What Ted Cruz's 'New York values' attack is really about
Sen. Ted Cruz (Matt Rourke/Associated Press) The “New York values” issue isn’t going away, and I promise you that no one’s happier about it than Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.). Cruz knew exactly what he was doing when he finally decided to attack Donald Trump on these terms, and the more Cruz gets criticized for it, the happier he’ll be. And he is getting criticized. Even though everyone in the media agreed that in last week’s debate Trump bested Cruz by bringing up Sept. 11 as a way of proving New ..>> view originalEx-boyfriend killed SUNY students in bedroom before suicide: police
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NEW YORK CITY -- Glenn Frey, who co-founded the Eagles and with Don Henley became one of history's most successful songwriting teams with such hits as "Hotel California" and "Life in the Fast Lane," has died.Frey, who was 67, died of complications from rheumatoid arthritis, acute ulcerative colitis and pneumonia, the band said on its website. He died on Monday in New York. He had fought the ailments for the past several weeks, the band said."The Frey family would like to thank everyone who..>> view originalReview: 'Let Me Tell You' Has Its New York Premiere
Photo Barbara Hannigan performed with the Cleveland Orchestra at Carnegie Hall on Sunday. Credit Caitlin Ochs for The New York Times It’s not often that a performance of a challenging new piece receives the kind of ovation typically awarded star virtuosi. But that’s what happened on Sunday night at Carnegie Hall when the conductor Franz Welser-Möst led the Cleveland Orchestra in the New York premiere of the Danish composer Hans Abrahamsen’s “let me tell you.” This eer..>> view originalDeal may keep horse-drawn carriages in New York
That's the result of a deal announced Sunday between New York City and the horse carriage industry.The proposed deal, which still must be approved by the city council, restricts operation of horse-drawn carriages to just Central Park by June 1. The number of licensed horses would drop from 180 to 110 by the end of the year. A stable for the horses would be constructed in Central Park by 2018. The deal also places some restrictions on the operation of pedicabs in the southern portions of the park..>> view originalNew York Counties Ask Feds To Prolong Work-Requirement Waiver ...
NEW YORK, NY - DECEMBER 11: Harlem residents choose free groceries at the Food Bank For New York City on December 11, 2013 in New York City. The food bank distributes dry, canned and fresh food to needy residents and works with community based member programs to provide some 400,000 free meals per day throughout the city. Need increased in November when 47 million low-income people nationwide saw their food stamps cut as the federal SNAP program expired. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images) ..>> view originalModular dream fading in New York City
New York is a tough and expensive place to build anything, which is why modular construction looked so promising. It seemed a perfect match: build offsite where the workers can park their F150s and materials can be delivered, then bring the almost completed modules to the site. TreeHugger has been following two projects closely: Carmel Place, formerly known as adAPT NYC, and Pacific Place's B2 tower in Brooklyn.Melissa Breyer/CC BY 2.0Carmel Place was a prototype for new technology and new des..>> view originalLawmakers Conclude Debate Over Barring Donald Trump From ...
It remains to be seen which members of Parliament — and how many — turn out for the discussion of two petitions regarding Donald J. Trump and whether he should be allowed to visit Britain. The debate is scheduled to begin at 4:30 p.m. in London, 11:30 a.m. Eastern Standard Time, in Westminster Hall, the oldest building on the parliamentary estate, rather than in the main chamber of the House of Commons. The chairwoman of the 11-member committee is the Labour Party lawmaker Helen Jones, who told..>> view originalAmericans Freed by Iran Reunite With Relatives in Germany
TEHRAN — As relatives of American prisoners freed by Iran over the weekend reunited with them Monday at United States military facilities in Germany, Iranian officials conspicuously avoided talking about the deal that had led to their release. At the same time, a mystery deepened over one of the freed American prisoners, who apparently chose to remain in Iran.Under the deal announced on Saturday and completed on Sunday, the Iranians released four dual-national Americans of Iranian descent, som..>> view originalIn Argentina, Rancher's Discovery Leads to Largest Titanosaur
Photo The head of the Titanosaur sticks out into the hallway at the American Museum of Natural History in New York. The discovery that led to the exhibit started with a find by a rancher in the Patagonia region of Argentina. Credit Brian Harkin for The New York Times Four years ago, a rancher in the Patagonia region of Argentina came upon an old bone sticking out of his desert property near La Flecha. With recent news of exciting dinosaur finds in that country in min..>> view original
Monday, January 18, 2016
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