Gunman Kills One and Wounds Two Near Penn Station
Continue reading the main storyVideoAftermath of Shooting Near Penn StationPolice officials offered details on the fatal shooting in a subway station in Midtown Manhattan on Monday.By REUTERS onPublish DateNovember 9, 2015.Photo by Andrew Renneisen for The New York Times.Watch in Times Video »Sandwiched between the gleaming towers rising over the West Side of Midtown Manhattan and the bright lights of 42nd Street, a corridor of brown brick buildings along Eighth Avenue shrouds the remnants of an..>> view originalStonehenge Begins to Yield Its Secrets
PhotoDiscoveries in the past decade have revealed more about the people for whom Stonehenge and nearby monuments held great meaning.CreditAdam Stanford/Aerial-CamAMESBURY, England — About 6,300 years ago, a tree here toppled over.For the ancients in this part of southern England, it created a prime real estate opportunity — next to a spring and near attractive hunting grounds.According to David Jacques, an archaeologist at the University of Buckingham, mud was pressed into the pulled-up roots, t..>> view originalReview: In ‘Ballet (New York),’ Nondancers Try Their Jetés - The New York Times
PhotoMegan LeCrone, center stage, in "Ballet (New York)" at the Marian Goodman Gallery.CreditPaula Court/PerformaHow would you like to be in a show called “Ballet”? No training is necessary, though some is allowed. The choreographer is a famous Frenchman, but he won’t help you with your technique, only give you some basic instructions, expecting you to be yourself. An audience of art connoisseurs will watch and judge. Interested?At the Marian Goodman Gallery in Midtown on Friday, 13 men and wome..>> view originalNew York Today: Odd Jobs - The New York Times
PhotoWelcome to the working week.CreditNicole Bengiveno/The New York Times, Rob Bennett/The New York TimesUpdated 7:22 a.m.Good morning on this bright Monday.Whethersinging half-nakedon Broadway orpeeling potatoesin Union Square, New Yorkers have figured out some creative ways to earn a living.In fact, some of the strangest jobs available here are the ones offered by agencies of the city government.As you’re commuting to work this morning, consider what might have been:•At the Parks Department,s..>> view originalCollege Athletes' Potential Realized in Missouri Resignations
PhotoFrom left, the University of Missouri football players J'Mon Moore, Ian Simon and Charles Harris on Monday with members of Concerned Student 1950.CreditDaniel Brenner for The New York TimesWell,thatwas fast.When was it, exactly, that the African-American football players at theUniversity of Missouritweetedthat they were going on strike until “President Tim Wolfe resigns or is removed” from office? It was Saturday night, around 9 p.m. Eastern time.Now consider the following timeline, which T..>> view originalGoogle Cardboard's New York Times Experiment Just Hooked a Generation on VR | WIRED
Yesterday my Facebook feed filled up with pictures of friends’ kids clutching cardboard boxes to their faces. Well, I should say, Cardboard boxes.That’s because subscribers to The New York Times’ Sunday print edition received a Google Cardboard virtual reality headset, wrapped in the standard-issue blue plastic bag, as part of theTimes’ rollout of its own VR content.Cardboard isn’t much to look at. It’s a bit of corrugated, yes, cardboard and some velcro that you fold to create a slot for your s..>> view originalAre You Smarter Than a Billionaire?
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PhotoJohnny Hincapie appeared in a Manhattan Supreme Court last month. The Manhattan district attorney will appeal the granting of a retrial for Mr. Hincapie.CreditStephen Yang for The New York TimesThe Manhattan district attorney has decided to appeal ajudge’s decisionto grant a new trial to a Queens man convicted of taking part in the 1990 killing of a tourist on a New York subway platform, a crime that for many residents marked a low point in an era of fear and disorder.The man, Johnny Hincap..>> view originalNew York Cardiologist Indicted in Alleged Murder-for-Hire Plot Against Rival Doctor | NBC New York
Inset: Long Island cardiologist Anthony Moschetto has been indicted for allegedly hiring hitmen to kill a rival doctor. A Long Island cardiologist has been indicted for allegedly contracting hitmen to kill a competing doctor in a murder-for-hire conspiracy that included the sale of assault weapons, arson and the criminal sale of prescription drugs, prosecutors said Monday. Anthony Moschetto, 55, of Sands Point, was arrested in April after joint investigation by the Nassau County dis..>> view originalStarbucks's Red Holiday Cups Inspire Outcry Online
For some reason,Starbuckskeeps trying to coax its customers to share a bit more over their coffee cups.And this year, its annual red holiday cup became fodder for a little less charitable sharing. Devoid of the seasonal snowflakes, ornaments and reindeer of yore, this year’s plain red cup stirred a bit of noise on social media.Perhaps it was part of the company’s intent to generate a little buzz, however negative and extreme some of the instant reviews sounded.“StarbucksREMOVED CHRISTMAS from th..>> view original
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