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Russian Moves in Syria Widen Role in Mideast

Break the Gridlock on SyriaInternational New York Times >> view original

Pope's Visit Poses a Security Test for New York

During a 15-minute window in which a reporter was permitted to observe the tabletop exercise, the mayor stood in a tight circle with the police commissioner, William J. Bratton; the head of the New York office of the Secret Service, Robert J. Sica; the ... >> view original

More Border Controls as Europe Stalls on Migrant Quotas

But as the fractious meeting stretched into the evening, there seemed little prospect that ministers would endorse a new plan put forward last week by Jean-Claude Juncker, president of the European Commission, for a program of resettlement for a ... >> view original

New York Today: Miracle on 34th Street

Updated 9:24 a.m.. Good morning on this bright Monday. Redraw your maps; rethink your commutes. For the first time in more than a quarter-century, a new subway stop is open for business. The Times's transportation reporter Emma G. Fitzsimmons was at ... >> view original

Amid California Wildfires, Escapes and Choices

In Middletown, most of downtown — including a new arts center and Noble's Saloon — survived untouched, but entire residential blocks were heaps of ash. Grape fields were scorched black. A scrim of smoke continued to rise from the tinder-dry mountains ... >> view original

EXCLUSIVE: Crimes of Old New York live on in dusty criminal clerk's safe

The history and drama of Old New York is alive and well in a downtown courthouse. An ancient, dust-caked trove of handwritten indictments and warrants, many about 135 years old, have been stored for a lifetime in a walk-in safe in the Manhattan Supreme ... >> view original

Woman caught on camera punching 10-year-old in New York deli

WABC-TV in New York says the woman decided to teach him manners - with her hands and fist. "The way she punches him around, he was very helpless," Ibrahim adds. Mohammed said the woman also called him 'bad words'. Police are looking for the older ... >> view original

Shelter's Link to Luxury High-Rise Shows Contradictions of New York Housing

When she called her family in York, Pa., they offered no help, only scolding. “We just got on the subway and started riding,” Ms. Way, 41, recalled last week. “It was the only place I could think of with air-conditioning.” When they turned to New York ... >> view original

Why Can't Novak Djokovic Get Some Respect?

What does this guy have to do? For five years, ever since making a next-to-impossible shot to save a match point against Roger Federer in the semifinals of the 2010 U.S. Open, Novak Djokovic has been unequivocally the best and most compelling player in ... >> view original

Poised for Rate Increase, Investors Hope for Small Ripples

The Federal Reserve on Thursday may increase interest rates for the first time in more than nine years. A rise would be the beginning of the end of a monetary stimulus policy that lifted stock and bond markets to new heights and brought the good times ... >> view original