Saturday, August 13, 2016

New York Today: A Marvelous Meteor Shower and other top stories.

  • New York Today: A Marvelous Meteor Shower

    New York Today: A Marvelous Meteor Shower
    Photo Nearly showtime. Credit Emon Hassan for The New York Times Updated, 8:20 a.m.Good morning on this ever-sweaty Thursday.Get ready — if the weather plays along — for one of the best light shows in years.The Perseids meteor shower takes place this week and scientists are predicting a more spectacular display than in years past.This outburst of shooting stars happens every August when the Earth passes through the trail of the Comet Swift-Tuttle.“Imagine a snowman roll..
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  • At the Out Hotel in New York, the Light Is Almost Out

    At the Out Hotel in New York, the Light Is Almost Out
    Photo The Out Hotel, a gay-themed hotel in Midtown West, has been sold, and its buyer is said to be planning on rebranding it as a general boutique hotel. Credit Santiago Mejia/The New York Times It was a bright and sunny Wednesday afternoon in August, the kind that calls for a relaxing glass of rosé, enjoyed at an Instagram-worthy spot at your vacation hotel.But at the Out Hotel in New York last week, not a sipper was to be seen lounging at the hotel’s outdoor courtyar..
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  • NY / Region|New York City's Medical Schools Will Stop Using ...

    NY / Region|New York City's Medical Schools Will Stop Using ...
    The eight medical schools in New York City will no longer accept the city’s unclaimed bodies as cadavers, forswearing a practice that dates back to the 19th century, the schools announced on Wednesday. And a group representing the 16 medical schools in the state is withdrawing its opposition to a recently passed bill that would end the educational use of bodies with no known survivors.The announcements, made in a statement by the Associated Medical Schools of New York, reflect the changing poli..
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  • Search NYTimes.com

    Search NYTimes.com
    According to the International O.C.D. Foundation, roughly one in 100 adults suffers from the disorder. Each of us has his or her own obsessive thoughts and fears to contend with. My particular beast of burden is a fear of germs and sickness. It’s a popular one, perhaps the most common.Other obsessions include unwanted thoughts, a fear of harming oneself and religious obsessions, all of which I’ve struggled with at one point or another.I wash my hands up to 25 times per day. I perform intricate ..
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  • Man climbs Trump tower on 5th Avenue in New York

    Man climbs Trump tower on 5th Avenue in New York
    New York –  New York, Aug 10 (efe_epa).- A man spent more than two hours on Wednesday climbing the glass facade of the Trump tower, residence of the Republican candidate to the White House Donald Trump, on the Fifth avenue in New York using two suction cups until he was stopped by the police.Authorities failed to dissuade the man, a 19-year-old from Virginia, but managed to halt his attempt when he reached the 19th floor.Lieutenant Angel Fermin of the New York Dominican Officers' Association to..
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  • Baltimore Police, Simone Biles, Katie Ledecky: Your Thursday Briefing

    Baltimore Police, Simone Biles, Katie Ledecky: Your Thursday Briefing
    Photo Hillary Clinton in Des Moines on Wednesday. She will give a speech on the economy today. Credit Sam Hodgson for The New York Times (Want to get this briefing by email? Here’s the sign-up.)Good morning.Here’s what you need to know:• On the campaign trail.Hillary Clinton will deliver an address on the economy at a factory in Michigan today, a rebuttal to Donald J. Trump’s economic speech this week. A spokesman for a major Clinton Foundation donor explained why his c..
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  • Mafia loses its influence in New York's Little Italy

    Mafia loses its influence in New York's Little Italy
    NEW YORK –  In a recent conversation with an undercover FBI agent wearing a wire, a reputed mobster from Connecticut named Eugene "Rooster" O'Norfio proclaimed himself the new boss of the "Mulberry Street Crew" in Manhattan's Little Italy. New Yorkers could be forgiven for responding: Rooster who? "I didn't even know he existed," said Joseph Scelsa, who has run the Italian American Museum out of a storefront on Mulberry Street for the past eight years. The obscurity of O'Norfio, the vagueness o..
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