2025 New York International Children’s Film Festival

A teenager rescues and defends an infant creature whose species the surrounding adults have condemned as vicious and predatory. Another adolescent battles injury and other hurdles in a quest for basketball stardom. A small child in Mexico contracts polio but finds solace in the world of art. And an 11-year-old Kurdish immigrant arrives in Berlin, … Read more

In the Trump Era, Crafting a State Budget Becomes More Complicated

Gov. Philip D. Murphy of New Jersey proposed a $58 billion budget on Tuesday that would keep spending roughly flat as the state braces for potentially drastic reductions in federal funding, including Medicaid. State officials acknowledged that drafting the final budget of Mr. Murphy’s second term had proved challenging amid uncertainty in Washington, where Republicans … Read more

They’ll Dine Like the Passengers on the Titanic

So the original menu “tells us about who they were and the idea of luxury” in 1912, she said. The waiters served passengers from silver platters. By some accounts, the main galley, which prepared the meals for first- and second-class passengers, had a bakery, a butcher shop and storage space for wine, beer and oysters. … Read more

Dockworkers Vote to Accept New Labor Contract

Dockworkers on the East and Gulf Coasts voted in favor of a new contract on Tuesday, ending labor turbulence at ports that handle a large share of U.S. trade with the rest of the world. The dockworkers’ union, the International Longshoremen’s Association, said nearly 99 percent of its members had supported the contract, which raises … Read more