The New York Giants face the New England Patriots for their final preseason game on Thursday night. With the focus immediately shifting to the regular season, many Giants players must take advantage of this final opportunity.

A six-year-old girl and her mother, who were seeking asylum in the United States, have been deported to Ecuador after being arrested in New York City and held in immigration detention for a week.

Actress Fina Strazza plays one of the teens in the group, Beth Powell. The young star has a resume in the acting industry that includes performances in the Broadway spectacle “Matilda the Musical,” where she had the role of Matilda, and parts in “Law and Order: SUV,” and the Mariah Carey-directed movie “A Christmas Melody.”

In the first inning of the game against the Washington Nationals, Nimmo grounded into an inning-ending double play and jogged gingerly down the first-base line. While the left fielder stayed in for the bottom half, he was pulled before the second inning and replaced by Starling Marte due to neck stiffness.

Pantalones Organic Tequila, cofounded by Matthew McConaughey and wife Camila Alves McConaughey, will be served at New York Mets games at Citi Field.

Topping the list for New York was Queens High School for the Sciences at York College, which was No. 25 in the national rankings. The school boasts a graduation rate of 100%, and 99% of students there have passed at least one Advanced Placement exam. Queens High School also took the top spot last year.

The Knicks need one more piece, but this New York insider says it probably will not be Ben Simmons filling that last roster spot.

New York City schools saw increased enrollment driven in part by families who had sought asylum during the Biden administration.

The U.S. Transportation Department said on Tuesday it may withhold up to 25% of federal transit funding for New York state's Metropolitan Transportation Authority if the agency does not improve safety for subway track maintenance workers.

Tennessee is recruiting toward its 2026 basketball signing class. Four-star shooting guard Jasiah Jervis included Tennessee in his top eight schools, along with North Carolina State, Michigan State, Oregon, Pittsburgh, Texas, Illinois and Florida, according to Dushawn London of 247Sports.