living on the West Coast as being necessarily more-mellow in this regard, with California placing no fewer than three major cities among the 10 burgs having the most crash-prone motorists.—
Jim Gorzelany,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2025
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“Borough.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/borough. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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