ISIS Claims Responsibility for Attack in Nice, France
Photo Mourners at a makeshift memorial on the Promenade des Anglais in Nice, France, on Friday. Credit Andrew Testa for The New York Times NICE, France — The Islamic State claimed responsibility on Saturday for the Bastille Day attack on the seaside promenade in Nice, France, which killed 84 people and injured 202.“The man behind the running-over operation in Nice, France, is a soldier from the Islamic State, and he carried out the attack to answer the calls for targeti..>> view originalNY / Region|K2's Sudden Surge Tests New York Authorities
Photo The scene outside a Brooklyn store on Wednesday amid a crackdown on the sale of the drug K2. Credit Frank Franklin Ii/Associated Press The police raids around a gritty Brooklyn intersection were meant to show that city officials were taking charge after 33 people had been stricken by suspected overdoses of K2. But the spectacle, captured by a crush of news media, came up all but empty, without a single packet of the drug seized.The outcome of the attempted crackdo..>> view originalNY / Region|Donations Slow for New York's Politicians, According to ...
Fund-raising declarations filed by New York politicians and their allies on Friday were perhaps most notable for what they did not contain.Several of Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo’s more reliable donors — who have been caught up in a federal investigation related to economic development projects — did not give the New York governor, a Democrat, any money during the first half of this year.A nonprofit group created to support the agenda of Mayor Bill de Blasio, largely wound down its activities, and rep..>> view originalSecret '28 Pages' From 9/11 Report Released
What to KnowThe once-classified chapter raised questions about Saudi links to the hijackersThe ranking Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, told NBC News the docs don't prove the Saudi gov't was connected to the attacksThe pages were withheld from the 838-page report on the orders of President George W. BushCongress on Friday released a long-classified and highly controversial 28-page section from the congressional inquiry into 9/11 that revealed suspicions about a Saudi government link..>> view originalHow Much Can Mike Pence Help Donald Trump?
Photo Mike Pence at a gathering of governors last year. Credit Cliff Owen/Associated Press Here’s a good rule about vice-presidential selections: Even when they matter, they usually don’t matter much.Donald J. Trump’s newly selected running mate, Mike Pence, the governor of Indiana, seems even less likely to affect the result than most. He’s a relatively safe choice: an experienced but relatively unknown politician from a state that the Republicans were already expected..>> view originalChildhood Tales From the Chelsea Hotel
Like many an only child, Nicolaia Rips grew up largely in the company of adults. While other Manhattan youngsters were being herded into Mommy and Me classes and the soccer leagues at Pier 40, Ms. Rips, who grew up in the Chelsea Hotel, was spending her afternoons with the unruly oddballs on West 23rd Street.There was Robert Lambert, a painter, and his irritable half-paralyzed screenwriting friend, nicknamed Mr. Crafty, who traded insults and nicknamed Ms. Rips “Lttle Crafty,” awarding her entr..>> view originalTwist in Zika Outbreak: New York Case Shows Women Can Spread ...
“The more we learn about Zika, the more concerned we are,” Dr. Thomas R. Frieden, the director of the C.D.C., said during a recent conference call with reporters. At least seven children have been born with birth defects and five pregnancy losses related to Zika in the United States. The lifetime cost of care is estimated to be $10 million for each sick child.“Each case is a tragedy,” Dr. Frieden said. “A child that may never walk or live independently.”The New York case is the first in which a..>> view originalTumult in Turkey: What We Know and Don't Know
Video The Morning After Turkey's Failed Coup After a violent night, weary Turks bemoaned the losses and vowed to resist those who had tried to overthrow the government. By REUTERS and THE ASSOCIATED PRESS on Publish Date July 16, 2016. Photo by Gokhan Tan/Getty Images. Watch in Times Video » Military forces in Turkey attempted a c..>> view original10 Fascinating New York City Secrets, Courtesy of The Bowery Boys
MCNY Since 2007, Greg Young and Tom Meyers, better known as The Bowery Boys, have been spitting out knowledge about the obscure and even secret histories of New York City in their eponymous podcast. After producing more than 200 episodes covering topics ranging from the history of the city’s first apartment building to NYC’s representation on TV from the 1970’s on, Young and Meyers have collaborated on their first Bowery Boys book. Out now from Ulysses Press, The Bowery Boys: Adventures..>> view originalThe Underseen History of New York City's Parks
Music in the Park, Brooklyn, 1897. CreditNYC Parks Photo Archive On July 9, 1936, the weather station at Belvedere Castle, in Central Park, recorded its highest-ever temperature: a hundred and six degrees Fahrenheit. That simmering summer, the New York City Parks Department—centralized two years earlier, under its first commissioner, Robert Moses—opened eleven municipal swimming pools throughout the city. They were, as Thomas J. Campanella, a professor of urban planning at Cornell University..>> view original
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