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22日下午，《人民日报》的官方认证账户发布推文：“当地时间6月22日，美国纽约市著名的华人聚居地法拉盛，人们在公园里晨练。”推文附上了30秒的视频，显示人们在一个背后有秋千和居民楼的公园场地，播放歌曲《没有共产党就没有新中国》，跳舞的动作和舞步带有激昂的意味。 这个视频很快被更多的大陆媒体转载，有的在介绍中干脆写成“据外媒报导”，也加入了歌�...

Office of Congressman Gregory Meeks Rep. Gregory Meeks started off the year with a new role on the world stage. Just weeks before 2020 ended, he was elected to chair the House Foreign Affairs Committee – the first Black man ever to hold the position. Since then, Meeks has opposed a constitutional referendum in Haiti, passed a resolution condemning China’s actions in Hong Kong and proposed strengthening economic ties between Africa and the U.S., all while managing local politics back in the ...

iStock.com/Jacob Ammentorp Lund There may be no greater repository of analog information than the library, a glorious assembly of printed pages that can take us on adventures, educate us, and fill our days and nights with details of worlds beyond our own—all free of charge. Today, there are roughly 116,867 public and academic libraries dotting the country. To celebrate National Library Week, weve rounded up 25 fascinating facts about these irreplaceable institutions. 1. Benjamin Franklin star...

Snowstorm 2021: What’s closed on Monday? Updated Jan 31, 2021; Posted Jan 31, 2021 Staten Island is guaranteed to see more than 12 inches of snow, the National Weather Service forecasts. Facebook Share Monday’s forecast promises to not only blanket Staten Island under almost two feet of snow, it comes with heavy wind gusts and a strong potential for coastal flooding, said Bob Smerbeck, senior meteorologist with Accuweather.com on Sunday afternoon. “Everything starts to ramp up tomorrow....

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Though the entire world was dominated by Covid this year, North Queens was certainly the first section of the city to truly feel its effects. The largely Asian population faced Covid-19 induced discrimination and small shops suffered from a severe drop in business, a struggle they continued to combat throughout the remainder of the year. Despite the hardships, North Queens pushed through and celebrated many good times — award ceremonies honored its leaders, DJs played free concerts for nei...