New York Today: Making History, on Ice
Photo Women’s hockey: Absolutely riveting. Credit Alex Goodlett for The New York Times Updated 8:57 a.m. Good morning on this sparkling Thursday.Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the city’s newest hockey team: the New York Riveters.The Riveters, named for the always-encouraging Rosie and with a nod to the city’s industrial past, are one of four teams in the National Women’s Hockey League, the first professional female hockey league (to pay its players, that is).Th..>> view originalZika Virus 'Spreading Explosively' in Americas, WHO Says
Photo A Health Ministry employee fumigated a home to combat the Zika virus in Soyapango, El Salvador, on Wednesday. Credit Marvin Recinos/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images Officials from the World Health Organization said on Thursday that the Zika virus was “spreading explosively” in the Americas and announced that they would convene an emergency meeting on Monday to decide whether to declare a public health emergency. “The level of alarm is extremely high,” said D..>> view originalZika virus is here in New York
A fifth person from New York was confirmed to have contracted the Zika virus while traveling south of the border — and experts warned Wednesday that the disease could spike here and across the United States as mosquito season arrives this spring. Health officials, citing federal privacy laws, released scant information about the New York cases, which include two from the Big Apple and one each from Nassau, Orange and Monroe counties. The Nassau resident had traveled to an unidentified country w..>> view originalOpen Subway Cars May Come to New York City as Early as 2020
Photo On certain subway lines, New York may adopt trains with open gangways to allow passengers to move freely between cars. Credit Metropolitan Transportation Authority Moving from one subway car to another is no easy task.There is the dart-and-hustle option, entailing a sprint between entrances before the doors close, and the perilous — and prohibited — passing between the doors at the end of the car.But the Metropolitan Transportation Authority wants to examine ano..>> view originalThe Challenger Explosion, 30 Years Later
Seventeen years after the Challenger explosion, Columbia was re-entering Earth’s atmosphere on Feb. 1, 2003, when it broke up, killing its seven astronauts and sending debris across Texas. As before, the disaster led to expressions of sorrow, an investigatory panel and a search for blame. This time, a piece of insulating foam that had broken off a tank and struck a wing was cited for the damage that led to the disaster. The crew members were, clockwise from left: Kalpana Chawla, David M. Brown,..>> view originalSupersonic aircraft promises to fly from New York to London in 11 ...
The Antipode would be able to reach Mach 24 or speeds of 12, 427 miles an hour. (Charles Bombardier/Imaginactive) As the age of supersonic travel fast approaches, there is yet another concept aircraft that promises to go from New York to London in an unbelievable 11 minutes. Called the Antipode, it would be powered by rocket boosters on its wings for takeoff and climb to 40,000 feet at Mach 5. The acceleration boosters would then separate from the Antipode and fly back to the air base by t..>> view originalReport Exposes Widespread Abuses in Ticketing Industry in New York
Photo For a show that U2 played at Madison Square Garden last year, a single high-tech scalper bought more than 1,000 tickets in less than a minute. Credit Chad Batka for The New York Times Free tickets to an appearance by Pope Francis were resold for thousands of dollars, in ways that most likely violated New York State law. As many as half the seats for many popular concerts are not offered to the general public.And for one U2 show at Madison Square Garden, a singl..>> view originalRihanna's New Album, 'Anti,' Is Leaked Online
Photo Rihanna performing in Los Angeles in 2014. Credit Christopher Polk/Getty Images for MTV The surprise release of a new Rihanna single, “Work,” went smoothly on Wednesday morning as the song shot to the top of the iTunes charts in dozens of countries. But by 7 p.m. Eastern time, what appeared to be her entire eighth album, “Anti,” had leaked online, another misstep in an already fraught rollout. The 13 songs first appeared, apparently by mistake, on Jay Z’s strea..>> view originalNew York Arts Organizations Lack the Diversity of Their City
New York City’s cultural sector does not match the demographic diversity of the its population, though the sector is more diverse than arts organizations on the national level, according to a survey released on Thursday by the city’s Cultural Affairs Department.By examining the staff and leadership at city‐funded nonprofit cultural organizations, the de Blasio administration hoped to show its commitment to promoting and building diversity among arts institutions.“When it comes to making sure th..>> view originalIllness That Diverted American Airlines Flight Remains a Mystery
Photo An American Airlines flight leaving Heathrow Airport near London. The airline is investigating why passengers and several flight attendants felt lightheaded during a flight to Los Angeles on Wednesday. Credit Luke Macgregor/Reuters LONDON — American Airlines Flight 109, traveling to Los Angeles from London, was more than two hours into its journey and close to Keflavik, Iceland, when several passengers and crew members suddenly and mysteriously became ill. Those..>> view original
Thursday, January 28, 2016
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