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The Ashley Madison Data Dump, Explained

A reporter at The Intercept — an unmarried woman in New York City — said a man in South Africa had used her email address to create an account. Who released the information, and why? A group of hackers calling themselves Impact Team posted a small ... >> view original

Inside NYC's infamous 100-square-foot apartment

It's a tiny hidey-hole with alarming turquoise walls and no place to hang clothes other than the side of the shower — yet one new New Yorker is hellbent on making his 100-square-foot apartment livable. The studio hit the rental market in June ... >> view original

Topless women in Times Square breaking the law, NY governor says

"42nd Street was a symbol of degradation of New York City and New York State. I'm old enough to remember, and history can be instructive, it was terrible," Cuomo said. "I was around for the bad old Times Square, and this is starting to remind me of the ... >> view original

Union Takes a McDonald's Challenge Overseas

“The approach is to throw everything out there and see what sticks,” said Ruth Milkman, a sociologist who studies labor at the City University of New York Graduate Center. Professor Milkman pointed to a campaign in Southern California in the early ... >> view original

Uber Missed Criminal Records of Drivers, Prosecutors Assert

SAN FRANCISCO — For more than a year, regulators in various cities have questioned whether Uber, the ride-hailing service, vets its drivers for criminal backgrounds as carefully as traditional taxi companies. Now the district attorneys of San ... >> view original

Oil Companies Sit on Hands at Auction for Leases

HOUSTON — With oil prices collapsing and companies in retrenchment, a federal auction in the Gulf of Mexico on Wednesday attracted the lowest interest from producers since 1986. It was the clearest sign yet that the fortunes of oil companies are ... >> view original

Longtime Critic of Modi Is Now a Target

Mr. Modi, in an interview with The New York Times in 2002, said his only regret was not doing a better job of handling the news media. Ms. Setalvad's family is from Gujarat. The riots, she said, triggered in her a determination to break an age-old ... >> view original

Israeli Court Approves Release of Fasting Palestinian

RAMALLAH, West Bank — The Israeli Supreme Court cleared the way on Wednesday for the temporary release of a Palestinian prisoner whose two-month hunger strike might have left him with brain damage. The health of the prisoner, Mohammad Allan, 31, ... >> view original

The Ultimate New York City Bagel Glossary

A good bagel with a schmear on a Sunday morning is as quintessentially New York as the Times, a dollar slice, or nostalgia for the seedy days of Times Square. New Yorkers are proud of their bagels, and with good reason: no other city in the country ... >> view original

Promontory Financial Settles With New York Regulator

When New York State's financial regulator challenged the independence of a top Wall Street consultant, the Promontory Financial Group, the firm threatened to sue, vowing to “litigate the matter and defend our firm against this regulatory overreach.”. >> view original