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• With Nestor Cortes’ return near, Yankees could carry 13 pitchers in World Series

  22-10-2024 22:31 via amny.com
  
  With starting pitcher Nestor Cortes’ return looming, the Yankees could potentially carry 13 pitchers during the 2024 World Series, manager Aaron Boone said on Tuesday. 
  “Could be 13,” Boone said. “We’ll see.”
  New York carried 12 pitchers and 14 position players during their five-game ALCS triumph over the Cleveland Guardians, but Cortes is nearing his reintroduction back into the roster. 
  The southpaw has been out since Sept. 18 because of  a fl
  
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• Bronx barbershop faces mixed reactions following Trump’s whirlwind visit

  22-10-2024 22:29 via bxtimes.com
  
  The owner of a Bronx barbershop where President Donald Trump visited last week has faced both support and backlash following the appearance — but remains committed to welcoming people of all political stripes.
  Javiel Rodriguez Jr. owns Knockout Barbershop in Castle Hill, where Trump made his second visit to the borough since his Crotona Park rally in May. The visit was confirmed just a day ahead of time, said Rodriguez Jr., who credited former City Council Member and State Senator Rub
  
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• Aaron Judge finally on World Series stage, relishing chance to face Shohei Ohtani

  22-10-2024 19:15 via amny.com
  
  Aaron Judge will no longer share the distinction that the likes of Wee Willie Keeler, Hal Chase — the notorious gambler in the early 1900s — or Don Mattingly have as Yankees captains who never made it to a World Series. 
  In his ninth MLB season, Judge is headed to the Fall Classic; a stage befitting of this generation’s most remarkable slugger who has donned the responsibility of being the captain of the Yankees so admirably. 
  He had made it close three times before,
  
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• “Daredevil” actor Charlie Cox visits students at Bronx’s Institute for Special Education

  22-10-2024 19:09 via bxtimes.com
  
  Students at the New York City Institute for Special Education in the Bronx welcomed Friday a special visitor who spoke about the importance of representation of people with disabilities in the media. Actor Charlie Cox, best known for his role as the Marvel superhero with a visual impairment Daredevil, spoke with K-12 students about his experience portraying a blind character. 
  Marvel’s Daredevil follows the story of attorney Matt Murdock, a vigilante who fights crime on the streets of
  
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• Meet three extraordinary Bronxites running the NYC Marathon

  22-10-2024 17:29 via bxtimes.com
  
  As always, the New York City Marathon on Nov. 3 will feature some amazing runners from the Bronx who have extraordinary stories of courage and persistence. 
  Ahead of this year’s race — which is expected to bring over 50,000 runners from all 50 states and 150 countries — the Bronx Times spoke with the three Bronx members of Team Inspire, the group of 26 local participants who came into running in unexpected ways and have left a lasting impression on their communities. 
  
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• Man shot dead inside Bronx bodega, gunman still at large: NYPD

  22-10-2024 15:50 via amny.com
  Bronx detectives are looking for the gunman who shot and killed a man at a bodega on Monday morning.
  According to law enforcement sources, the 32-year-old victim was gunned down inside the Gourmet Deli Corp. at the corner of University Avenue and Brandt Place in Morris Heights at around 7:27 a.m. on Oct. 21.Officers from the 46th Precinct rushed to the scene in response to a 911 call about the incident. When they arrived, they found the victim unconscious and unresponsive with a gunshot wound to
  
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• Fordham students turn unused meals into community food donations

  22-10-2024 15:37 via bxtimes.com
  
  Two Fordham University juniors have devised a smart way to prevent unused student meals from going to waste — and with the help of fellow students, they’ve already donated thousands of lunches to nonprofit Part of the Solution (POTS), just down the street from campus. 
  Jack Wenz and Andreas Caballero launched the Fordham Food Walks program in 2023. Since then, nearly 8,000 deli sandwiches have been donated to POTS, and as word has spread, donations have steadily increased.&
  
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• Op-Ed | Improving New Yorkers’ quality of life block by block

  22-10-2024 13:00 via amny.com
  
  Recently, I was with community leaders and senior officials in our administration on Roosevelt Avenue in Queens, which is one of the most diverse neighborhoods in our city. It is where New Yorkers from all over the world come to live, work, raise their families, and strive for the American Dream. However, Roosevelt Avenue — a major thoroughfare with the 7 train running above it — has become a site of crime, disorder, and exploitation as illegal brothels, illicit vendors, and unlicens
  
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