All those aged 18 or older are required to show identification and proof of vaccination for indoor activities at certain public venues. This includes bars, restaurants and music venues, where many New Year’s Eve celebrations are being held, the New York City government website advises. Those aged from five to 12 are required to show proof of receiving at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, while those 12 and older must show proof of two doses (except for those who received the one dose of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine) for the aforementioned indoor activities, according to the website....

James said her office received a referral letter from the executive chamber “providing us the authority to move forward with an independent investigation,” after two of Cuomo’s former aides recently accused him of harassment. “This is not a responsibility we take lightly, as allegations of sexual harassment should always be taken seriously,” James said. James’ announcement comes after a series of back-and-forth discussions between her office and the Cuomo administration about how such a referral could be made....

In addition to those websites, Schneiderman has included digital media company Yahoo in its investigation, according to The New York Times. Yahoo, which in July launched its own version of daily fantasy sports contests, has grown to become No. 3 in market share. MORE: Judge denies sites’ requests for restraining order | John Oliver, in monologue, calls DFS gambling DraftKings and FanDuel are waging a very public legal battle with the attorney general, who last week ordered the sites to cease operations in New York because he ruled the contests they offer constitute illegal gambling, according to state law....

Fire department officials have been holding virtual meetings with staff, encouraging them to get vaccinated before fire stations and ambulances lose critical staff. According to city data, 29 percent of firefighters, 26 percent of police and 33 percent of sanitation workers remain unvaccinated. Without these crucial workers, 20 percent of fire stations are expected to close, and there will be fewer ambulances and police on the streets. Mayor Bill de Blasio held firm, even as the city’s largest police union protested and went to an appeals court to stop the mandate, and firefighters rallied Thursday outside de Blasio’s home....

Kreis’ side finished eighth in the Eastern Conference, 12 points outside of a playoff spot despite having David Villa for all of the campaign and Frank Lampard and Andrea Pirlo for parts of it. MORE: Cristiano Ronaldo: 501 goals and counting The club said the decision came after a review of a “disappointing campaign,” having set the target of making the playoffs in its maiden season. In a statement, New York City president Tom Glick said: “The decision to part company with Jason (Kreis) and his team after two years of working together has not been taken lightly and this is a difficult announcement for all involved....

The supervised injection sites were added to locations where existing syringe exchange programs were. The sites were open Tuesday, City Health Commissioner Dr. Dave Chokshi said. The facilities will “bring people in from the streets, improving the life for everyone involved,” he said. Advocates said the facilities save lives because it allows drugs users a safe space to use and be watched for signs of overdoses after the record number of overdoses the city saw last year....

The Joint Commission on Public Ethics voted Tuesday to launch the internal inquiry. Chairman Jose Nieves announced the agency will retain outside counsel to conduct the probe. Cuomo’s book deal application was approved in the summer of 2020 by the ethics staff, even though the matter didn’t receive a full commission vote. The former governor was paid $5.1 million to write the book, titled American Crisis: Leadership Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic....

Iris Rogers used to grace the pages of Vogue, but turned her back on her modeling career in the Big Apple to move back to her family’s 1787 farm, in upstate New York. Now managing the farm, called Homestead Hemp 1787, Rogers set about trying to track down the original deed, which had been lost years before. As she started delving into her family’s, and the farm’s, history, she ended up on a treasure hunt across the estate, following bizarre clues left in Bibles, trees and in the foundations....

In the report, Courtney Smith, Zach Smith’s ex-wife, alleges her husband took pictures of himself receiving oral sex and having sex with a former Ohio State staff member in the coaches’ offices. Courtney Smith also said Zach Smith took photos of his penis inside the coaches’ office and again inside the White House when the Buckeyes visited after winning the College Football Playoff national championship in 2014. Receipts show Zach Smith ordered more than $2,200 worth of sex toys, male apparel and photography equipment between February 2015 and May 2015, according to the report....

New Zealand reported four new cases of the virus on Tuesday, with an additional 14 cases being reported on Thursday. One of the initial cases was detected in a worker who handled imported products at a frozen food storage facility. Prior to the outbreak, no new infections had been seen in the country for more than 100 days. Although officials believe the source of the outbreak is more likely to be an infected person breaching strict border control measures, they are investigating whether the virus could have been brought into the country on frozen food packaging....

The Reds kick-off the weekend’s action with a 12:30pm (UK time) start at St James’ Park, with league leaders Manchester City away to Leeds United five hours later. Defending champions City have a one-point lead over Liverpool, and a win for Klopp would lift them two points above. A draw would squeeze them in front on goal difference, albeit potentially temporarily. However, despite going into the game on the back of a 14-game unbeaten run in the Premier League, Liverpool will be in for a real battle on Tyneside, with Eddie Howe’s Magpies winning their last four league games....

Hello. This is Ramin Setoodeh from NEWSWEEK. Hey. It’s Kevin Spacey from “A Moon for the Misbegotten.” If you get a title, I figure I could get one. I saw the play when it was in London. The performances are excellent. I think it’s grown in the time off. It’s been a pleasure, because New York audiences have been fantastically welcoming. Since you’re onstage every night, when do you have time to watch “American Idol”?...

In a segment captioned “the woke Olympics,” the anchor on the conservative news network said that he was delighted by the surprise defeats handed to U.S. Olympic teams during the games in Tokyo. “I found myself rooting against not just Megan Rapinoe and her merry band of America-hating female soccer players,” he said, referring to the sportswoman who champions social justice causes, “but I took pleasure in the men’s basketball Team USA’s first team loss since 2004....

No. 1 Alabama got past a slow start but steamrolled Arkansas on the road, and the Crimson Tide held onto the top spot. Florida, which was No. 6, lost at home to LSU after missing a last-second field goal that would have sent the game to overtime. A bizarre shoe-throwing penalty kept a late LSU drive alive that allowed the Tigers to take their 37-34 game-winning lead. Miami got throttled at home, 62-26, by North Carolina, which moved the Hurricanes out ot the top 10 as well....

A majority (53%) say that Al Gore should concede defeat now, the poll says. And just 52 percent of those polled continue to believe it is more important to remove all reasonable doubt that the vote count in Florida has been fair and accurate than to resolve the issue as quickly as possible. In the NEWSWEEK Poll of Nov. 16 and Nov. 17, 61 percent said it was more important to remove all doubt....

Just 28 percent of Americans now say Clinton will be viewed by history as an “above average” president, vs. 37 percent one week ago. And 53 percent of Americans now see him as a poor role model. Meanwhile, George W. Bush’s approval rating has increased from 52 percent one week ago to 56 percent. Clinton’s reputation appears to have been damaged most significantly by his pardon of Marc Rich, the fugitive financier....

No more. The new poll finds support for Republicans (and for President Bush) receding. For example, 53 percent of Americans want the Democrats to win enough seats to take control of one or both houses of Congress in the midterm elections on Tuesday. Those results are close to early October levels, while less than a third of Americans (32 percent) want Republicans to retain control. If the elections were held today, 54 percent of likely voters say they would support the Democratic candidate in their district versus 38 percent who would vote for the Republican-a 16-point edge for the Democrats....

Republicans had called for Waters to face censure for comments she made about the trial of Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin. Waters, who represents California’s 43rd district, said she hoped Chauvin would be found “guilty, guilty, guilty,” but it was her comments about a potential acquittal that led to GOP criticism. “[W]e’ve got to stay on the street, and we’ve got to get more active. We’ve got to get more confrontational....

Gingrich, who was Republican speaker of the House from 1995 to 1999, spoke to Sean Hannity on his radio show for Premiere Radio Networks on Monday and took aim at what he described as “liberal ideology.” He was promoting his latest book, Defeating Big Government Socialism, and Hannity asked him about the House Select Committee investigating January 6, 2021 as well as riots in the summer of 2021. “You’re up against, as you’ve heard me say before—you know, way back in 1972, Theodore White wrote that the liberal ideology had become a liberal theology, and that’s what you’re up against,” Gingrich said....

Defeat to Cameroon, albeit with a heavily rotated side, is the only negative result so far, and they are still tipped by many as favourites to go all the way in Qatar. However, a worrying side story to Brazil’s campaign has been an injury superstar Neymar, in the 2-0 win over Serbia, which saw him leave the field in tears, after suffering a heavy knock late in the game to his ankle....