New York Headlines

• Hegseth Set Up Signal on a Computer in His Pentagon Office

  (by Eric Schmitt and Greg Jaffe for The New York Times an hour ago)
  The app facilitated communications in a building where cell service is poor and personal phones are not allowed in some areas.
  
  

• Andrew Cuomo ambushed by protesters during NYC mayoral candidate forum: ‘Cuomo lies, people die’

  (by Hannah Fierick, Anna Young for The New York Post an hour ago)
  Cuomo, 67, remained on stage as demonstrators surrounded him -- and at one point stood up to shake the hands of a few attendees who offered him words of support.
  
  

• Trump’s Approval Rating Has Been Falling Steadily, Polling Average Shows

  (by Tyler Pager and Ruth Igielnik for The New York Times 3 hours ago)
  President Trump’s approval rating has sunk to about 45 percent, down from 52 percent one week after he took office.
  
  
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• Las Vegas Sands Drops Bid to Open a Casino on Long Island

  (by Liam Stack for The New York Times 3 hours ago)
  The company cited the threat that online gambling posed to its profits in its decision to bow out of the competition for one of three casino licenses around New York City.
  
  

• Las Vegas Sands drops bid to open $4B casino complex at Nassau Coliseum site

  (by Carl Campanile, Josh Kosman for The New York Post 5 hours ago)
  The gaming giant's announcement Wednesday caught some casino industry insiders by surprise.
  
  

• Cornell Cancels Kehlani Performance Over Her Stance on the War in Gaza

  (by Alyce McFadden for The New York Times 6 hours ago)
  The R&B singer’s outspoken support for Palestinians had drawn criticism on the campus and beyond. Some students expressed disappointment at the cancellation.
  
  

• Trump Pressures Ukraine to Accept a Peace Plan That Sharply Favors Russia

  (by David E. Sanger, Michael D. Shear and Mark Landler for The New York Times 6 hours ago)
  The U.S. proposal would freeze territory along the current front lines of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, which Ukraine has rejected.
  
  

• NYC mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani accused of using AI to fake Spanish fluency — but socialist says critics are loco

  (by Carl Campanile, Vaughn Golden for The New York Post 6 hours ago)
  Democratic Socialist mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani's mangling of the Spanish language has become a source of controversy, with one lawmaker claiming he's using AI to bolster his fluency.
  
  

• Police Identify 2 Gilgo Beach Victims, a Mother and Her Toddler

  (by Maia Coleman and Corey Kilgannon for The New York Times 10 hours ago)
  The victims — Tanya Denise Jackson and her daughter, Tatiana Marie Dykes — were found on Long Island, near the area where a serial killer operated.