No, New York City Is Not Hillary Clinton's "Hometown"
Times Square is for tourists. (Jemal Countess/Getty) Now matter how many articles are published saying otherwise, New York City is not Hillary Clinton's "home" or "hometown." This is not a jab at Clinton, who couldn't hide the fact that she moved to New York specifically because there was an open Senate seat if she tried, or even at my people in Westchester County. This is only to say that it's a Herculean stretch to call New York Clinton's "hometown" in the sense that her deep-rootedness..>> view originalWorld Leaders Meet With Obama to Curb Nuclear Threat
Photo President Obama met with President Park Geun-hye of South Korea, left, and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of Japan on the sidelines of the nuclear security summit on Thursday in Washington. Credit Doug Mills/The New York Times WASHINGTON — Leaders from more than 50 countries gathered here on Thursday at the behest of President Obama to try to reduce the threat from nuclear weapons. But the Nuclear Security Summit, the fourth and possibly last of these gatherings, opene..>> view originalZaha Hadid, Groundbreaking Architect, Dies at 65
Then, in 1972, she arrived at the Architectural Association in London, a center for experimental design. Her teachers included Elia Zenghelis and Rem Koolhaas. They “ignited my ambition,” she would recall, and “taught me to trust even my strangest intuitions.”Ms. Hadid’s intuitions led her, among other directions, toward the Russian avant-garde, and its leaders: Vladimir Tatlin, El Lissitzky and Kazimir Malevich. Her graduation project at the Architectural Assocation, called Malevich’s Tectonik..>> view originalNew York Today: The Final Four
Photo Only the best are left. Credit Dennis Wierzbicki/USA Today Sports, via Reuters Updated, 12:08 p.m.Good morning on this balmy Thursday.After two weeks of March Madness, the 68 men’s teams playing in the college basketball tournament have been whittled down to four.On Saturday night, Villanova plays Oklahoma, then North Carolina plays Syracuse, in the Final Four.Take note of the Syracuse players’ choice of clothing during warm-ups and on the bench, a Times sports re..>> view originalPorsche 911 Turbo Catches Fire at New York International Auto Show
The Javits center filled with smoke and flames after a Porshe catches fire! Andrew Siff reports on the scary moments inside and what caused the blaze. (Published 55 minutes ago)A Porsche 911 Turbo caught fire at the New York International Auto Show Thursday, forcing workers to douse the flames with fire extinguishers and spewing smoke around part of the Javits Convention Center.The older-model sports car burst into flames in a special events hall at the sprawling complex shortly before noon, acc..>> view originalNY / Region|Suspensions Keep Falling in New York City's Schools
Suspensions at New York City public schools continued to decline last year, the Education Department announced on Thursday, a key measure of efforts to change school discipline practices.Suspensions fell nearly 32 percent from July to December 2015, compared with the same period the year before, the department said.Mayor Bill de Blasio made school-discipline reform an issue during his campaign. An embrace of strict discipline policies during the 1990s led to rising suspensions, but in recent ye..>> view originalNYC Parking Garage Attendant Wins $7 Million Lottery Jackpot
A New York City parking garage attendant has won a $7 million jackpot in a lottery game. The New Jersey resident drew the winning numbers on a $2 Cash4Life ticket he purchased while "bored at work" on Feb. 25. (Published Thursday, March 31, 2016)A Manhattan parking garage attendant won a $7 million jackpot in a lottery game he decided to play while "bored at work" one day. The New Jersey resident drew the winning numbers on a $2 Cash4Life ticket he purchased during a lull at at parking garage do..>> view originalDon Cheadle Narrates a Scene From 'Miles Ahead'
Don Cheadle takes on the role of the jazz trumpeter Miles Davis for an unconventional biopic “Miles Ahead,” which zeroes in on a period of the performer’s life in the late ’70s when he wasn’t actually performing. In a recent interview, Mr. Cheadle spoke about a scene from the film in which Miles meets with an opportunistic journalist, Dave Brill (Ewan McGregor). Here are excerpts from that conversation.Q. What were your goals for this scene?A. It’s the beginning of this uncomfortable and combus..>> view original
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