Paris Shootings and Explosions Kill Over 100, Police Say
PARIS — The Paris area reeled Friday night from a shooting rampage, explosions and mass hostage-taking that PresidentFrançois Hollandecalled an unprecedented terrorist attack on France. He announced sharply increased border controls and mobilized the military in a national emergency.French television and news services quoted the police as saying around 100 people had been killed at a concert venue where hostages had been taken in a two-hour standoff with the police, and perhaps many more killed ..>> view originalDraftKings Leaves Door Unlocked for Barred Fantasy Sports Players
PhotoA Rangers player skated in front of a dasher board advertising the betting website DraftKings at Madison Square Garden in New York City.CreditBruce Bennett/Getty ImagesStarting next week, the two leading daily fantasy sports sites will be barred from taking bets from a lucrative market — New York State. But one of them, DraftKings, leaves open a simple digital loophole that may let New Yorkers play anyway.On Tuesday, theNew York State attorney generalordered DraftKings and the other top sit..>> view originalNew York Today: Or, the Whale - The New York Times
Photo"The Grand Armada," a Frank Stella work named for a chapter in "Moby-Dick," goes well with the "Moby-Dick" marathon at the Whitney.Credit2015 Frank Stella/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York; Hiroko Masuike/The New York TimesUpdated 10:18 a.m.Good morning on this brisk Friday the 13th.One of the first lines in “Moby-Dick; or, The Whale” is “Whenever I find myself growing grim about the mouth; whenever it is a damp, drizzly November in my soul ... then, I account it high time to get to s..>> view originalVictims of Debt Collection Scheme in New York Win $59 Million in Settlement - The New York Times
Tens of thousands of New Yorkers who had their wages garnished or bank accounts frozen in a surreptitious debt-collection scheme will receive $59 million in a class-action settlement that also bars a major network of collectors from continuing the practice.The settlement, which was filed late on Thursday in Federal District Court in Manhattan, deals a significant blow to an industry that in recent years fed off a recessionary rise in consumer debt actions as companies bought up charged-off debt ..>> view originalUtah Judge Drops Order on Lesbians' Foster Child
PhotoApril M. Hoagland and Rebecca A. Peirce in Salt Lake City this week.CreditSteve Griffin/The Salt Lake Tribune, via Associated PressUnder fire from critics including gay rights activists and the state’s Republican governor, a judge in Utah on Friday reversed, at least temporarily, his order that a foster child be taken away from a lesbian couple because it was “not in the best interest of children to be raised by same-sex couples.”While the child may remain with the couple for the moment, Ju..>> view originalRussia Suspended From Track and Field
PhotoThe Russian Olympic Committee building in Moscow. The I.A.A.F., track and field’s world governing body, provisionally suspended Russia from the sport, which may disrupt preparations for next summer’s Rio Olympics.CreditPavel Golovkin/Associated PressRussia was provisionally suspended from track and field on Friday by the sport’s world governing body in the wake of sweeping doping allegations against the country’s athletes, coaches, trainers, doctors and officials.The ban, which will keep Ru..>> view originalSupreme Court to Hear Texas Abortion Law Case
PhotoThe Whole Woman's Health Clinic in McAllen, Tex. This clinic is the only one south of San Antonio.CreditJennifer Whitney for The New York TimesTheSupreme Courton Fridayagreed to hearits first major abortion case since 2007, one that has the potential to affect millions of women and to revise the constitutional principles governing abortion rights.The court’s decision will probably arrive in late June, as the presidential campaign enters its final stretch, thrusting the divisive issue of abo..>> view originalConcerns Over the Retail Industry Drive the Market Down
The stock market slumped to its second-biggest weekly loss of the year on Friday, breaking six consecutive weeks of gains. Fears that the holiday shopping season will be weak drove down retail stocks.Retailers as varied as department stores and dollar stores plunged after Nordstrom posted disappointing third-quarter results, just as Macy’s had doneearlier this week.The price ofoilfell further on evidence that global supplies are still rising. The dollar could grow stronger still, further pressur..>> view originalNew York City’s Low-Profile Parks to Get Conservancies’ Help, and Some Cash - The New York Times
PhotoThe Central Park Conservancy will help design the restoration of the fire watchtower in Marcus Garvey Park in Harlem among other projects.CreditOzier Muhammad/The New York TimesWhen he was running for mayor,Bill de Blasioendorsed a simple plan to help improve parks in poor neighborhoods: Get the well-endowed conservancies that support New York City’s biggest parks to hand over some of their money.Once in office, he found it wasn’t quite that easy. The conservancies balked, saying such a div..>> view originalPentagon Says 'Jihadi John' Was Probably Killed in Airstrike
Continue reading the main storyVideoLeaders on ‘Jihadi John’ StrikePrime Minister David Cameron of Britain and Secretary of State John Kerry discussed the American airstrike on the Islamic State stronghold of Raqqa that targeted the British jihadist Mohammed Emwazi.By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS and REUTERS onPublish DateNovember 13, 2015.Photo by Stefan Wermuth/Reuters.Watch in Times Video »The Pentagon said on Friday that it was “reasonably certain” that an American airstrike killed Mohammed Emwazi, ..>> view original
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