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Police said they made the arrest after responding to "reports of shots fired" near the West Side Highway in Lower Manhattan. They urged people to avoid the area as a major emergency services operation was under way. Unconfirmed reports on social media suggest a man drove at cyclists in a cycling lane before opening fire. The number of casualties is at present unknown.

Willow Smith  is about to head out on tour with  Jhené Aiko  beginning next month, and it always works best to have some new music available when you're in that opening slot. Luckily, Willow will be prepared: She just dropped a new album on Tuesday (October 31) — her 17th birthday — called The 1st . It opens bracingly with the baroque and lovely "Boy," with Willow narrating her inner feelings about a certain guy in the musical vein of  Esperanza Spalding  and even Joanna Newsom. By the end of the sparse and pretty record, which spans 34 minutes, Willow's spent time spreading her bellowing voice over delicate acoustic guitars ("Romance"), skittering percussion ("Oh No!!!"), and borderline late-'90s grunge ("Human Leech"). This is Willow's first release since her Mellifluous  EP in December 2016 and the Ardipithecus  album in 2015. Listen to the full  The 1st  album above, and hear for yourself — although it should go wi...

Noah Schnapp —who knew? Apparently the folks behind  Stranger Things  new the 13-year-old actor had the chops to pull off the emotional arc in season two. "When we hired him, we knew he was incredible and we knew we were going to under utilize him in season one. We just said to him, trust us, you're time is coming. Well, season two got here and his time came and he crushes. He completely, utterly crushes," director and executive producer  Shawn Levy said. Season two of  Stranger Things  picks up roughly a year after the events of the first season. Will Byers (Schanpp) is back among the living, hanging with his friends, but having visions of the Upside Down. This is where the real spoilers start—His connection to the Upside Down and the giant shadow monster were key to the season. After spending the majority of season one off screen or comatose, season two presented an opportunity for Schnapp to flex his acting muscles. This kid can do from afrai...

One of 60 Minutes' most classic scenes aired this week in 1984 — but it almost never happened. Morley Safer had just finished interviewing comedian-actor Jackie Gleason, the television powerhouse of the 1950s and 1960s who lives on in reruns of "The Honeymooners." The cameras were breaking down, and Gleason started to leave. But Safer had one more question, so the cameras rolled again. "Tell me something," Safer asked. "'The Great One.' Where did that come from?" "[That question] falls into the category of 'How We Tend to Overlook the Obvious,'" writes current 60 Minutes executive producer Jeff Fager in his new book,  Fifty Years of 60 Minutes: The Inside Story of Television's Most Influential News Broadcast . When the story aired on October 28, 1984, Fager writes, 60 Minutes creator and then-executive producer Don Hewitt said it was the best profile 60 Minutes had ever done. As Fager explains, producer Alan We...

The golf world is still rooting for  Tiger Woods . Fans of the game would love to see the Tiger of yore, swinging away and winning majors, breaking records and dominating the field. Everyone loves a comeback, or a good redemption story. And people in general would have one less thing to shake their heads at if the demons of 2009 could just be exorcised forever. Unlike with some famous types, who have a certain something about them that begs for comeuppance, you would've been hard-pressed to find many people who took pleasure in Woods' plummet from grace. He wasn't just some athlete who was caught cheating. That's, shall we say, par for the course.  Woods was more than just one of the most famous, highest-paid sports stars in the world. He was a history-maker, a barrier-smasher, a symbol of potential, hope and all the rewards a person can reap if, talent obliging, they work hard and make the most of opportunity. At its best, his golf game was cons...

Kenyans began voting for a new president Thursday for the second time in three months, despite  the main opposition  candidate's call for a boycott of the latest race. Last month, the Supreme Court took the unprecedented step of  annulling incumbent President Uhuru Kenyatta's August 8 victory  -- in which he received 54% of the vote -- after opposition leader Raila Odinga  claimed the results  were electronically tampered with. The court ordered the rerun Thursday. While the high court ruling appeared to offer vindication for Odinga, the opposition leader stunned  the country earlier this month when he dropped out of the race, saying the electoral commission had not implemented reforms. Odinga urged his supporters to boycott the election, raising the possibility that millions will shun the outcome. A day before the election, activists made a last-ditch effort  to stop the vote . In the past few weeks, the nation has been bitterly divid...

¡Ay, caramba! You may never be able to unsee this... Colton Haynes , known for his  elaborate  and sometimes controversial  Halloween costumes, dressed up like Marge Simpson Tuesday at the second annual Black Magic Halloween party, presented by Freixenet Cava. And Marge has, uh, apparently gotten some work done. The  American Horror Story  and  Teen Wolf  star wore yellow body spray paint, a full foam latex mask and enormous breast and eye prosthetics, paired with a red beaded necklace, a plunging green mini dress and a tall, curly blue wig, of course. And holy cleavage! Suffice to say, Homer would be shocked. And possibly scared. At one point, it got to be a little too much for Haynes. He filmed yet another video of the actor. After doing a "Halloween Walk of Shame," a deconstructed "Marge" ended up twerking in a pool...topless. "Halloween Kisses with my main Squeeze #SexyMargeSimpson - @coltonlhaynes," L...

You never know when you're about to save a life. Just ask professional wrestler  Davey Boy Smith Jr. The former WWE competitor and Canadian native took to Facebook this week after stopping a stranger from jumping off of a bridge in Calgary. As he explained on his social media page, "I saw a girl crying and hanging off the bridge with someone trying to talk to her. I stopped and jumped the barricade and tried talking to the girl. And she was crying and an emotional mess and threatening to jump if I got closer. With people on the ground waving her not to jump I decided to grab a hold of her and not take any chances." As he explained online, Smith used his experience in grappling to pull her up from where she was hanging off. "She was crying and said she just wanted a hug," he described. However, her gun made him apprehensive. "As much as I wanted to hug her, I told her I couldn't hug her because she said she had a gun and then she squirmed ...

Awards that December, R. Kelly called Aaliyah, whom he had first met when she was 12, his "best friend in the whole, wide world." In 1998, R. Kelly won three Grammys for "I Believe I Can Fly," to date his most successful single. His questionable relationship with Aaliyah relegated to an asterisk at the time and not altogether widely known outside of the industry and hardcore R&B enthusiasts, the Recording Academy heartily rewarded the "Bump N Grind" singer for his Space Jam anthem—and continued to recognize him with 19 more nominations between then and 2015. Devoted fans continued to buy albums and go to concerts, while casual listeners popped in whenever a hit such as the infectious "Ignition (Remix)" or the much hyped "Trapped in the Closet" went mainstream. Fellow artists continued to sign up to collaborate, including  Jay-Z ,  Jennifer Hudson ,  Justin Bieber  and  Lady Gaga . If only that weird blip ...