Morning Brief: September 12
New York Italians Celebrate Their Culture
The Feast of San Gennaro is happening through the end of this week until the 21st. So that's plenty of time to head over to Little Italy, get a cannoli and an espresso, and celebrate Italian culture. It's been 88 years since the festival began on Mulberry Street, to honor the patron saint of Naples. And the festival's still going strong.
NEED TO KNOW
Arab Leaders Not Very Enthusiastic about US Airstrikes [New York Times]
Another American Healing from Ebola Infection [USA Today]
City Remembers 9/11 Attacks [NY Daily News]
Queens Hospital Accommodates Growing Chinese Population [NY Daily News]
NYPD Overseers Having Trouble Defining 'Chokehold' [NY Post]
SPORTS
-Yankees win 5-4 over Tampa Bay. They're playing the Orioles in Baltimore at 1:05, and again at 7:05. Doubleheader!
-Mets fell to the Nationals 6-2. They're at it again at 7:10 in Flushing.
WEATHER
Nice and Sunny. High of 76 degrees, and nighttime low of 61. [Full Forecast]
ON STAGE
• Garland Jeffreys @ Outpost In The Burbs (The Van Vleck House and Gardens)
TODAY IN HISTORY
In 1609, aboard his ship the Halve Maen (that's "Half Moon" to all you non-Dutch speakers out there) Englishman Henry Hudson began his exploration of the Hudson River. The Dutch Colonists came soon after.
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