Verena Dobnik, Author at Concord Monitor

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This photo from Nov. 28, 2017, shows Wake Forest assistant coach Jamill Jones, second from left, with the team and head coach Danny Manning, second from right, during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game in Winston-Salem, N.C. Police say Jones threw a punch that killed a New York City tourist who knocked on his car window thinking it was his Uber ride. He was arrested Thursday, Aug. 9, 2018, and charged with assault. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)

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Police: College hoops coach threw punch that killed NYC tourist

by Michael R. Sisak Associated Press, and Verena Dobnik Associated PressAugust 9, 2018

NEW YORK – A rising star in college basketball’s coaching ranks threw a punch that led to the death of a New York City tourist who apparently mistook him for an Uber driver, police said on Thursday.Wake Forest assistant coach Jamill Jones attacked…

In this Tuesday, July 17, 2018 photo, New York City Police Department mounted unit officer Robert D'Aamodio rides McQuade through New York's Theater District, before the horse is reshod at the department's farriers' mobile workshop in Times Square. The NYPD has two such mobile horseshoe units stocked with all manner of anvils, hammers, nippers and pullers that have been the tools of the equine hoof trade for centuries. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

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When NYPD horses lose shoes, the blacksmith comes to them

by Verena Dobnik Associated PressJuly 27, 2018

After she came to prominence staring down a symbol of Wall Street, a bronze bull at the foot of Broadway, New York City’s Fearless Girl statue will be moving to a new home next to the New York Stock Exchange later in 2018.

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‘Fearless Girl’ to leave Wall Street’s ‘Charging Bull’

by Verena Dobnik Associated PressApril 20, 2018

FILE - In this April 27, 2016 file photo, Homeland Security Investigations New York Special Agent in Charge Angel Melendez, left, Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr.,, center, and Pakistan's U.S. Deputy Chief of Mission Rizwan Saeed Sheikh, pose with an ancient Buddhist sculpture during a news conference in New York. Prosecutors returned the sculpture to the government of Pakistan after a Japanese antiquities dealer pleaded guilty to smuggling it into the U.S. (AP Photo/Richard...

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Prosecutors become treasure hunters in repatriation campaign

by Colleen Long Associated Press, and Verena Dobnik Associated PressDecember 17, 2017

Bangladeshi immigrant Sultan Ahmed gestures as he speaks during an interview with The Associated Press, Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2017, in the Kensington neighborhood of the Brooklyn borough of New York. Akayed Ullah, a Bangladeshi immigrant, was arrested in a botched suicide bombing in an underground passageway between Times Square — the city's busiest subway station — and the bustling Port Authority Bus Terminal. The city's Bangladeshi community is concerned about what that could mean for their immigration future in a political climate where the attack is already being used by President Donald Trump and others as yet more reasons immigration needs to be restricted. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

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Bangladeshis worry they’ll pay price for NYC subway bomb

by Deepti Hajela Associated Press, and Verena Dobnik Associated PressDecember 16, 2017

A pedestrian walks past Peepland on Broadway in New York’s Times Square.

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NYC’s long war on storefront porn reaches new tipping point

by Verena Dobnik Associated PressAugust 6, 2017

Deckhand Pierce Collazo looks out to the Dumbo stop as the South Brooklyn route NYC Ferry prepares to dock in the Brooklyn borough of New York on Friday. New York City’s new fleet of high-tech ferries is putting out the call for deckhands. No maritime experience is necessary – only a high-school diploma, people skills and ambition for advancement.

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All aboard: New NYC ferry fleet puts out call for deckhands

by Verena Dobnik Associated PressJuly 2, 2017

Tina Benko (left) portrays Melania Trump and Gregg Henry (center left) portrays President Trump in the role of Julius Caesar during a dress rehearsal of the production.

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A Trump-like Caesar assassinated on NYC stage

by Verena Dobnik Associated PressJune 8, 2017

Joseph Meloy, an artist from Manhattan’s Lower Eastside, works on a hieroglyphic-like art he calls “confetti motif.”

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Graffiti in the sky: NY artists make skyscraper their studio

by Verena Dobnik Associated PressApril 18, 2017

Taxis line up in front of the renowned Waldorf Astoria hotel, Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2017, in New York. The hotel, purchased by the Anbang Insurance Group, a Chinese company, is closing Wednesday for two to three years for renovation. Exact details of the renovation haven't been released, but its conversion into a hybrid of private residences and a smaller hotel follows a model set by another landmark New York City hotel, The Plaza. The exterior is protected by law as a New York City landmark, but some fans are still nervous about the future. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

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Waldorf Astoria hotel closing for transformative makeover

by Verena Dobnik Associated PressMarch 1, 2017