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Malaysia's Leader, Najib Razak, Faces US Corruption Inquiry

It was opened partly in response to an examination by The New York Times of condominiums at the Time Warner Center in Manhattan whose ownership is hidden behind shell companies, according to the people with knowledge of the case. In one article, The ... >> view original

New York Today: A Whirlwind Week

[New York Times]. • Federal prosecutors are investigating Governor Cuomo's office for giving lucrative contracts to developers in Buffalo who are donors to the governor. [Gothamist]. • The city will provide housing to adults and children fleeing ... >> view original

Pope Francis to Find a Church in Upheaval

The challenge confronting Pope Francis this week as he visits Washington, New York and Philadelphia — where he will give most of his addresses in Spanish — is how to reach these many faces of American Catholicism: the fervent and the fallen-away; the ... >> view original

The Wrath of Volkswagen's Drivers

When new emissions standards were introduced in 2009, Volkswagen was the first major carmaker to offer vehicles that could meet the new rules. In August, diesel sales accounted for 23 percent of all cars sold by Volkswagen in the United States. “It's a ... >> view original

100 Years Old. 5 World Records.

SAN DIEGO — Don Pellmann had been at the San Diego Mesa College track for less than an hour Sunday morning and had already moved his lawn chair twice to remain in the shade, which was receding fast. By the time Pellmann set his fifth age-group ... >> view original

New York Zoning Plan Requires More Affordable Homes

Developers who want to build in certain areas of New York City would be required for the first time to set aside at least 25 percent of their units for lower-income residents under proposed zoning rules officially released Monday by the de Blasio ... >> view original

James Blake meets mayor, seeks 'lasting impact' after police takedown

(CNN) Former tennis star James Blake's run-in with New York police -- in which an officer blindsided him, threw him down on a Manhattan sidewalk, then pulled him up in handcuffs -- lasted all of 10 to 15 minutes. A difficult time, no doubt, but ... >> view original

1 in 4 Women Experience Sex Assault on Campus

In four years of college, more than one-fourth of undergraduate women at a large group of leading universities said they had been sexually assaulted by force or when they were incapacitated, according to one of the largest studies of its kind, released ... >> view original

Big Price Increase for Tuberculosis Drug Is Rescinded

Infectious disease specialists, who have protested the price increase, question the need for new drugs for toxoplasmosis and say that if Turing wants to develop such drugs, it should use money from investors. They say the price increase will raise the ... >> view original

US Outrage and Resignation Over Afghans' Rape of Boys

Though some Americans have tried to write off the practice of raping boys, which was described in an article in The New York Times on Monday, as a cultural difference between Afghans and Westerners, many Afghans say that they, too, find it shameful and ... >> view original