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Embarrassing, Uncomfortable and Risky: What Flying Is Like for Passengers Who Use Wheelchairs
For passengers who use wheelchairs, air travel in the United States can be an embarrassing, uncomfortable and perilous prospect. Among…
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Fear of Crime Transcends Data Along One New York Subway Line’s 31 Miles
At 31 miles long, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s A train traverses New York City, from the thriving Dominican enclave of…
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New Jersey Man Gets 5 Years in Prison in GoFundMe Fraud Case
Mark D’Amico and his girlfriend said they wanted to reward a homeless man who had spent his last $20 to…
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‘No Drama’ Compost? N.Y.C. Is Expanding Food and Yard Waste Pickup
What happens to food scraps in the garbage is both gross (rats, garbage juice) and weighty (methane emissions, climate crisis).…
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Why the Rent Is So High
Good morning. It’s Monday. We’ll look at why affordable apartments are in such short supply in New York. We’ll also…
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‘What a Horrible Place This Would Have Been’
This spring, a team of archaeologists and volunteers began painstakingly digging into the history of Fort Mercer, a Revolutionary War…
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U.S. Open Commits to Fund-Raising Exhibition Match and $2 Million for Ukraine
For weeks this spring, the leaders of the United States Tennis Association debated whether to allow Russian and Belarusian players…
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Bolsonaro Is Afraid of Going to Jail, and He’s Right to Be
SÃO PAULO, Brazil — “I’m letting the scoundrels know,” President Jair Bolsonaro told supporters last year, “I’ll never be imprisoned!”…
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We Will All End Up Paying for Someone Else’s Beach House
A video of a North Carolina beach house being dismembered by a voracious ocean was a viral hit this spring.…
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Exercise Was the Perfect Coping Mechanism, Until It Wasn’t
When I was a junior in college, I joined the rowing team. The unthinkably expensive boats gliding down the Charles…