Early voting for midterm elections began Saturday citywide: Early voting for the Nov. 3 midterm election began Saturday across New York City, and runs through Nov. 1.

Central Park’s horse-drawn carriage drivers fear for their future as New York City passes a ban: The New York City Council passed a bill Thursday that would ban horse-drawn carriage rides by June 2028, pulling back the reins after the death of a teenage tourist last spring.

Nobody is listening. That’s the point: Michael Smith is the first person the government has prosecuted for using AI — a case that shows how far apart being heard and being counted have become.

Jury deliberates in trial of New Yorker who became a teen bride to an Islamic State fighter: A New York woman accused of receiving weapons training from the Islamic State group was tricked by her father into traveling to Syria, where she became an unwilling teen bride to a militant fighter, her lawyer told a jury Thursday.

Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson films movie scenes in Coney Island and Brighton Beach: Actor and wrestler Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson has been filming scenes in Brooklyn for his latest role as The Chicken Man in the upcoming movie “Lizard Music.”

Retired Brooklyn NYPD detective arrested in road rage killing on George Washington Bridge: Victor Romero, of Haverstraw, New York, retired from the New York Police Department in 2001 after he was wounded in the hand and chest in an off-duty shootout with men attempting to rob his family’s Brooklyn laundromat in June 2000.

New York Bar Foundation honors Appellate Court presiding justice LaSalle in Leadership Laureate Series: Hector LaSalle oversees the largest and busiest appellate court in the state.

Banana Ball is headed to Coney Island: The popular baseball league known for its twist on the game is coming to Brooklyn for the first time.

Hochul’s liquor czar gives $40,000 to pro-Hochul super PAC: Lily Fan, chair of the State Liquor Authority, is bankrolling a super PAC run by lobbyists seeking to influence her agency. Hochul’s office says ethics rules don’t apply. (New York Focus)

Our world in photos: Umbrellas, gadgets, flags and more.

"Brooklyn groups rally against Mamdani-backed ballot measure and demand halt to bike, bus lanes" (New York Post)

"Swapmeet Make an Awesome Sound in Brooklyn" (Rolling Stone)

"Viral Brooklyn bar owner Debbie Shields says Conan O'Brien encounter changed her life" (CBS News)

READ: "Quest for the Slappy Man-Hug" (The Offing)

EAT: Here's a chat with Bushwick pitmaster Ruben Santana of Bark Barbecue. (Interview Magazine)

CARTOON: Taking care of mental health. (The New Yorker)

LIVE: "Reimagined Cobble Hill Townhouse Closes Under Asking for $12.25 Million" (Realtor.com)

Jazz musician Eddie Henderson

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton

Olympic medalist Sasha Cohen

“Grey’s Anatomy” star James Pickens Jr.

Actress and producer Rita Wilson

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