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08/15/2025

🎵⚾ The New York Mets honored the 60th anniversary of Paul, John, George and Ringo's performance at She Stadium on Friday by theming the game against the Seattle Mariners "The Beatles Night."

The 1965 performance was the first instance of a rock band performing a major stadium concert at then-Shea Stadium, which was home to the Mets and New York Jets.

1010 WINS spoke with excited fans outside Citi Field, many of whom saw the iconic British group decades ago.

🔊 Mack Rosenberg reports:

08/15/2025

⚖️ A Brooklyn construction magnate was sentenced Friday to a year of probation for working with a Turkish government official to funnel illegal campaign contributions to New York City Mayor Eric Adams.

A Brooklyn construction magnate was sentenced Friday to a year of probation for working with a Turkish government official to funnel illegal campaign contributions to Mayor Eric Adams.

08/15/2025

🚶📱 Matt Bass doesn't think it is too difficult to be a "good walker." In his TikTok series "Bad Walkers," the New Yorker schools people on how to be courteous to others when taking to the sidewalks, by pointing out examples of people falling short.

"It's a shared experience, being in public spaces on the sidewalk, just try to have consideration for other people who might have to get somewhere," Bass told 1010 WINS.

Bass takes his followers along with him on the streets of New York City to find generalized "bad walkers," while some videos are focused on things like scaffolding walking or what walking is like in Grand Central Terminal.

🔊 Mack Rosenberg reports:

08/15/2025

🤝 President Trump and Russia’s Vladimir Putin kicked off their Alaska summit with a warm handshake on Friday, greeting each other like old friends before heading into hours of discussions that could reshape the war in Ukraine and relations between Moscow and Washington.

Reporters nearby yelled, “President Putin, will you stop killing civilians?” and Putin put his hand up to his ear but didn’t answer. Trump and Putin both climbed in the U.S. presidential limo, with Putin grinning widely as the vehicle rolled past the cameras.

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08/15/2025

🪧 Union leaders say a Bronx masonry subcontractor who now faces federal charges should never have been working on schools in one Long Island district.

Outside Uniondale High School on Friday, Vincent Alu, business manager of Laborers Local 66, said workers were scammed and now taxpayers have to foot the bill for the work.

“Workers were not being paid proper wages, or not being paid at all,” Alu said.

“Contractors that built this island, that built these public schools and done this public work for generations are no longer bidding on the work, because we can’t compete with the pirates,” Alu said.

Union leaders and lawmakers say new laws must be passed so this doesn’t happen again.

The contractor, Nigel Joseph, was arrested in July and accused by the Justice Department of failing to pay years of employee payroll taxes, scheming to defraud a construction contractor of millions of dollars, and aggravated identify theft.

In a statement, Uniondale School District Superintendent Dr. Monique Darrisaw-Akil said: “At no time was the BWK Contracting Corp. (“BWK”) directly contracted by the Uniondale School District for any District construction project. Additionally, the District has no knowledge of, nor did it ever have direct contact with Mr. Nigel Joseph, president of BWK. It is the District's understanding that BWK was a subcontractor on two Uniondale capital projects, directly hired by the District's general contractor, Borough Construction Group LLC (“Borough”), to perform masonry work on those projects. All questions regarding BWK in relation to any Uniondale capital project should be directed to Borough.”

🎤 Sophia Hall reports

08/15/2025

🚨 President Trump arrived in Alaska on Friday for a pivotal summit with Russia’s Vladimir Putin that could reshape the war in Ukraine and relations between Moscow and Washington.

Trump was scheduled to meet Russia’s president at his plane shortly.

A large “Alaska 2025” sign, flanked by four parked fighter jets and red carpets, was placed on the tarmac at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage for the leaders’ arrival.

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08/15/2025

Erin has strengthened into a hurricane as it approaches Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, bringing heavy rains that could cause flooding and landslides.

Erin has strengthened into a hurricane as it approaches Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, bringing heavy rains that could cause flooding and landslides

08/15/2025

⛏️💎 A New York City woman abandoned her West Village apartment to spend a few weeks hunting diamonds at Crater of Diamonds State Park in Arkansas. She walked away with the what park officials say was the third-biggest gem found in the park this year, and the stone for her engagement ring.

Micherre Fox broke down the experience with 1010 WINS, discussing the excitement she felt upon finding a stone that looked like "silver-coated glass," and waiting to get let down by park staff. Instead, she walked away with a 2.30-carat diamond worth anywhere between $7,200 and $70,000, depending on its clarity.

🔊 Larry Mullins with the details:

08/15/2025

💬 Last month, JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon offered his typically blunt take on the man likely to be the next mayor of New York City: Zohran Mamdani is “more of a Marxist than a socialist.”

Soon after, the pair got on the phone in what ended up being a friendly conversation, according to people briefed on the call. The chat was one of several that Mamdani has had in recent weeks with city business leaders.

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08/15/2025

🎤 Listen as Mayor Eric Adams joins 1010 WINS anchor Susan Richard in a wide-ranging interview, talking Legionnaires’ disease, the white powder scare at Federal Plaza and the 2025 mayoral election.

08/15/2025

Police launched an investigation after a man’s body was found inside a van at a Long Island shopping mall parking lot on Thursday.

08/15/2025

In a tribute on social media, Jeff Bezos wrote that his mother passed away “surrounded by so many of us who loved her.” With her husband, Miguel, Jackie Bezos was the first to invest in Amazon. Their two checks, totaling $245,573 in 1995, backed the startup that Jeff Bezos warned would probably fail.

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