Last Top Stories: A Plunge in China Rattles Markets Across the Globe

A Plunge in China Rattles Markets Across the Globe

On Monday, the steepest losses in the New York markets ended within minutes after opening, with share prices spending the rest of the day sharply rising and reversing course multiple times. When the day's roller-coaster ride ended, the benchmark for ... >> view original

Bus Crashes Into Building in Queens, Driver Seriously Hurt

"The bus hit it with brute force, sheared almost three-quarters of its nose off." The driver, who was pinned in the bus, was taken to New York Hospital Queens in serious to guarded, according to fire officials. Officials say they had to use the Jaws of ... >> view original

The Sidewalk Shed, a Ubiquitous New York Eyesore, Gets a Makeover

Now she has tackled one of New York's most intractable building problems: the ubiquitous and unloved sidewalk shed. Construction is underway on Ms. Hadid's first project in New York, 520 West 28th Street, and with it comes the inevitable shed, ... >> view original

A Warning on China Seems Prescient

“Several factors are worrisome: Half of loans are linked directly or indirectly to China's real estate market, unregulated shadow banking accounts for nearly half of new lending, and the debt of many local governments is likely unsustainable.” The ... >> view original

New York City's bizarre uproar over topless women

None of this has stopped a major freakout from the New York Daily News, followed by infuriated comments from Police Commissioner William Bratton. Bratton promised the city was investigating every possible legal avenue to expel the exposed women from ... >> view original

Can New York ban commercial toplessness in Times Square?

When New York's highest court considered the issue in People v. Santorelli (1992), two of the six judges who participated in the case would have concluded that the ban violated the Equal Protection Clause. But the other four judges didn't reach that ... >> view original

Advisers Work to Calm Fearful Investors

By 2 p.m. Monday, Gregory J. Blank, an independent financial adviser based in New York, had already fielded nearly 20 phone calls from anxious investors. He handles assets for about 200 clients, a mixture of younger adults and retirees. “They see it in ... >> view original

New York Begins To Question Solitary Confinement As Default

Prison officials in New York last year reached a tentative settlement with the state's civil liberties union, agreeing to shelve a pending legal battle and instead collaborate on new rules that could sharply limit the time inmates spend in solitary ... >> view original

David Wright returns to lineup, helps Mets clobber Phillies

PHILADELPHIA -- On the eve of his first major league game in 132 days, New York Mets captain David Wright purchased cookies from a favorite Philadelphia shop, dressed in his full road gray uniform out of "boredom" and greeted his teammates in the lobby ... >> view original

From Oh no, Evo, to Nasty Nathan Eovaldi in 12 weeks or less

NEW YORK -- If the story of New York Yankees pitcher Nathan Eovaldi's 2015 season were written by Charles Dickens, he would have called it "A Tale of Two Seasons." The worst of Eovaldi came between April 10 and June 16, and the best of him began on ... >> view original