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Fleet Week 2025 starts today in NYC. See the schedule of events. • May 21, 2025, 1:39 AM ET (CBS)
Times Square Sculpture Prompts Racist Backlash. To Some, That’s the Point. • May 18, 2025, 11:09 AM ET (New York Times)
Bronze statue of woman turning heads in busy Times Square • May 9, 2025, 11:41 PM ET (CBS)
Times Square boxing event ends in a stunner as Rolando Romero beats Ryan Garcia. Haney, Lopez win • May 2, 2025, 11:29 PM ET (AP)

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