The MTV Video Music Awards got a little creative trying to put on a somewhat live awards show from New York City in the middle of a pandemic. Sunday's show included performances with mask-wearing artists and fans and artists dancing in front the backdrop of the city's skyscrapers. But amid the...
What's It Like Treating NYC COVID-19 Patients? Fresno Doctor Explains.
"As nice as Fresno has treated me, New York has always been my home," says UCSF-Fresno Dr. William Chiang. Chiang spoke to GV Wire after a shift helping treat COVID-19 patients Monday night in New York. We caught up with him via Zoom a couple of hours before his next overnight shift....
Doing His 'Part', UCSF-Fresno Doctor Battles COVID-19 in New York
You might call it the ultimate "house" visit. One doctor from UCSF-Fresno just wanted to help his home state in the battle against coronavirus. “Please come help us in New York now,” Gov. Andrew Cuomo said at the end of March. Doctor Leaves Fresno Sunday Morning William Chiang, M.D., left...
Coronavirus Cases Hit 2 Largest US Cities Differently
LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles recorded its first case of coronavirus five weeks before New York City, yet it's New York that is now the U.S. epicenter of the disease. Public health officials are keeping a wary eye and warning that LA could end up being as hard hit as...
Harvey Weinstein Arrives at Court Ahead of Sex Assault Trial
NEW YORK — Harvey Weinstein and several of the women who have accused him of sexual misconduct converged Monday at the New York City courthouse where a judge and his lawyers handled the final preparations for his high-stakes trial on charges of rape and assault. Weinstein, 67, entered the building...
Bloomberg: US Would Benefit From More, Not Fewer, Immigrants
PHOENIX — Presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg said Tuesday that the United States needs “an awful lot more immigrants rather than less.” On his second day campaigning for the Democratic nomination, the former New York City mayor contrasted his views on immigration with President Donald Trump’s restrictive policies and laid out...
50 Years After Stonewall, LGBT Rights Are a Work in Progress
NEW YORK — They didn't set out to change history; they weren't the first LGBT Americans to mobilize against bias. Yet the June 1969 uprising by young gays, lesbians and transgender people in New York City, clashing with police near a bar called the Stonewall Inn, was a vital catalyst...
There’s a Hot Debate About the World’s Tallest Politician
BISMARCK, N.D. — It didn’t take long for a New York City councilman’s claim that he’s the world’s tallest male politician to draw some challenges. Robert Cornegy Jr., a 6-foot-10 councilman from Brooklyn, was certified by Guinness World Records in January and honored for the distinction this week at a City Hall...
Kids Get Measles Vaccine After County Declares Emergency
NEW CITY, N.Y. — Some parents who had resisted having their children vaccinated reluctantly brought them in for a measles shot Wednesday as a state of emergency took effect in a county in New York City's northern suburbs. Rockland County enacted the emergency order Tuesday night to fight a measles...
Suspect Arrested in Murder of Reputed Mob Boss
NEW YORK — A 24-year-old man was arrested Saturday in the shooting death of the reputed boss of the Gambino crime family, New York City police said. Anthony Comello was arrested in New Jersey in the death of Francesco Cali on Wednesday in front of his Staten Island home, said Chief of...