Angelique Kerber Upsets Serena Williams to Win Australian Open
Photo Germany’s Angelique Kerber is congratulated by Serena Williams after winning the Australian Open on Saturday. Credit Scott Barbour/Getty Images MELBOURNE, Australia — At the Australian Open on Saturday, all that stood between Serena Williams and Steffi Graf was Angelique Kerber, who took 33 majors to reach her first Grand Slam final. Kerber was trying to become the first German to win a women’s major since Graf in 1999. Williams was trying to join Graf as a 22-t..>> view originalNew York Council Resists Renaming Effort to Honor Evacuation Day
Photo “‘Evacuation Day’ and Washington’s Triumphal Entry in New York City, Nov. 25th, 1783,” a 19th-century print. Credit Via Library of Congress Evacuation Day was New York’s biggest holiday in the 19th century. Today, the anniversary of the British evacuation of New York in 1783 has been so forgotten that City Council lawyers are resisting efforts to name a street after the historical event the holiday commemorates. The British departure, after seven dismal years o..>> view originalLongshoremen Set to Return to Ports in New York, New Jersey
Longshoremen are expected to return to the job at ports in New York and New Jersey after a surprise walkout on Friday put a halt to the unloading of ships at the nation's third-busiest port. The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey said Friday night that operations would resume and the International Longshoremen's Association told its members to return to work as it continues working on their concerns. A spokeswoman for the New York Shipping Association said that after an emergency con..>> view originalTears and Bewilderment in Brazilian City Facing Zika Crisis
Photo Micaela de Souza took her 3-month-old daughter with microcephaly to see a doctor for a test result in Recife, Brazil, on Friday. Credit Mauricio Lima for The New York Times RECIFE, Brazil — So many distraught mothers stream into the infant ward clutching babies with abnormally small heads that the receptionist sends them outside, to see if they can find a chair to wait under the mango tree. “There’s shade there, at least,” said Maria Helena Lopes, 66, as she g..>> view originalDrop Dead? Not the Newly Relevant Daily News
Photo Jim Rich, the editor of The Daily News, seated, with William Holiber, the publication’s chief executive, in Lower Manhattan this week. Credit Sasha Maslov for The New York Times On a recent afternoon, Jim Rich, the editor in chief of The Daily News, sat at his computer playing around with front-page headlines, a few well-chosen words that would capture the day’s biggest news: Sarah Palin’s endorsement of Donald Trump in the Republican presidential primary. In a..>> view originalNew York Giants' Jay Bromley accused of attempted rape
New York Giants defensive tackle Jay Bromley has been accused of attempting to rape a woman –and then hitting her with his car — at the Hyatt Herald Square Hotel in Midtown early Saturday, police sources told The Post. The 6-foot-3, 306-pound Bromley, who met the 26-year-old unidentified woman online, met her at the hotel on W. 31st Street near 6th Avenue, where the victim alleges Bromley got violent and tried to rape her following a consensual sexual act, sources said. The pair went down to th..>> view originalThe Complete Guide to New York Men's Fashion Week
New York Men’s DayMonday, Feb. 1, 10:30 a.m. – noon, and 4:30 – 6 p.m.It wouldn’t be Men’s Week without Men’s Day. This two-part showcase of emerging designers will reward those with an open mind and patience for densely crowded, chaotic environments. But take the time to visit each of the 12 brands presenting at Industria Superstudios and you may just catch one of the week’s best collections. Those showing in the morning are Krammer & Stoudt, Edmund Ooi, Plac, Garciavelez, David Hart and Max n..>> view originalNew York City Rejects Federal Findings That Many Elementary ...
Photo The administration of Mayor Bill de Blasio, left, has taken issue with an investigation into access by disabled students at city schools by the office of Preet Bharara, the United States attorney in Manhattan, center. Credit Mike Segar/Reuters The administration of Mayor Bill de Blasio has rejected federal government findings that the vast majority of New York City’s public elementary schools are not “fully accessible” to children with disabilities, in violation..>> view originalAmerica's Long History of Trashing 'New York Values'
The nonsense piles up so quickly in this silliest of all political silly seasons that it’s hard to keep up with it. Nonetheless, Ted Cruz’s assertion, in the last Republican debate and again in a television ad this week, that Donald J. Trump embodies “New York values” was a little startling. From Cruz’s comment sprung a lively debate about what “New York” really stands for. The Texas senator had a ready answer: “socially liberal, pro-gay marriage, pro-abortion, focused on money and the media.”..>> view originalPinter Estate Shuts Door on 'The Room'
Photo Harold Pinter in 1999. Credit Jonathan Player for The New York Times For decades, the Wooster Group warily circled Harold Pinter’s first play, “The Room.” The theater troupe — a fixture of the downtown New York experimental theater scene — never had quite the right configuration of actors, never quite the right opening in its schedule. Two years ago, Elizabeth LeCompte, the group’s director and leading light, decided it was time. The company began working on th..>> view original
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