The figure does not include those who may have received their shots outside of the city, but about 148,000 school employees for the nation’s largest school system will be required to get at least one dose by September 27. Mayor Bill de Blasio and the city health and education departments issued an announcement on the new requirement, which had previously offered for teachers to either receive the vaccination or get tested weekly for coronavirus....

NYCFC will host the Columbus Crew at the Queens venue Oct. 22 after the New York Yankees advanced to the American League Championship Series in the MLB postseason. The ALCS is set to kick off Friday and could run until Oct. 21, with the Yankees potentially hosting World Series games shortly thereafter, presenting a scenario with too short a turnaround to convert the Yankee Stadium field from baseball to soccer....

The west African nation will take on their Asian counterpart during the international break on March 25 in Kuwait City. Headlining the list of invited players are stars who opted out from the country’s successful 2017 Africa Cup of Nations outing in Gabon for club’s commitment. Following a reconciliation meeting between selected European stars and the President of the Normalisation committee of the Cameroonian FA Dieudonne Happi in Paris, West Bromwich Albion defender Allan Nyom, veteran goalkeeper Carlos Kameni, Stoke City’s Eric Choupo-Moting, Kayserispor’s Jean-Armel Kana-Biyick and Ajax goalkeeper Andre Onana return to the Indomitable Lions fold....

Records involving local law enforcement officer misconduct, and subsequent investigations, disciplinary actions or trials, also will be accessible to the public beginning this summer, the mayor said. New York City’s new policies for NYPD records come as local and state officials enact reforms to increase transparency about police practices. New York state lawmakers passed reforms last week that require police departments to make law enforcement personnel records public. The city’s latest directives also include requiring NYPD to publish all trial decisions, settlements and information about pending cases that involve police officers online....

Regardless, it’s a scientific fact that Canada just produces better wrestlers than everywhere else in the world. Except Dino Bravo. He’s the worst, the absolute worst. Let me break it down for you and drop some knowledge on the subject. It’s cold up here. People get cooped up together and snowed in, frequently in the middle of February, and past a certain point there’s little else to do but drink beer and get into heated arguments over which episode of “The Littlest Hobo” was the best or who can do the best Don Cherry impression....

Goals from Julian Draxler and Sami Khedira saw Germany go 2-0 up before the break and Northern Ireland failed to bounce back in the remainder of the game. Nevertheless, O’Neill believes Northern Ireland will not be the only team to lose away to the reigning world champions. READ MORE: Germany breezes past Northern Ireland “I could not have asked any more of the players,” O’Neill told reporters after his side’s World Cup qualification defeat....

Yvonne De Carlo, 84 She played Moses’ wife in “The Ten Commandments” and debuted Sondheim’s “I’m Still Here” on Broadway. But for boomers, her primary address will always be 1313 Mockingbird Lane, c/o “The Munsters.” Kurt Waldheim, 88 A two-term U.N. secretary- general, he ran (successfully) for president of Austria in 1985—and critics found he’d misrepresented his service as a Nazi officer. A committee of historians concluded he’d known about war crimes but didn’t participate....

Diego Simeone’s side held Bayer Leverkusen to a 0-0 draw at the Vicente Calderon on Wednesday, having secured a 4-2 victory in the first leg of their last-16 tie in Germany. Man City miles from being a Pep team Oblak produced a fine display that included a spectacular triple-save early in the second half to deny Julian Brandt and Kevin Volland, as Atleti delivered a disciplined performance that ensured their aggregate lead rarely looked under threat....

As a native Minnesotan, long-time Vikings employee and disappointed fan after last week’s disaster in Philly, I understand how the local populace is feeling. We’re renowned for “Minnesota Nice” and being a friendly, welcoming state. But after hearing stories out of Philadelphia regarding how Vikings fans were mistreated and the team taunted at the NFC championship game, it will be a challenge for the thousands of residents who are Super Bowl volunteers and the rest of the local folks to turn the other cheek and be gracious hosts to the invading Eagles supporters....

“I live in Queens and I see the socialist, far-left narrative that, quite frankly, is dangerous to America and we have to put a stop to it,” Murray said during an appearance on Fox & Friends Monday morning. Murray, a black Jamaican-born New York City Republican, announced in July that she’d be running against the freshman congresswoman in 2020. In her first campaign video, the 38-year-old businesswoman accused Ocasio-Cortez of caring more about being in the spotlight than serving her constituents....

A study released on Monday details on how alterations to ocean industries and efforts to sequester carbon could contribute significantly to the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. The study from the High Level Panel for a Sustainable Ocean Economy—a group of 14 heads of state and government, shows that the ocean can hold a much greater role in reducing global emissions than previously thought. Decarbonizing shipping and ocean transport, increasing ocean-based renewable energy, restoring ecosystems like mangroves that capture carbon and shifting food consumption habits toward low-carbon food sources like seaweed are key steps toward reducing emissions output....

The Ocean Cleanup shared footage of a net pulling up 3,810kg (8,400lb) of plastic it had removed from a patch of ocean known as the Great Pacific Garbage Patch on Twitter. The video can be viewed here. The Great Pacific Garbage patch is an area between Hawaii and California where a large amount of litter, fishing gear, and other marine debris has collected. Large amounts of debris accumulates here because it is surrounded by the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre, which is a system of swirling ocean currents....

Brad Keselowski and Denny Hamlin won the pair of Cup Series races at Kansas last season with the same rules package being used in 2020, and both are near the top of the odds board for Thursday night’s race. But Kevin Harvick is the clear favorite at Kansas. MORE: Watch NASCAR live with fuboTV (7-day free trial) Martin Truex Jr., also known as Mile-And-A-Half Martin, naturally is near the top of the odds board, as well, even though his lone win so far this season came on a short track (Martinsville) rather than a 1....

Los Angeles agreed Thursday to sign wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr., who was released by the Browns earlier in the week. He is in his eighth NFL season and has posted five seasons of 1,000 or more receiving yards in his career. IYER: OBJ to LA won’t be repeat of AB to Bucs Beckham wanted out of Cleveland as he struggled to find chemistry with quarterback Baker Mayfield. He was only seeing 5....

It took Beckham a few days to officially agree to the deal with the Rams. That was partially due to him considering offers from other teams, like the Packers and Chiefs. However, it appears that there may have been another issue at play. Beckham’s jersey number. How did that become a potential sticking point? ESPN’s Adam Schefter has the answer. It’s unlikely that this was a serious issue, but it could have served as a tiebreaking factor if he liked another location as much as the Rams....

Good idea, because every team in the division has the goods to challenge them just to get out of the NFC South. Which is saying a lot considering one of those teams tossed its general manager overboard barely a week before training camp opened. There could be an immediate payoff for the Panthers’ shakeup, though, if the move eases the reported locker-room tension. The Buccaneers are poised to break through, or at least poised to face the expectations about breaking through....

Heading into Week 16, the Giants needed losses by two of the Lions, Seahawks, and Commanders. They got just that. All three teams dropped their respective contests on Saturday, meaning the Giants could have clinched a playoff berth with a win over the Vikings. New York, however, came up just short against the Vikings. The Giants lost on a 61-yard field goal by Greg Joseph on the final play of the game, becoming the 11th team to suffer a one-possession loss to Minnesota this season....

The settlement was announced in a joint statement from officials representing St. Louis County and the city. “This historic agreement closes a long chapter for our region, securing hundreds of millions of dollars for our communities while avoiding the uncertainty of the trial and appellate process,” St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones and St. Louis County Executive Sam Page said in a statement. The NFL also released a brief statement, saying that the team and St....

Each week, Mike Wilkening offers up his ‘NFL Audit,’ a recap of the week that was in the league from a point-spread perspective and a look at the week ahead, with an emphasis on the lessons, observations and trends needed to pick future winners. Here are excerpts from this week’s piece: Handicappers have to decide what to do with the 49ers and Seahawks, who both fell to 3-5 against the number with their non-covers on Sunday....