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NEW YORK (AP) — Scripts of all kinds sit in the drawers of Ethan Coen’s home, some to be returned to, some forever abandoned. When writing with his brother Joel over many years, the absurd narrative paths they’d venture down would inevitably lead to strange mental roadblocks. HT Image “Sometimes partial scripts would stop in mysterious places,” Coen says. “‘Fargo’ we started writing many, many years before we made it and then we stopped at page 70 with ‘Carl is humping the escort.’ Then the rest of that page is…

After designating social media as a "public health hazard" in late January, New York City is now suing Meta, Google, Snap and TikTok for "fueling nationwide youth mental health crisis." Specifically, these companies face three counts in the lawsuit: public nuisance, negligence and gross negligence. The Mayor Eric Adams administration accuses TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, Snapchat and YouTube of "endangering our children's mental health, promoting addiction, and encouraging unsafe behavior."These are allegedly achieved by…

ESPN Bet is coming to the Big Apple.Penn Entertainment, which operates the sports betting platform, will pay Wynn Resorts $25 million for market access, it said Tuesday. It's the same amount Wynn paid New York state to operate there.Wynn Interactive, a subsidiary of Wynn Resorts, was awarded a New York mobile sports betting license in 2021. Penn was not — and it has missed out on the action from the nation's largest sports betting market.In the two years since New York launched online sports betting, at least $35.7…

A JetBlue Airways plane prepares to depart New York's LaGuardia Airport.Leslie Josephs/CNBCIn the 24 years since JetBlue Airways' first flight, the New York-based airline has pushed the envelope for a carrier of its size. Now, with some veteran executive hires and cost-cutting, it's trying to get back to basics.JetBlue was a pioneer in seat-back entertainment, free Wi-Fi, good snacks and a business-class cabin with lie-flat seats that debuted at lower prices than rivals'. More recently, it's ventured across the Atlantic…

Amtrak trains travel through Washington, DC, on September 15, 2022.Stefani Reynolds | AFP | Getty ImagesAs domestic travel rebounds from pandemic lows and prices soar, some travelers opting for trains over planes.For many, the tradeoffs are simple: Trains are often cheaper, provide more leg room and are better for the environment than air travel. Those advantages and others are driving riders to Amtrak, the government-backed U.S. rail service, as it tries to revive pre-Covid ridership and smooth out operations.Since…

The New York Community Bank (NYCB) headquarters in Hicksville, New York, US, on Thursday, Feb. 1, 2024. Bing Guan | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesEmbattled lender New York Community Bank disclosed a litany of financial metrics in the past 24 hours in a bid to soothe skittish investors.But one of the most crucial resources for any bank appears to be in short supply for NYCB lately: confidence.The regional bank late Tuesday said that deposits were stable at $83 billion and that the firm had ample resources to cover any possible…

A Citibank branch in the central business district of Singapore on Feb. 12, 2018.Ore Huiying | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesNew York Attorney General Letitia James on Tuesday sued Citibank for allegedly failing to protect and reimburse victims of electronic fraud.The suit claims that Citi does not have strong protections in place to prevent unauthorized account takeovers, misleads victims of fraud and illegally denies reimbursements, according to a release. The attorney general's office said the alleged failure on Citi's part…

Stand-up comedian, actor, writer, and director Ilana Glazer is an absolute queenpin of comedy. Known for her in-your-face humor that holds nothing back, audiences can never be certain what the “Broad City” star is going to say next. Glazer’s career began in the mid 2000’s with some dabbling in New York City’s local improv and stand-up scene. However, things really took off for her in 2009, after Glazer and her partner-in-comedy Abbi Jacobson began self-producing the “Broad City” web series. The autobiographical web series…

JetBlue Airways swung to a loss in the fourth quarter and forecast lower capacity this year as it scrambles to return to profitability.The New York-based airline reported a net loss of $104 million for the last three months of 2023, compared with a $24 million profit a year earlier. On a per-share basis, JetBlue lost 31 cents during the fourth quarter, or 19 cents on an adjusted basis, compared with a 7-cent profit during the year-earlier period.The airline expects revenue to drop between 5% and 9% in the first three…

On Feb. 20, 1939, more than 20,000 yelling, cheering people packed New York City’s Madison Square Garden. They weren’t there for a basketball game or a concert. They were supporters of the German American Bund, a pro-Nazi organization that was ready for an alternative to democracy. They waved Swastika flags and raised quite a ruckus. And they were hardly alone in their mission, as the new PBS American Experience documentary Nazi Town, USA makes abundantly clear. While most Americans identified fascism and the…