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The Dog Days of Summer Are Here Early. New York City Is Adapting.
Global warming has led to more extreme weather earlier and later in the year, causing New Yorkers to rethink their…
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World
Here Is Why Many Fear More Bloodshed in Darfur
A displacement camp near the city of El Fasher in Darfur.Credit...Mohamed Zakaria/ReutersOvershadowed by the fighting in Ukraine and Gaza, Sudan’s…
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World
Rent Increases for 1 Million N.Y.C. Apartments Are Likely to Be Approved
The Latest A New York City panel is expected to approve rent increases for almost one million stabilized apartments on…
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Justice Department Chides Phoenix Police Over Civil Rights Violations
The department’s report comes after a three-year investigation into complaints of brutality and discrimination by law enforcement that the city…
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Politics
Saudi Arabia’s Thoroughly Iconic, Unsustainable City in the Desert
It may not feel like it, but we’re likely experiencing the largest construction booms in history. According to one estimate,…
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Politics
Debby Lee Cohen, Who Helped Prune Plastic From Schools, Dies at 64
Her successful campaign against foam lunch trays in New York City led to similar city and statewide bans — and…
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World
18 Arrested at Israeli Nationalist Flag March Through East Jerusalem
Tens of thousands of Jewish Israelis joined an annual nationalist march on Wednesday through the heart of Jerusalem to celebrate…
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World
New Yorkers Who Need Help With Rent Can (Finally) Join a List for Help
A waiting list for federal housing vouchers that has been closed for nearly 15 years is reopening, providing a lifeline…
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Politics
How a Heat Wave Could Become a Catastrophe
On a recent Thursday evening, a freakish windstorm called a derecho (Spanish for “straight ahead”) hit Houston, a city of…
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World
Five Years After Virginia Beach Shooting, ‘No One Is Getting Better’
The city will dedicate a memorial site on Friday. For some of the families who lost loved ones, the commemoration…