A lot of thought goes into naming a racehorse. Some people take inspiration from the horse’s pedigree, while some make it more personal, naming the horse after something special to the owner: a favorite boat, a treasured memory or the nickname of a close relative. All racehorses must be officially registered by name with The Jockey Club to run in competition, and the club does not make exceptions to its rules. First of all, there’s a character limit: no more than 18, including spaces. Second, names cannot be in any way vulgar or offensive. From that point, owners are free to choose whatever na ..read more

Attention parents and teenagers of Newark: That new curfew we’ve been talking about? It starts tonight. The curfew initially was supposed to take effect three weeks ago, but the mayor’s office abruptly postponed the launch for unknown reasons. The program taking effect Friday is a sort of soft launch. The nightly curfew for kids under 18 — 11 p.m. until 5:30 a.m. the next morning — will only apply Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays, to start, officials said. Come June 21, once school is out for the summer, the curfew will be in effect seven days a week. Kids have to be within 100 yards of their ho ..read more

What to Know The NYPD responded to calls for assistance with protesters from NYU and The New School early Friday, the latest campuses to seek law enforcement help amid a wave of pro-Palestinian demonstrations sweeping colleges across the nation Officers arrested nearly 300 people during operations at Columbia University and City College earlier this week; more than 40% of those arrested had no affiliation with the schools, police said, calling it an indicator that outsider influencers were co-opting what should be peaceful demonstrations On Wednesday, officers also arrested more than a dozen ..read more

Demolition has started on an Interstate 95 overpass in Norwalk that was damaged in a fiery crash along I-95 on Thursday morning. Both sides of the highway have been closed since the crash happened and are expected to remain closed until at least Monday morning. I-95 has been closed since about 5:30 a.m. Thursday after a crash involving a tractor-trailer, a fuel truck and another vehicle. The vehicles burst into flames. The truck, which was hauling gasoline, caught fire under the Fairfield Avenue overpass. While the damage is extensive, no one was injured in the crash and fire. Gov. Lamont said ..read more

The New York Knicks are moving on. New York on Thursday eliminated the Philadelphia 76ers in Game 6 of their first-round series on the road 118-115. Jalen Brunson and Co. got off to a hot start early, leading 36-22 at the end of the first quarter. But Philadelphia, at home, didn’t give up without a fight. Philadelphia, led by star center Joel Embiid, closed the first half on a 43-18 run to lead 54-51 entering the third quarter. The third quarter ended in both teams tied at 83-83, but the fourth was when New York used a 35-32 advantage to get past Philadelphia. Philadelphia trailed 109-101 but ..read more

A major drug raid in New Jersey targeted what federal law enforcement officials said were members of a significant Blood gangs crew involved in a widespread trafficking ring. Heavily armed Homeland Security Investigation agents, along with Plainfield police, were seen Thursday morning entering a house near Grant Avenue and West 3rd Street where nine suspects had allegedly been running an open-air drug market peddling fentanyl, heroin and cocaine — and distributing the drugs across Union County. Investigators said guns and drugs were also recovered during the investigation. The suspects, nearly ..read more

Authorities have identified some of the boaters involved in the shocking trash dumping into the ocean off Boca Raton, Florida, that was caught on camera and are weighing possible charges in the incident that has caused outrage. The viral video, which was posted on the Instagram account Wavy Boats, shows 10 people onboard the boat leaving Boca Inlet, as two of the people appear to toss buckets of trash into the water. According to the post, the incident happened Sunday as the boaters left a boating party called Boca Bash. The dumping is not only wrong, it’s illegal. Florida law states that it ..read more

An NYPD officer accidentally discharged his gun inside a Columbia University administration building while clearing out protesters camped inside, the department disclosed late Thursday. No one was injured by the officer’s mistake Tuesday night inside Hamilton Hall on the Columbia campus, the NYPD said Thursday. He was trying to use the flashlight attached to his gun at the time and instead fired a single round that struck a frame on the wall. There were other officers but no students in the immediate vicinity, officials said. Body camera footage shows when the officer’s gun went off, but the d ..read more

An aviation worker — who went public with safety concerns and alleged retaliation by his employer — has died following a brief illness, weeks after another Boeing whistleblower’s death, attorneys who represented both men said Thursday. Joshua Dean, 45, of Wichita, Kansas, died Tuesday after he received multiple diagnoses that included the flu, pneumonia and MRSA, prompting his family to seek an autopsy, attorney Robert Turkewitz said. “He was a healthy individual who ate well and exercised,” Turkewitz told NBC News. “So it just seems odd that he went so fast.” Dea ..read more

A Long Island woman was charged after smuggling fake versions of Ozempic and other weight loss drugs into the U.S. then using TikTok to help sell the products, prosecutors said. Isis Navarro Reyes — who also goes by Beraly Navarro — was arrested Wednesday on charges including smuggling, receiving misbranded drugs, dispensing  prescription drugs without prescription and more. According to the criminal complain, Reyes posted dozens of videos from Nov. 2022 through Nov. 2023 about weight loss drugs like Ozempic, Axcion and Mesotherapy, and more, telling viewers how they should be taken or in ..read more