New York Today: Winter on the Wane
Photo Embrace yourself, winter is leaving. Credit Joshua Bright for The New York Times Updated, 11:30 a.m. Good morning on this flurrying Friday.You’re waking up to one of the last gasps of winter.(So we’re told.)We’re expecting roughly an inch of snow to dust our sidewalks and roads through the end of the morning.But later this afternoon, the sun should come out and make it all disappear.It will warm up rapidly from there. Next week’s forecast includes plenty of sun..>> view originalPeter Hujar and the Lost New York
“I like people who think they’re going to have a better time tomorrow,” the filmmaker John Waters said. “I’m not interested in looking backward.” The subject was nostalgia, particularly the acute yearning that seems to be threaded through the culture lately for the gritty bohemian New York of the late 1970s.In an essay last September, Edmund White noted a spate of recent works with links to what you may term lost downtown, among them Rachel Kushner’s 2013 novel “The Flamethrowers,” Garth Risk ..>> view originalNew York Homes Under $500000
Photo Top row, in Jackson Heights, Queens, the price tag for a nicely renovated two-bedroom was $488,000. Below, in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, another two-bedroom will set you back $364,000. But you will have to climb stairs. Credit Edward Caruso for The New York Times Few would dispute the notion that apartments have become over-the-top expensive for many New Yorkers. But just how very far out of reach can still be surprising. The median price of a studio, long consider..>> view originalSupreme Court Blocks Louisiana Abortion Law
Photo Demonstrators outside of the federal appeals court in New Orleans in January 2015, after a hearing on a Texas abortion law. Credit Edmund D. Fountain for The New York Times WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Friday temporarily blocked a Louisiana law that its opponents say would leave the state with only one abortion clinic.The law, enacted in 2014, requires doctors performing abortions to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals. A trial judge blocked the l..>> view originalA National Descent Into Trump's Pants
Photo Donald J. Trump after the Republican debate on Thursday. Credit Richard Perry/The New York Times The Republican debate on Fox News on Thursday night was an argument over whose was bigger. Whose lies. Whose poll numbers. Whose … wherever. A gobsmacking day of intraparty pie-throwing ended with Donald J. Trump, from the stage of the Fox Theater in Detroit, assuring the American public that the size of his male appendage was just fine. “I guarantee you,” he said, ..>> view originalJenrry Mejia Says Baseball Officials Orchestrated His Lifetime Ban
Photo Jenrry Mejia, pictured at his lawyer’s office on Thursday, is trying to fight his lifetime ban from baseball after three failed tests for performance-enhancing substances. Credit Christopher Gregory for The New York Times Jenrry Mejia, the Mets pitcher who was permanently barred from baseball after three failed doping tests, claims that he was the victim of a witch hunt by Major League Baseball and that the players’ union did not properly advocate on his behalf...>> view originalHartnett: Fleury Went Against Goalie Fraternity By Calling Out ...
By Sean Hartnett » More Columns If Thursday’s 4-1 dismantling of the Rangers wasn’t enough, winning Pittsburgh Penguins goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury tossed extra salt in the wound after the game by taking a shot at opposite number Henrik Lundqvist. Lundqvist was involved in a heavy second-period collision with teammate Ryan McDonagh, resulting in the 34-year-old netminder suffering neck spasms. Fortunately for the Rangers, the injury does not appear to be serious, according to head coach Alain ..>> view originalHomemade License Plate Lands Western New York Woman in Jail
A western New York motorist was jailed after authorities say she put a homemade license plate on her car. The Erie County Sheriff's Office says a deputy pulled over a car Wednesday after noticing it didn't have a front license plate. Police say the vehicle's rear plate was actually a piece of cardboard painted to resemble the yellow and black version of the New York license plate. The bogus plate had three letters and four numbers, with the words "New York" written on top and "Empire State" on ..>> view originalLivery Driver Shot in the Head Outside of NYC Nightclub
A 37-year-old livery driver was critically injured after being shot in the head early Friday outside a Queens nightclub where singer Trey Songz made an appearance, authorities say. The driver was dropping of passengers from the Bronx and waiting for his next fare at Perlieu on 34th Street in Astoria at about 4:45 a.m. when he was struck once in the head by a bullet, authorities said. He then crashed the car near the intersection, a source told NBC 4 New York . The shooting came after a fight br..>> view originalA Plan Worth Its Salt
Photo Juice Press, where the kale is drinkable and the oatmeal is raw, has more than 20 locations in New York City, the Hamptons and Greenwich, Conn. Credit Emon Hassan for The New York Times A few years ago the Los Angeles County Health Department, in conjunction with a separate initiative taken by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, issued a series of videos warning of the stealth capacities of salt, which can lurk in seemingly innocuous foods and do har..>> view original
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