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Hurricane Patricia Loses Power as Mexico Assesses Damage

MEXICO CITY — A hurricane that swept into Mexico as the most powerful storm ever recorded in the Western Hemisphere rapidly lost energy on Saturday as it moved inland, but it left a path of destruction in its wake and sent thousands of people ... >> view original

The Disproportionate Risks of Driving While Black

Over the years, police officials in cities like New York and Chicago have used much the same argument to justify contentious pedestrian stop-and-frisk campaigns in high-crime areas. Criminals are less likely to frequent crime hot spots, the theory goes ... >> view original

Taxpayers should not be funding this anti-American hate-spewer

Sarsour, a Muslim activist and ally of Mayor Bill de Blasio, blasted into the mainstream in August with a fawning profile published in The New York Times headlined: “Linda Sarsour is a Brooklyn Homegirl in a Hijab.” Although at age 35, the married ... >> view original

'NPR Voice' Has Taken Over the Airwaves

“She seemed like some Upper West Side, New York lady leaning into the microphone, mensch-ily talking into the radio,” he told Mr. Baldwin. There may be another West Side New Yorker partly responsible for NPR voice, albeit one downtown. >> view original

New York Today: Take a Hike

New York is home to more than 10,000 acres of forests, woods, wetlands and marshlands, and all five boroughs have prime opportunities for hiking. And no, a fifth-floor walk-up does not qualify. Here are a few of our favorite trails: • For a moderate-to ... >> view original

Lululemon's Kumbaya Capitalism

The gathering in the atrium, billed as a Pants Party, was in celebration of a new line of women's bottoms, which remains the core product for Lululemon. The various designs have names like Naked and Held-in and are being marketed to steer women's focus ... >> view original

Kansas City Royals will meet the New York Mets in the World Series

The pitching-rich New York Mets, boosted by Daniel Murphy's power surge. The plucky Kansas City Royals, aiming to atone for last year's near-miss. Served up with some BBQ and bagels, too. A tasty World Series, indeed. The Royals set the matchup Friday ... >> view original

What New York's cops need now after yet another officer's killing

Some claim that four murders of New York City police officers in less than a year does not constitute a “pattern,” that these murders are isolated acts perpetrated by members of a small population of “hardened criminals.” They are wrong, and missing ... >> view original

Under Stress, Students in New York Schools Find Calm in Meditation

On the first day of the new school year, the schools chancellor, Carmen Fariña, stood in an elementary school classroom in Queens beaming at a hushed room full of fourth-grade children sitting cross-legged on the floor. >> view original

There's A Good Reason New York's Homeless Often Sleep In The Subway

NEW YORK -- Ten years ago, William Burnett often spent his nights sleeping on the New York City subway. It was better than his other option: a shelter on Wards Island where he said two rival gangs, the Bloods and the Latin Kings, were "trying to outdo ... >> view original