Private Jesuit research university in New York City
The Pfizer-era office tower at 235 East 42nd Street is stabilized after beams buckled on the 21st floor. Evacuations have ended as investigators assess what caused the failure and how to prevent a collapse during the largest office-to-residential conversion in New York City.
New York state officials have filed a state Supreme Court lawsuit against Kalshi, alleging the prediction market platform operates illegally without a Gaming Commission license, endangers consumers, and should forfeit gains and pay restitution and penalties. The action adds to a broader clash over how prediction markets are regulated between states and the federal government.
A 32-year-old Bank of America executive, Erin Piacenti, has died after a stabbing in Times Square while a 68-year-old man was hospitalized. A female suspect was shot dead by police after the attack, which occurred near a major police precinct and Times Square. Police described the incident as random and unprovoked.
Erin Piacenti, 32, a Fordham Law graduate and Bank of America executive, has been killed in a random stabbing in Manhattan’s Times Square on Monday. A second victim was wounded; the attacker, Pamela Cisneros, 49, was shot dead by NYPD officers. Piacenti had recently returned from maternity leave and celebrated her second wedding anniversary with her husband, Frank.