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New York Knicks guard Jalen Brunson (11) dribbles against San Antonio Spurs guard Stephon Castle (5) in the second half during game five of the 2026 NBA Finals at Frost Bank Center.

Sports

Ticker-tape parade slated for Thursday, followed by Juneteenth on Friday

By Vinette K. Pryce

Awarding-winning, Brooklyn-based Fashion Designer Roger Gary, left, with a model wearing a swimwear from his Spring, Summer Resort collection, recently shown on the runway of Summer Sizzle fashion show, in the British Virgin Islands.

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Brooklyn-based designer Roger Gary set for Guyana’s 2026 Origins Fashion Festival

By Tangerine Clarke

Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett.

Guyana

Guyana jumps into race for top United Nations role

By Bert Wilkinson

Latest News

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents and federal agents secure the entrance to the Delaney Hall detention center, as demonstrators remain gathered outside, in Newark, New Jersey, U.S., May 29, 2026.

Jamaican national nabbed in ICE sweep in NYC

By Nelson A. King

Brooklyn Community Services (BCS) Executive Director Archana Jayaram.

Local non-profit Brooklyn Community Services celebrates 160 years

By Milette Millington

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Photos: Puerto Rican Day parade says ‘¡Wepa!’

Trinidad and Tobago's capital, Port of Spain, at night.

Trinidad & Tobago

Unions, opposition question need for extended state of emergency measures in Trinidad

By Bert Wilkinson

Acting U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche speaks during a press conference hosted with U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Markwayne Mullin on unaccompanied minors and prosecuting their sponsors, at the Justice Department, in Washington, D.C., U.S., June 11, 2026.

Trump moves to strip Caribbean nationals of US citizenship

By Nelson A. King

A general view of FIFA World Cup 2026 branding inside MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey.

Business

Can Caribbean Americans cash in on the World Cup?

By Clive Bacchus

A New York Knicks fan poses at the 34th Street Penn Station subway entrance after the Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) painted it in orange and blue in honor of the hometown team's first championship finals in 27 years, in New York City, U.S., June 2, 2026.

Knicks-mania color Big Apple orange fanfare

By Vinette K. Pryce

Sri Lanka defeated West Indies by 41 runs in the first One Day International (ODI) match at Sabina Park in Jamaica.

Sports

Sri Lanka defeats West Indies in opening One Day International

By Devika Ragoonanan

Jereem Richards won bronze in the men's 400 metres in Stockholm.

News

Jereem Richards lands Diamond League bronze

By Devika Ragoonanan

West Indies Women won the Evara Tri-Nation T20I Series.

Sports

West Indies Women finish top of the table to win series

By Devika Ragoonanan

Mayor Mamdani took a shot on the newly unveiled FIFA Arena pitch in Central Park before Monday’s watch party announcement — three days before the World Cup kicks off.

Sports

Free World Cup Final watch party: 50,000 tickets available for Central Park event

By Adam Daly

Dexta Daps.

Music

Dancehall star Dexta Daps bringing ‘Champagne Tour’ to Newark June 12

By Nelson A. King

Models wearing colorful designs from AJYI Variety Store during a June 4 Afro-Caribbean fashion show on the Dorothy L. Goosby Plaza in celebration of Caribbean Heritage at Hempstead Town Hall. Other colorfully dressed audience members look on.

Hempstead brings cultural pride to Caribbean American Heritage Month observance

By Tangerine Clarke

More from Around NYC

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Three Bronx girl wrestlers raise money to compete at the Fargo Nationals Championship

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Ample Hills Creamery debuts sundae in honor of FIFA World Cup

High school students and elected officials cut the ribbon at the newly renovated Playground 90 basketball court in Jackson Heights.

Queens high-schoolers cut ribbon at renovated Jackson Heights basketball court after completion of student-led project

Flaws in the City's procurement process continue to pop up in public hearings and the media amid budget negotiations, scandals and talk of charter reform.

New York City has a contract procurement problem, and advocates are calling for reform