Update: Mayor Bill de Blasio has declared a state of emergency in New York City, citing “record breaking rain across the city, brutal flooding and dangerous conditions on our roads.”
reportedly Borough Park, Brooklyn
Broadway & Queens Blvd (Elmhurst, Queens)
E 22nd St (Manhattan — filmer tweeted she's safe)
Louis Armstrong Stadium (Corona, Queens)
Forrest Hill Rd & Richmond Av (New Springville, Staten Island)
14th St - Union Sq (Manhattan)
Second perspective on 28th St & 7 Ave subway station (Chelsea, Manhattan)
Third perspective on 28th & 7 Av subway station (Chelsea, Manhattan)
doesn't need location, it's just: new york
FDR Dr & E 78th St (Upper East Side, Manhattan)
Dorchester Rd & Ocean Av (Flatbush, Brooklyn)
Bronx River Pkwy at Westchester Av (Soundview, The Bronx)
Jefferson St subway station (Bushwick, Brooklyn)
This is north of NYC, Central Park Av in Scarsdale
toilets, lots of videos of toilets
Milburn Av & Main St (Short Hills, New Jersey)
for the record, this video is old and unrelated
okay, it's a geolocation challenge
N10th & Roebling (Williamsburg, Brooklyn)
4th Av & Garfield Pl (Gowanus, Brooklyn)
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NEW: The United States is pursuing several oil tankers across the Atlantic after a mass departure from Venezuelan waters this weekend. Most of the ships are carrying oil; one flies the Russian flag.
The ships now crossing the Atlantic are part of a larger group of 16 sanctioned tankers we reported on a few days ago, which departed Venezuelan waters en masse in defiance of the U.S.’s partial naval blockade.
We wondered where those ships went. Thanks to @oballinger, who wrote a computer program to detect vessels in @CopernicusEU satellite images, we were able to identify the whereabouts of 8 vessels: 3 in the Atlantic heading east, and 5 in the Caribbean heading northeast.
We just found out that, in addition to MARINERA and HYPERION, three other tankers recently in Venezuelan waters — and previously hit by U.S. sanctions for shipping Iranian/Russian oil —are now officially flying the Russian flag. More: nytimes.com/live/2026/01/0…
1 - VERONICA (9256860), now renamed to GALILEO, with homeport Taganrog. The vessel was sanctioned by the U.S. in 2022 following the full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Empty of oil cargo per @Kpler and @TankerTrackers. This vessel is one of 16 mentioned here.
2 - DIANCHI (9281011), now renamed to EXPANDER, home port Sochi. Vessel was sanctioned by the U.S. in early 2025 for shipping Russian oil. Loaded with Venezuelan oil at the moment, per @Kpler and @TankerTrackers. 🛰️📸: @planet
BREAKING: Multiple oil tankers hit by U.S. sanctions appear to be making a coordinated attempt to break the U.S. naval blockade on Venezuela’s energy exports by departing all at once. w/ @AKurmanaev nyti.ms/4sreZEs
Rubio said the blockade is one of the largest “quarantines” in modern history. But reporting by @AKurmanaev inside Venezuela, along with analysis from @TankerTrackers and myself, shows at least 16 tankers appear to be defying Trump’s “complete blockade.”
Four oil tankers left port without authorization from Venezuela’s interim government, according to internal communications from state oil company PDVSA and two industry sources. These departures could be an early act of defiance of interim President Delcy Rodríguez’s control.
A Syrian expat was dining at Sixty, a restaurant at the top of a Moscow skyscraper, when waiters asked him not to take any photos. The diner looked around to see who the VIP was. It was Bashar al-Assad. Our story on the family’s life in exile: nyti.ms/45oxhML
The deposed president and his family lives are posh. He went from a suite at the Four Seasons (up to $13K/week) to a penthouse in Federation Tower, and finally to a villa in Rublyovka — a secluded suburb popular with the Russian elite.
While Syria tries to rebuild, Assad relatives are burning cash. Social media posts we found offer a glimpse: Sham al-Assad, daughter of Maher, celebrated her birthday over multiple days in Dubai, with a dinner at the gold-tiled Bagatelle and gifts from Hermès, Chanel and Dior.
Satellite images of El Fasher, Sudan, taken today, Oct. 30, by @vantortech, show the aftermath of the RSF brutal takeover of the city this weekend. This is around the airport. Coordinates: 13.628, 25.329
Before and after of a road northwest of El Fasher, including numerous burned vehicles. Coordinates: 13.713, 25.278. Via @vantortech.
@vantortech Before and after views of the Children's Hospital in El Fasher. Credit: @vantortech. Coordinates: 13.621, 25.382.
When Bashar al-Assad’s regime collapsed in Syria, many of the officials who enabled and enforced his brutal regime disappeared. Our reporting uncovers who they are, what they did and where they fled. nyti.ms/3J1W5Cs
The story above is the first installment of our ongoing reporting project on Assad's key enforcers — those who oversaw torture, directed massacres, and ordered chemical attacks. Just a few of the hooros of the civil war that left half a million people dead.
After Assad's fall in December and with accountability looming, most of these officials fled or hid. Rumors swirled in their wake, leading to many dead ends. But in some cases, these clues brought us directly to their doorsteps.