Teenager With Pellet Gun Is Killed by Police After Robbery in Brooklyn Officers shot and killed an 18-year-old man when he pointed a realistic-looking pellet gun at them after robbing a Bushwick bodega, the police said. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York…
Posts published in “New York City”
Crime Scene: First a Mistaken Burial as a Pauper. Then the Indignities Piled Up. It took a long time to figure out that Karen Connors shouldn’t have been buried in a potter’s field. Meanwhile, the police say, a neighbor was…
Reverie: How Big Do You Want Your Nest Egg to Be? A sampling indicates people’s calculations typically range into seven (or even eight) figures. But one woman says $36,000 a year would be just fine. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times
Cheesecake for the Soul: A ‘Golden Girls’ Cafe Opens The tonic that is a timeless show about four aging housemates is being dispensed in Manhattan. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times
Brooklyn Boy, 5, Is Critically Wounded in Pit Bull Attack An uncle said that Jeremiah Rivera was viciously mauled by one of the family’s two pit bulls. Two younger siblings in the East New York apartment were not seriously hurt.…
Criminal Acts Led to Arrests of Immigrants in New York Area, Officials Say On Friday, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, released a list detailing the convictions of 41 people detained in the region this month amid a nationwide enforcement…
Lawyer Says Robert Durst’s Former Friend Concocted His Story of a Confession Nick Chavin, a former friend of the New York real estate scion accused of murder, was questioned Friday about why it took him so long to come forward.…
A Young Reporter Makes a Soft Query and Pleases an Upset President Kyle Mazza, 19, created his own network in Fair Lawn, N.J., when he was 8 years old. On Thursday, his question about the first lady provided a respite…
At Dellin Betances’ Arbitration Hearing, Yankees Cite Stolen Bases In arguing that the reliever should be paid $3 million, not $5 million, the club apparently noted runners’ perfect record last season when he pitched. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times
Abba Tor, Who Engineered T.W.A. Terminal at Kennedy Airport, Dies at 93 Mr. Tor helped the architect Eero Saarinen design a structure of reinforced concrete that reminded viewers of a bird in flight. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times
Revalued: Eco-friendly, Nontoxic and Vegan: It’s a Condom The market for natural alternatives to household staples like diapers, hand soaps and paper towels has another niche business: condoms. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times
Party Coverage: Scene City: Winter at the Waldorf Recent events included the Viennese Opera Ball, a gala for the Human Rights Campaign and the Black & White Panda Ball {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times
Beyond ‘Hidden Figures’: Nurturing New Black and Latino Math Whizzes A free math camp for middle-school students from New York’s poorest neighborhoods was an effort to increase the number of blacks and Latinos with advanced math degrees. {$excerpt:n} Source: New…
Equations and Inequalities: Math, Race and Fellowship A free math camp for middle-school students from New York’s poorest neighborhoods was an effort to increase the number of blacks and Latinos with advanced math degrees. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times
Sunday Routine: How Sara Friedlander of Christie’s Spends Her Sundays Sara Friedlander, head of Postwar and Contemporary Art in New York at Christie’s, makes her infant daughter a priority on Sundays, dressing her up and taking her to restaurants and…