Mac King
Characters make a story memorable: jokesters, geniuses, gossips, children, octogenarians, your neighbor Maureen, your uncle Jerry, cobblers, clock-winders, professional foosball players, artisan mayonnaise-makers. In this job (and in life), I like to think I seek out characters. I'm a reader (fiction, non-fiction, books, magazines, the entire Internet). I'm a TV/movie-watcher. I'm a former camp counselor. I'm an intramural sports enthusiast. Every story of my little league career is at least mildly exaggerated. I grew up on Bainbridge Island, Wash., with two sisters, Newfoundland dogs and Siamese cats. My parents still live there with all of those pets and all of my favorite sports teams. I went to high school at Andover, where I spent more time playing stickball than studying for chemistry (Mr. Cardozo gave me a C). I then attended Bates College, where I wrote a sports column for the school paper filled with more drinking jokes than game stats (thankfully, the online archives seem to have vanished). I went to graduate school at Northwestern, where I once submitted a story about the most delicious cinnamon brioche in all of Chicago.
The latest from Mac King
Bronx DJ crafts beats from the sounds of the city
Devan Ibiza is growing his following on TikTok with videos of the beats he creates from sounds he records around the city.
Digital NFT apes sell for $24 million at auction
The creators of the Bored Ape Yacht Club used an algorithmic program mixing and matching images of apes, different fur colors and fur patterns, outfits and accessories to create 10,000 unique images varying in rarity.
History of vaccine mandates and dissent
Backlash to the COVID vaccine requirements now and soon-to-be imposed by universities, cities, states and -- most recently -- the federal government is not only nothing new but also nothing surprising to students of history.
Flight attendants learning self-defense as violent passenger incidents rise
Since the beginning of 2021, the FAA has handed out over $1M in fines to unruly and violent passengers. FOX 5 NY went inside a one-of-a-kind training school in New Jersey where airline crews are learning self-defense.
Privacy experts sound alarm over how employers track remote workers
So-called tattleware programs allow companies to monitor their remote workers. But does such software really promote better productivity?
Residents save mom and son from rapidly flooding apartment in Queens
Sophy Liu and her son tried to stay afloat in their flooding apartment in Flushing while their upstairs neighbor spent an hour beating her door with a hammer to try to open it.
Graffiti artist known as Totem decorates NYC with murals
By day, Misael Rivas works in the hospital where he was born. By night and weekends, "Totem" paints canvases and murals.
NYC sticking to plan for students to return to in-person learning
A slew of new guidance was released Thursday to help safely reopen New York's public and Catholic schools, as the debate over whether there should still be a remote option continues.
Cuomo gave 2 weeks' notice; Hochul says she is ready now
Gov. Andrew Cuomo says he will step aside in about two weeks. But why can't Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul take over sooner?
Cuomo, embroiled in scandal, laments 'politics' as he resigns
Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday claimed to take responsibility for his actions while simultaneously implying that his downfall was somehow unfair and due to "agendas."