Thursday, April 28, 2016

Donald Trump, Laying Out Foreign Policy, Promises Coherence and other top stories.

  • Donald Trump, Laying Out Foreign Policy, Promises Coherence

    Video Highlights from Trump’s Speech The Republican presidential candidate Donald J. Trump gave a foreign policy speech on Wednesday in Washington, shifting his focus to topics including the Islamic State, terrorism, immigration and the use of military force. By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS on Publish Date April 27, 2016. Photo by Step..
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  • The truth about millennials in New York City

    The truth about millennials in New York City
    People cross the street in New York. (Martine Doucet/iStock) The economy today has been hard on young adults. A new report from New York City's comptroller shows just how much recent economic trends have hampered prospects for young Americans, leaving them with reduced  income and employment in less remunerative industries, despite having more education than previous generations. The report, which focuses on young adults in New York, finds that they are more likely to work in retail and foo..
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  • New York Today: A Battle of New York Titans — in 1944

    New York Today: A Battle of New York Titans — in 1944
    Photo They call me FDR. Credit Henry Burroughs/Associated Press Updated, 10:15 a.m.Good morning on this drying Wednesday.Nothing like more news from the presidential campaign to go with your coffee and croissant.Hillary Clinton and Donald J. Trump won big, again, in primaries on Tuesday in Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland and Pennsylvania.Rhode Island also went for Mr. Trump and gave Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont his only victory of the night.That means two New York ..
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  • Over 100 suspected gang members arrested in Bronx raid

    Over 100 suspected gang members arrested in Bronx raid
    Law enforcement arrested more than 100 people in the drug and gang bust. Photo: Seth Gottfried More than 100 gang members arrested in largest takedown in NYC history April 27, 2016 More than 100 violent Bronx gangbangers who are responsible for at least eight homicides – including the murder of a 92-year-old woman and a 15-year-old boy – were busted Wednesday in what authorities are calling the largest takedown in city history, off..
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  • Texting and Driving? Watch Out for the Textalyzer

    Texting and Driving? Watch Out for the Textalyzer
    It would work like this: An officer arriving at the scene of a crash could ask for the phones of any drivers involved and use the Textalyzer to tap into the operating system to check for recent activity.The technology could determine whether a driver used the phone to text, email or do anything else that is prohibited by New York’s hands-free driving laws, which only allow talking on a phone while using a headset. Failure to hand over a phone could lead to the suspension of a driver’s license, ..
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  • 'Ghostbusters': Then and Now

    'Ghostbusters': Then and Now
    Photo Top: Leslie Jones, Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig and Kate McKinnon in “Ghostbusters.” Bottom: Harold Ramis, Dan Aykroyd, Bill Murray and Ernie Hudson in the 1984 film. Credit Top, Hopper Stone/Columbia Pictures; Bottom, Sony Pictures Something strange in the neighborhood? Ever since 1984, when a giant Stay Puft Marshmallow Man menaced New Yorkers in the sci-fi comedy hit “Ghostbusters,” moviegoers have known who to call. Though there was a sequel in 1989 and ther..
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  • More Than 100 Arrested in NYC Gang Takedown: Officials

    More Than 100 Arrested in NYC Gang Takedown: Officials
    More than 100 alleged gang members responsible for prolific violence and drug operations were arrested in what authorities are calling the largest gang takedown in the history of New York City.U.S. Attorneys said that 120 members of two competing gangs that operated in the Bronx were arrested in raids Wednesday morning after a several-year investigation into street gangs in the borough."We bring these charges so that all New Yorkers, including those in public housing, can live their lives as the..
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  • What Happened to Worcester?

    What Happened to Worcester?
    Jacob’s eventual wife and my great-grandmother, Annabelle Lewis, was another sort of Worcester immigrant. She grew up in a remote corner of Maine, descended from Yankee sailors. Her father was a saloonkeeper; the census says he couldn’t read or write. What stories I remember about him are brutal: He was a violent drunk, a horrible father. According to family accounts, she fled early and ended up in Worcester, with little education, no money, no prospects. She worked in a dance hall, dancing wit..
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  • De Blasio Unveils New York Budget Focused on Savings and Fixes

    De Blasio Unveils New York Budget Focused on Savings and Fixes
    Photo Mayor Bill de Blasio announcing an $82.2 billion executive budget on Tuesday that calls for changes at some city agencies, like the Board of Elections. Credit Christian Hansen for The New York Times Mayor Bill de Blasio unveiled his $82.2 billion executive budget for New York City on Tuesday with a presentation focused on savings extracted from city agencies, and a few new programs intended to address problems that arose over the past year, from snarled snowplows ..
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  • 120 Are Charged in Gang Takedown in the Bronx

    120 Are Charged in Gang Takedown in the Bronx
    Photo The police arresting a suspected gang member on Wednesday in the northern Bronx. Credit NY1 News In what the authorities said was believed to be the largest gang takedown in the history of New York City, 120 people were charged on Wednesday with participating in murderous drug gangs in the northern Bronx.About half of the defendants were associated with the 2Fly YGz street gang, a faction of the Young Gunnaz, a gang that operates nationwide, according to a federal..
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