Newyork
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A Dry Summer Doesn’t Mean Serious Drought in New York
Good morning. It’s Tuesday. Scroll down for trash talk with a reporter — that is, a Q. and A. about…
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Do Spiders Dream of Eight-Legged Sheep?
By day, jumping spiders hunt their prey, stalking and pouncing like cats. When the lights go down, these pea-sized predators…
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In Lawsuits, Ex-Employees Offer Harsh Portrait of Project Veritas
The conservative group Project Veritas has for years sought to embarrass political opponents and members of media organizations by ...
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$15 French Fries and $18 Sandwiches: Inflation Hits New York
This was supposed to be a summer of long-awaited celebrations in New York City, the return of a packed calendar…
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Fear of Crime Transcends Data Along One New York Subway Line’s 31 Miles
At 31 miles long, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s A train traverses New York City, from the thriving Dominican enclave of…
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New Jersey Man Gets 5 Years in Prison in GoFundMe Fraud Case
Mark D’Amico and his girlfriend said they wanted to reward a homeless man who had spent his last $20 to…
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‘No Drama’ Compost? N.Y.C. Is Expanding Food and Yard Waste Pickup
What happens to food scraps in the garbage is both gross (rats, garbage juice) and weighty (methane emissions, climate crisis).…
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Why the Rent Is So High
Good morning. It’s Monday. We’ll look at why affordable apartments are in such short supply in New York. We’ll also…
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‘What a Horrible Place This Would Have Been’
This spring, a team of archaeologists and volunteers began painstakingly digging into the history of Fort Mercer, a Revolutionary War…
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‘Surprised, I Turned to See an Older Man There on the Sidewalk’
Birthday Bouquets Dear Diary: It was my father-in-law’s birthday, and I had already gotten the strawberry cheesecake. My husband was…