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United CEO Is Out Amid Inquiry at Port Authority

The chief executive and two senior officials of United Airlines resigned on Tuesday amid a federal investigation into whether the airline had traded favors with the chairman of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. The United States attorney ... >> view original

Stephen Colbert Remains Stephen Colbert in 'Late Show' Taping

The show began with a mostly sincere pretaped segment in which Mr. Colbert and other musicians performed “The Star-Spangled Banner” in various locations around New York and the United States (including a bowling alley and the Fort Worth Stockyards in ... >> view original

New York City Mayor Goes All-In On Free Preschool

In New York City, some 65,000 children have enrolled in Mayor Bill de Blasio's new, universal preschool program. To put that number in context, that's more than all the public school students — in all grades — in either Washington, D.C., or Boston ... >> view original

US Open Quarterfinals: Highlights and Analysis

Feliciano Lopez reaching to return a shot to Novak Djokovic during their quarterfinal match.Credit Michelle V. Agins/The New York Times. After a long back-and-forth service game at 5-3, Feliciano Lopez capped off the second set with a 119-mile-per-hour ... >> view original

China Flexes Tech Muscles Before a State Visit

HONG KONG — As President Xi Jinping of China prepares for his first state visit to the United States this month, Washington has warned that it could hit Chinese companies with sanctions over digital attacks for trade secrets. Beijing is now pushing ... >> view original

NYC Couple, Future Son-in-Law Killed in Catskills Crash

A New York City couple and a man engaged to their daughter have died in a car crash upstate, police say. The family was returning from the Catskills Monday when their vehicle rolled over several times on Route 17 in Mamakating, state police said. >> view original

It's officially impossible to afford NYC rents on the minimum wage

New York City has closed the door on minimum-wage workers. A study found there is not one Big Apple neighborhood where a worker earning the state minimum can afford the median rent. In fact, a New Yorker would need to make at least $38.80 an hour ... >> view original

How Mets will tackle Yoenis Cespedes' skyrocketing price tag

They are a New York team that can afford it, but will they behave like a New York team? 3. The Mets gave in to public pressure to re-sign Piazza after the 1998 season, but Nelson Doubleday was a co-owner then and a seemingly more willing proponent of ... >> view original

Andrew Bolton Chosen to Lead the Met's Costume Institute

In her review of the 2013 show “Punk: Chaos to Couture,” which Mr. Bolton organized, Roberta Smith of The New York Times wrote that “fashion has rarely looked as frivolous, beside the point and 1 percent-ish as here.” And, while Holland Cotter in The ... >> view original

New York Times Names 2 to Senior Positions

The New York Times revamped its Washington and political operations on Tuesday, naming Carolyn Ryan senior editor for politics and Elisabeth Bumiller the Washington bureau chief. Ms. Ryan, who was serving in dual roles overseeing politics and ... >> view original