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On clear days, Kevin Steele would peek through the cracked window of his six-by-eight foot solitary confinement cell on Rikers Island to get a glimpse of his Bronx neighbourhood and mentally escape. Steele was just 17 years old in June 2010 when he was brought to Rikers Island, arguably America’s most notorious prison and the nation’s largest penal colony. He had been arrested for his involvement in a fight and had no means to pay an assigned $85,000 bail. He spent three years at Rikers awaiting trial, 13 months of that in solitary confinement. “The conditions I faced on Rikers were really horrendous,” says Steele. “Looking out of that window was my way to survive.” Steele is today an activist with No New Jails NYC, a grassroots prison abolitionist group formed last year that has become a major player in the campaign to close Rikers. The group has mobilised New Yorkers – including influential Democratic congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez … [Read more...] about Rikers 2.0: inside the battle to build four new prisons in New York City

The Saudi gunman who killed three people at a naval base in Pensacola and wounded either others visited the September 11 memorial in New York City just days before the shooting and also filed a complaint against an instructor earlier this year, according to investigators. Senior law enforcement officials also say that the killer, Second Lt. Mohammed Saeed al-Shamrani, 21, made preparations for the shooting by filing paperwork to purchase a gun in April. It was during that same month that al-Shamrani lodged a complaint against one of his instructors at the training center who called him ‘porn stash’ in front of about 10 other aviation students, according to The New York Times. Mohammed Saeed al-Shamrani, 21, killed three and wounded 12 others in the attack before he was shot dead by police. This picture was released by the FBI on Saturday evening Investigators learned that a few days before the shooting, al-Shamrani and at least five other Saudi airmen traveled to New York … [Read more...] about ‘Radicalized’ Pensacola gunman visited 9/11 memorial in New York just two days before shooting dead three Navy trainees as it’s revealed he had ‘been thinking about this for a long time’

Marijuana is going mainstream. On Sunday, the New York Times will carry what is believed to be its first full-page ad for a company promoting the consumption of the drug. The move comes a week after the paper came out for the decriminalisation pot. The ad for Leafly, which bills itself as the world’s largest information resource for marijuana, follows New York governor Andrew Cuomo’s signing of the Compassionate Care Act into law on 7 July. That paved the way for patients suffering from cancer, Aids, epilepsy, multiple sclerosis and other conditions to access marijuana. New York is the 23rd state to legalise medical marijuana; Colorado and Washington state have legalised the drug for recreational use. Cuomo’s decision prompted the Times to call last weekend for Washington to scrap laws introduced in the 1930s which make marijuana illegal – legislation, the newspaper said, that was “passed in an atmosphere of hysteria during the 1930s and that was firmly … [Read more...] about Pro-marijuana company Leafly takes out full-page New York Times ad

The trailer for his directorial debut, yet another A Star Is Born remake, bowed June 6. And Bradley Cooper cut a distinguished figure when he was glimpsed taking a sunlit stroll along a tree-lined New York City sidewalk this Saturday. The 43-year-old stepped out in a white sweatshirt, rolling its sleeves up over his toned forearms and slipping into a navy trousers. Scroll down for video  Stepping out: Bradley Cooper cut a distinguished figure when he was glimpsed taking a sunlit stroll along a tree-lined New York City sidewalk this Saturday His hair in a perfect coiff, the Philadelphia-born actor slung on a black backpack and had a pair of matching headphones dangling round his neck. RELATED ARTICLES Previous 1 Next Bradley Cooper sports Nike sneakers in NYC... as Barbra... Irina Shayk turns heads in mint green coat as she struts her... Share this article Share The four-time Oscar nominee shielded his face from the sun in a pair of aviator sunglasses, allowing … [Read more...] about Bradley Cooper looks handsome wearing aviators as he enjoys a sunlit stroll in New York

Irina Shayk looked incredible when she headed out in New York on Saturday wearing a striped shirt dress.  The 32-year-old Russian supermodel flashed her famous legs in the number as she enjoyed a stroll in WeHo, New York. The brown number fell down past her calves and she teamed it with a pair of flat shoes. Earning her fashion stripes: Irina Shayk flashed her supermodel legs ina buttoned up shirt dress as she enjoyed a stroll in New York on Saturday The mother-of-one cinched in her waist with a thin belt and she wore her long brunette locks in a sleek up-do.  Looking naturally beautiful, she wore minimal make-up and hid her eyes behind designer sunglasses.  The girlfriend of actor Bradley Cooper carried her phone and a bright orange purse in her hand as she dashed across the road on her solo outing.   She's got it going on: Looking naturally beautiful, she wore minimal make-up and hid her eyes behind designer sunglasses Irina welcomed her daughter Lea into … [Read more...] about Irina Shayk flashes her supermodel legs in buttoned up shirt dress as she enjoys a stroll in New York