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New York Today: It's Showtime

[New York Times]. • Mayor Bill de Blasio announced a task force to combat the spread of synthetic marijuana. [Daily News]. • The Bronx has seen a growing presence of the film and television business. [New York Times]. • Traffic fatalities and new bike ... >> view original

15000 Migrants in Croatia Stranded by Border Crackdown

On top of it all, Hungarian troops were laying a new razor-wire fence along Hungary's border with Croatia, extending the barrier it erected along the border with Serbia. Prime Minister Zoran Milanovic said Croatia was overwhelmed by the influx, and he ... >> view original

US to Begin Military Talks With Russia on Syria

LONDON — Secretary of State John Kerry said on Friday that the United States was prepared to engage in military-to-military talks with Russia concerning Syria. “The president believes that a mil-to-mil conversation is an important next step,” Mr ... >> view original

Construction in Buildings Declared Vacant Surprises Some: The Tenants

When New York property owners plan to do work on their buildings, they are required to tell the city if people are living there and, if so, to submit plans to protect them from dust, blocked exits and other perils. But at 292 Bedford and numerous other ... >> view original

A Gift to New York, in Time for the Pope

Eight years later, soot and lampblack were cleaned off the walls, stained-glass windows were washed and plaster was repaired and repainted, leaving the cathedral in a state of beauty and grandeur that Cardinal Terence Cooke, the archbishop of New York, ... >> view original

It's Now the New York Mets' City as Crucial Subway Series Begins

NEW YORK — Read the back pages of this city's tabloids, and you'd never know New York has two baseball teams headed for the playoffs. One team makes the headlines every day. The other has been featured one time fewer than a football team that plays ... >> view original

Your Friday Briefing

“Kongo: Power and Majesty” is a major survey that attempts to rethink art from Central Africa, with 130 works from the 16th to the early 20th century, opening today at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. “Spirit and Matter,” an Islamic art ... >> view original

Times Square 'desnudas': Will New York rein in topless street performers?

A business alliance seeks to divide Times Square into designated zones for pedestrians, public events, and separate areas for solicitation where costumed characters and the desnudas pose for photographs. >> view original

New York Mets to end 'homophobic' kiss cam joke

New Yorker Etan Bednarsh, a lifelong Mets fan from the moment he saw catcher Todd Hundley hit a home run, first witnessed the gag in April at a Mets game against the Philadelphia Phillies. The heart-shaped frame captured several smooching couples ... >> view original

New York City Production of 'The Mikado' Canceled Following Accusations of Racism

The New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players have canceled its winter production of "The Mikado," a Gilbert and Sullivan opera set in feudal Japan. The show, which faced backlash from the Asian-American theater community and bloggers over accusations of ... >> view original