Tension had been building at Princeton University as pro-Palestinian demonstrators occupied a white-columned, Greek Revival-style building at the center of campus and the police moved in. An angry crowd had surrounded a bus where two demonstrators were being held after officers led them out of the building. “It was a tense time as there were … Read more
As New York City voters tilt slightly toward the center, the left-leaning Working Families Party hopes that a slate of four mayoral candidates will be better than the one moderate rival currently leading the polls, former Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo. The party on Saturday voted to endorse Zohran Mamdani, an assemblyman from Queens; Brad Lander, … Read more
The Trump administration has granted itself the authority to summarily deport Venezuelan migrants accused of being members of a violent street gang on the basis of little more than whether they have tattoos or have worn clothing associated with the criminal organization, new court papers show. The papers suggest that the administration has set a … Read more
A driver was charged with manslaughter in the deaths of a woman and two of her children in Brooklyn after slamming into another car and veering into a crosswalk, the police said. The driver, Miriam Yarimi, 32, was charged on Saturday evening with second-degree manslaughter, criminally negligent homicide, assault, reckless driving, speeding, failure to yield … Read more
An official in charge of helping people start cannabis businesses in New York City resigned abruptly last week as her agency was investigating an accusation that she tried to pressure another woman into a polyamorous relationship in exchange for a city contract. The official, Dasheeda Dawson, who stepped down last Tuesday from a program called … Read more
A lawyer for Mayor Eric Adams of New York urged a Manhattan judge on Monday to promptly rule on a pending motion from the Justice Department to dismiss federal corruption charges against the mayor. The lawyer, Alex Spiro, cited a Thursday deadline for Mr. Adams to file required petitions to appear on the mayoral primary … Read more
Domingo Tapia and Gary Anderson crossed paths for no more than a second, two lives colliding in a moment of grainy surveillance footage. Mr. Tapia, a 38-year-old Mexican immigrant who worked as a fruit vendor, had met his brother for a few beers on a summer evening in 2017. They had passed the time and … Read more
On Saturday evening, Kenza Fourati and her two zealous children hovered around a decorative Ramadan calendar they put up about a month ago in their Brooklyn home. “Yallah, let’s turn it around,” Ms. Fourati said. Together, they flipped it and revealed the other side: “Eid Mubarak. The Mohyeldin Fourati family.” The sun had just set, … Read more
In the early 1900s, Franz Boas, who is considered one of the founders of American anthropology, became fascinated by a large shrine associated with Indigenous whaling rituals off the coast of British Columbia. He had been sent a photograph of the shrine, which belonged to members of an Indigenous group called the Mowachaht. It showed … Read more
Jimmie Dale Mood Dear Diary: I woke up at 6:30 a.m. in a Jimmie Dale Gilmore mood and was soon playing his song “I’m Gonna Love You” on repeat. Two hours later, still listening to Jimmie through my earbuds, I walked to the Q with a bounce in my step and a twinkle in my … Read more