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Ackman’s $5 Billion Pershing Square IPO Heads to NYSE
The debut creates two listed vehicles, giving public investors exposure to both Pershing Square’s portfolio and its asset-management business
Soldier pleads not guilty in Maduro prediction-market case
Prosecutors say Gannon Ken Van Dyke used classified information about a January operation to place Polymarket bets that paid more than $400,000
Nedra Talley Ross, Last Surviving Ronettes Member, Dies at 80
Ross sang with cousins Ronnie and Estelle Bennett in the 1960s trio behind “Be My Baby,” “Baby I Love You” and “Walking in the Rain
Jay Bryant pleads guilty in 2002 killing of Run-DMC’s Jam Master Jay
Bryant told a federal magistrate he helped others enter the Queens recording studio where Jason Mizell was ambushed and shot more than two decades ago
Le’Veon Bell alleges Adam Gase used cocaine in Jets office
Bell said on a podcast that he personally saw his former New York Jets coach use cocaine before practice. The allegation has not been independently corroborated in the supplied report
GOP leader warns Mamdani’s gifted-program plan could hurt students
New York Young Republican President Stefano Forte criticized the mayor’s education agenda, saying a shift away from gifted programs would weaken merit-based opportunity
Harvey Weinstein’s New York rape retrial opens with focus on 2013 hotel encounter
The pared-down trial centers on Jessica Mann’s allegation after an overturned conviction and a later jury deadlock left the Manhattan rape charge unresolved