New York Today: A 'Slender Stegosaurus' Awakes
Photo Train station? Or colossal fossil? Credit Hiroko Masuike/The New York Times Updated, 9:11 a.m. Good morning on this misty Wednesday.Next week, after 12 years, the Oculus pavilion of the World Trade Center Transportation Hub opens to the public.The transit center, which will include a retail mall and elaborate pedestrian walkways, will ultimately link 11 subway lines and PATH trains and will serve the roughly 49,000 commuters currently using the temporary statio..>> view originalBeijing Bumps New York City as 'Billionaire Capital of the World'
Move over, New York City: Beijing is the new "Billionaire Capital of the World." The Chinese capital has overtaken the Big Apple as home to the most billionaires — 100 to 95 — according to Hurun, a Shanghai firm that publishes a monthly magazine and releases yearly rankings and research about the world's richest people and their spending habits. The study, which comes months after reports suggested China now has more billionaires than the United States, highlights how China's elite are..>> view originalMarco Rubio Gets Party's Blessing, but Not Voters'
Photo Senator Marco Rubio at an event in Las Vegas on Tuesday. Credit Ruth Fremson/The New York Times Senator Marco Rubio has persuaded wealthy donors, Republican Party elders and his colleagues in Congress that he represents their best chance to overtake the seemingly invincible force that is Donald J. Trump. He just can’t seem to convince the voters.His distant second-place finish in Nevada on Tuesday night — 22 points behind Mr. Trump and just 2.5 ahead of Senator..>> view originalNew York City Can Require Sodium Warnings, Judge Rules
Saying that “information is power,” a State Supreme Court judge on Wednesday upheld a measure in New York City requiring some restaurants to warn consumers about high levels of sodium in foods.The measure, which the Board of Health unanimously passed in September, applies only to restaurants with 15 or more locations nationwide. The restaurants were required to have the warnings up by Dec. 1, and fines were to go into effect on March 1.It required restaurants to place small images of saltshaker..>> view originalTorture Questions Stalk Sheikh Who Would Lead World Soccer
Photo Sheikh Salman bin Ebrahim al-Khalifa of Bahrain is a leading candidate to replace Sepp Blatter as president of FIFA. Credit Mohammed Al-Shaikh/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images ZURICH — Nothing rocked international soccer quite like the waves of arrests across several continents last year, as the United States announced bribery and corruption charges against the men running the world’s biggest and richest sport. But as the organization that governs global soc..>> view originalThe kings of New York dining are agonizing over a decision that ...
Facebook/TaoNYCTao, the godfather of massive club-restaurants, in Midtown Manhattan. Dining is a ritual in New York City. Consider that many New Yorkers use their kitchens as a dual storage space and takeout dining center. A bare refrigerator is a normal thing; many contain only a few condiments. We dine out a lot. It's sacred. That's why some of the kings of New York dining — the businessmen with restaurants spanning the country and grossing millions in revenue — are agonizing over a decision ..>> view originalDr. Robert Califf Wins Senate Confirmation to Run FDA
Photo Dr. Robert M. Califf was approved by the Senate on Wednesday to be the commissioner of the F.D.A. Credit Win Mcnamee/Getty Images WASHINGTON — President Obama’s pick to run the Food and Drug Administration, Dr. Robert M. Califf, was finally confirmed for the job by the Senate on Wednesday, in a vote of 89 to 4, after weeks of opposition from a handful of lawmakers who had blocked his nomination over what they said was the agency’s poor record on prescription pai..>> view originalStabbings, Slashings, and Sucker Punches: New York City Hit by ...
Don, a 30-year-old New Yorker who works in publishing, was making his way through the Atlantic Avenue subway station like he does every day, looking at his phone, listening to music, when he got sucker punched by a stranger. It was 8pm on a recent Thursday, and the Brooklyn transport hub was particularly busy because of a hockey game at the nearby Barclays Center.Don, who asked to be identified by a pseudonym for this story, fell to the ground. Blood started gushing from a cut under his eye. He..>> view originalPatients struggle to get medical marijuana in New York
Buy PhotoVincent Piperato, 5, who has Dravet syndrome, uses a tablet while his mother, Amy, looks on and sister Alexa, 9, does her homework at home in Thiells. The family is struggling to find a physician willing to prescribe Vincent medical marijuana.(Photo: Tania Savayan/The Journal News)Buy PhotoStory HighlightsOnly 1,000 New Yorkers have been certified for medical marijuana out of more than 200,000 eligible400 NY doctors out of 90,000 have registered to participate in programSome doctors say..>> view originalFormer New York Times reporter found dead in Dominican Republic
SOSUA, Dominican Republic — A US citizen who worked for more than a decade as a reporter for the New York Times was found dead at her home in a northern beach town in the Dominican Republic, officials said Tuesday. The body of Sarah Kershaw was found Monday at her apartment in Sosua, where she moved with her husband, William Norton, in 2014. Norton was being questioned about her death, said Osvaldo Bonilla, a prosecutor for the province of Puerto Plata. An initial police statement said Kershaw ..>> view original
Wednesday, February 24, 2016
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