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New York Today: Eyes on the Hurricane

We've already been feeling some effects here in New York: showers, high winds and much cooler temperatures than we saw this week. The National Weather Service predicts a total rainfall of around one inch today, with 20- to 30-mile-per-hour winds, gusts ... >> view original

Obama Sees Russia Failing in Syria Effort

In New York, Secretary of State John Kerry met with the foreign minister of Iran without any apparent breakthrough, while American allies from Europe and the Middle East publicly called on Russia to stop bombing the moderate Syrian opposition to Mr. Assad. >> view original

'Friends' Has New BFFs: New York Teenagers

If you are somewhere between 13 and 20, however, and particularly if you live in New York, you may find yourself very much in the “Friends” zone. This is not because you landed on an episode, after coming home semi-wasted, on late-night television ... >> view original

Books on New York City Celebrate Its Sports and Its Jewish Delis

In 1969, his predecessor John V. Lindsay basked in the glow of Joe Namath, Willis Reed, the New York Mets (not to mention Golda Meir) sufficiently to get re-elected as mayor. Sean Deveney, a writer and editor at Sporting News, recaptures the era's ... >> view original

Man Visiting Brooklyn Apartment Building Dies in Elevator Accident

The elevator, the only one in the building, has been tagged with four violations since 2013, all of them since resolved, and had also drawn three complaints for being unsafe or unreliable in 2012, according to records from the New York City Buildings ... >> view original

Grim Jobs Report Is Likely to Delay a Move by the Fed on Rates

The new estimates came just two weeks after the Federal Reserve decided that the economy's advance remained too fragile to risk lifting interest rates from their near-zero level — even as it hinted an increase would come before the year's end. Now ... >> view original

Ladies, New York City Wants You To Consider An IUD

The New York City Health Department is at it again, this time with ads in the subway and on bus shelters chatting up the glories of IUDs. "You spent the night in Brooklyn," one brightly colored poster reads. "But you left your birth control in Staten ... >> view original

Oregon Killer Described as Man of Few Words, Except on Topic of Guns

ROSEBURG, Ore. — Christopher Harper-Mercer was withdrawn and quiet as he grew up in southern California, spending most of his time indoors at his mother's apartment and deflecting neighbors when they asked him how he was doing, or why he always ... >> view original

Strong winds, heavy rain, flooding hit New York City region Friday - WABC

A nor'easter-like storm is moving through the tri-state region around New York City Friday, bringing with it strong winds, plenty of rain and some flooding. The weather system comes on the heels of what was thought could be a devastating hit by ... >> view original

Accidental New Yorkers: Grandparents Relocate

Instead of spending their golden years baking in the sun, a growing number of grandparents are choosing a grittier spot to play out their third act — New York City. Not for them the early-bird special when dinner awaits at the latest hot spot and ... >> view original