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British novelist Martin Amis, who brought a rock ‘n’ roll sensibility to his stories and lifestyle, has died.

The Biden administration is announcing an investment of $251 million in carbon capture and storage projects in seven states.

In a vertical city like New York, any serious effort to address climate change has to focus on the greenhouse gas emissions caused by buildings.

In an about-face, Twitter says it has restored free access to a key tool for verified government and “publicly owned” services so they can tweet weather, transit and other alerts.

The City of Jacksonville Downtown Development Review Board (DDRB) meet this week and approved moving forward with several development proposals around downtown Jacksonville, including a proposed wine bar in Brooklyn, a parking garage expansion near the TIAA Bank Building and a revamped mixed-use project at the former home of River City Brewing Company.

The City of Jacksonville Downtown Development Review Board (DDRB) is set to meet to look at moving forward with several development proposals around downtown Jacksonville.

Brooklyn’s Mikal Bridges kept his ironman streak alive, starting his 83rd game of the season before committing a foul and immediately checking out of the game.

A New York City drug dealer has pleaded guilty to providing “The Wire” actor Michael K.

The embattled company Ozy Media is scrambling to find a lawyer to represent it against federal fraud charges.

The founder of the troubled digital start-up Ozy Media has pleaded not guilty Thursday to federal fraud charges accusing him of scheming to prop up his financially struggling company.

Africa’s public health body says it hopes Mpox vaccines will finally arrive on the continent “in another two weeks, tops” after months of seeking doses.

Mikal Bridges scored a career-high 45 points, including 15 in a row for Brooklyn to break open a game that had been close for 3 1/2 quarters, and the Nets beat the Miami Heat 116-105 on in the final game for both teams before the All-Star break.

A New York City judge has ordered the driver of U-Haul Truck that went on a deadly rampage to undergo a psychiatric evaluation.

New York City Mayor Eric Adams has scored a split decision with a hearing officer dismissing one summons while upholding another issued by a city inspector citing him for not doing enough to keep rodents at bay from his Brooklyn townhouse.

A U-Haul driver who police say killed one person and injured eight more when he careened onto sidewalks Monday in New York City is saying he “had enough” after seeing an “invisible object” coming toward the truck.

A man driving a U-Haul truck swerved onto sidewalks and plowed into cyclists and scooter riders in New York City on Monday, killing one person and injuring eight others before police were able to pin the careening vehicle against a building following a mileslong pursuit through Brooklyn.

Spring training opens Monday in Florida and Arizona.

ESPN and The Athletic have reported that All-Star guard Kyrie Irving asked the Brooklyn Nets for a trade.

A popular online chatbot powered by artificial intelligence is proving to be adept at creating disinformation and propaganda.

The U.S. union membership rate reached an all-time low last year.

The man who was once Mexico’s top security official and in charge of fighting the drug cartels is going on trial on charges of helping the Sinaloa Cartel traffic drugs and protect them from capture.

Love her or loathe her, Barbie has been transformed again.

U.S. authorities say they have charged more than 100 people with federal gun and drug crimes in separate blitzes in three states.

Kyrie Irving made his first seven shots, sparked a big bench celebration with a one-handed follow slam after he finally missed and scored 27 points as the Brooklyn Nets beat the San Antonio Spurs 139-103 for their 12th straight victory.

Congress has passed legislation requiring the federal Bureau of Prisons to overhaul failing and outdated security systems in the wake of rampant staff sexual abuse, inmate escapes and high-profile deaths.

A new study says the U.S. gun death rate last year hit its highest mark in nearly three decades.

The Greenhouse & Bar is a new small business recently opening in Brooklyn. Its lush greenery space is filled with indoor houseplants, cacti and plant related merchandise. The bar is open from 8am serving espresso drinks, cold brew and fresh pastries throughout the day with craft cocktails, local and craft beers, a selection of natural wines & champagne. Relax, grab a drink, a snack and a plant until 10pm.

Kyrie Irving returned from his suspension with 14 points, Ben Simmons tuned up for his trip back to Philadelphia with a season-high 22 and the Brooklyn Nets beat the short-handed Memphis Grizzlies 127-115.

New York state's first licenses to sell recreational marijuana could be awarded as soon as next week.

Clara Wu Tsai, co-owner of the Brooklyn Nets, launched the largest business accelerator for minority founders of early-stage startups on Monday.

Jewish Wizards forward Deni Avdija spoke for a few minutes Friday night about Kyrie Irving.

Apple has managed to boost both its sales and profit during a summertime quarter that depressed the fortunes of most other major tech companies.

Zion Williamson returned from a one-year absence with 25 points and nine rebounds, powering the New Orleans Pelicans to a season-opening 130-108 rout of the Brooklyn Nets.

The National Labor Relations Board says workers at an Apple store in Oklahoma City voted to unionize, marking the second unionized Apple store in the U.S. in a matter of months.

Indie rockers Pavement are more popular than ever, thanks to the hype of a reunion tour and a random viral TikTok hit.

Contractors broke ground Thursday marking the official start of construction of the first phase of One Riverside project in the Brooklyn neighborhood.

Major League Baseball is set to announce a pitch clock and limits on defensive shifts next season in an effort to shorten games and increase offense.

The steel bands and brightly colored costumes of Caribbean carnival have once again made their presence felt on the streets of New York City.

NASCAR just got more interesting down the stretch.

Lottery players will be gripping their tickets tightly ahead of the upcoming Mega Millions drawing with an estimated $830 million prize on the line.

A Moscow court has fined Apple 2 million rubles (about $34,000) for refusing to store the personal data of Russian users on servers in Russia.

The Justice Department has settled a long-running lawsuit filed by a group of men rounded up in the weeks after the September 11, 2001, attack who say they were abused in a federal lockup in New York City.

The Texas Supreme Court has blocked a lower court order that gave some abortion clinics confidence to resume performing abortions.

Coney Island's Luna Park will soon be introducing three new attractions and pedestrian plazas on 5 acres along the iconic New York boardwalk as part of an expansion project.

Despite a growing recognition of the newspaper industry's problems among politicians and philanthropists, a new report says a downward trend continues.

Kyrie Irving has decided to exercise his $36.9 million option for the coming season and will remain under contract with the Brooklyn Nets.

Former New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio says he will run for Congress in a redrawn district that includes his Brooklyn home.

A man was hospitalized, but was expected to survive after he was shot multiple times Thursday night on Jacksonville’s Brooklyn neighborhood, police said.

New York’s political landscape for the next decade is being quickly retooled by a rural judge and out-of-state expert after a court ruled Democrats controlling New York's legislature bungled the job.

A man charged with shooting up a New York City subway train last month in an attack that wounded 10 people has pleaded not guilty to terrorism and other charges.

Attorneys for Keith Raniere want a new federal judge to consider a motion for new trial that argues federal authorities framed the former leader of the cult-like NXIVM group by planting child pornography on a computer hard drive.

Another Jacksonville landmark reduced to rubble.

The News4JAX I-TEAM is looking into complaints about a Jacksonville apartment complex where some residents say they’re offended by the language used in an email from their property manager.

The man charged in this week’s Brooklyn subway attack has been ordered held without bail, with prosecutors saying he terrified the “entire city.”.

The man accused of shooting 10 people on a Brooklyn subway train has been arrested and charged with a federal terrorism offense.

The Brooklyn Nets held a moment of silence before their play-in game against Cleveland and said they were donating $50,000 to help those who were injured after at least 10 people were shot on a subway.

Police say the gunman in the Brooklyn subway shooting fired at least 33 bullets in the rush-hour train, wounding 10 people.

“The Magician” by Irish writer Colm Toibin has won Britain’s Rathbones Folio Prize for literature.

The former Florida Times Union property will soon be demolished to make way for a new development known as One Riverside.

Clay County will host its 2022 Election Expo on Wednesday night.

There was something fishy about New York City Mayor Eric Adams’ declarations that he’s a vegan.

An Atlanta-based developer has purchased the former Florida Times Union property and is planning to soon demolish the vacant buildings to begin redevelopment of the site into One Riverside, according to News4JAX’s news partner, the Jacksonville Daily Record.

The federal prison system has been placed on a nationwide lockdown after two inmates were killed and two others were injured Monday during a gang altercation at a federal penitentiary in Texas.

A plaque honoring baseball legend Jackie Robinson that was vandalized in Georgia is coming to Kansas City's Negro Leagues Baseball Museum to be put on display.

Kevin Durant has a sprained medial collateral ligament of his left knee, sidelining the NBA’s leading scorer just as the Brooklyn Nets were poised to finally have a lengthy run with their Big Three.

The NBA has rescheduled all 11 games that were postponed in December for virus-related reasons and either shifted the times or dates of 10 other games to help accommodate those changes.

Kyrie Irving doesn’t know when he’ll get his first playing time of the season.

Keenan Scott II made his Broadway acting debut this week in “Thoughts of a Colored Man,” which is a remarkable milestone.

The NBA has called off five games for Sunday, Monday and Tuesday because of coronavirus-related concerns.

The Jacksonville City Council on Tuesday night approved a redevelopment agreement for a project at and around the site of the old Florida Times-Union building in the Brooklyn neighborhood.

Miles Bridges had 32 points and nine rebounds, Ish Smith added 11 of his 15 points in the fourth quarter and the Charlotte Hornets improved to 3-0 for the first time by beating the Brooklyn Nets 111-95.

The David Prize, an annual $1 million award for select New York City residents, has announced its five winners for this year's awards.

Older adults without heart disease shouldn't take daily aspirin to prevent a first heart attack or stroke.

It could take U.S. regulators a few weeks to decide whether to clear COVID-19 vaccines for children ages 5 to 11.

Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of the Catholic bishop of Brooklyn weeks after a Vatican investigation cleared him of sexual abuse allegations.

Lawyers for teachers who don't want New York City schools to impose a vaccine mandate for them and other workers say they will ask the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene.

New York City schools have been temporarily blocked from enforcing a vaccine mandate for its teachers and other workers by a federal appeals judge days before it was to take effect.

Once hailed as a prototype for a new kind of federal jail and the most secure in the country, New York's Metropolitan Correctional Center has become a blighted wreck.

TV actor Allison Mack has surrendered to a California prison to serve three years for her role in the cultlike group NXIVM.

Eric Adams won New York City’s Democratic mayoral primary by striking a personal balance on policing and racial injustice.

Twenty-one tons of sand are transforming the Brooklyn Academy of Music into a day at a beach for the staging of the global warming opera Sun and Sea.”.

Cunard Line is pushing back the return of the Queen Mary 2, which has already been idled for 18 months because of the pandemic.

The DIA wants a restaurant like this one right here to be a part of the first phase of redeveloping this area, which is expected to start next year.

A woman has testified that R&B hitmaker R. Kelly’s forced her and his other girlfriends to write fake blackmail letters that he wanted to have in hand in case he was ever charged with sexually abusing them.

Ryan Blaney took the lead from William Byron on a late restart and bobbed and weaved his way across the final seven laps to win at Michigan International Speedway.

Some of NASCAR's top drivers are taking extra health precautions for the playoff chase.

Investigative journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones says she will not teach at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill following an extended fight over tenure.

Chowdown champ Joey “Jaws” Chestnut broke his own record to gulp to a 14th win in the men’s Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest on Sunday.

Yum.

The Democratic primary for mayor of New York City was thrown into a state of confusion Tuesday when election officials abruptly retracted their latest report on the vote count after realizing it had been corrupted by test data never cleared from a computer system.

Brooklyn's James Harden has committed to playing for U.S. men's national basketball team that will play in the Olympics that begin next month, says a person familiar with the situation.

The United States will soon have a new federal holiday commemorating the end of slavery.

Did you realize that Juneteenth is the oldest nationally celebrated commemoration of the ending of slavery in the United States?

News4Jax has received the incident report after a Jacksonville police officer was attacked while responding to a call in the Brooklyn neighborhood.

A video circulating on social media shows the moments when an officer with the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office was attacked when responding to a call in the Brooklyn neighborhood.

The NBA will have a new champion.

James Harden had 34 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists for his first postseason triple-double with Brooklyn, leading the Nets into the Eastern Conference semifinals with a 123-109 victory over the Boston Celtics in Game 5.

There will be great golf, food, music, hospitality, and more at the inaugural PGA TOUR Champions event on October 8-10 at the Timuquana Country Club.

Milwaukee’s roster transformation started after losing to Miami in last season’s NBA playoffs, one that made the Bucks give themselves a critical look.

Joe Harris tied a franchise playoff record with seven 3-pointers, Kevin Durant scored 26 points and the Brooklyn Nets routed the Boston Celtics 130-108 for a 2-0 lead in their first-round playoff series.