Couple arrested after climbing Empire State building to get engaged — “We are just artists”

A Russian couple climbed to the antenna of New York’s Empire State Building on Wednesday without ropes or safety equipment, got engaged at the top, and were arrested when they came down, according to the New York Police Department (NYPD).

The couple, self-identified on social media as Ivan Berkus, 32, and Angela Nikolau, 33, reached a point roughly 443 metres above the ground, drawing television helicopters and onlookers with binoculars. They unfurled a banner reading “When the power of love...