The Trump administration invoked an obscure statute over the weekend in moving to deport Mahmoud Khalil, a permanent legal resident of the United States who recently graduated from Columbia University, where he helped lead campus protests against high civilian casualties in Gaza during Israel’s campaign against Hamas. Mr. Khalil was arrested by immigration officers on … Read more
In the summer of 2022, a group of people plotting the murder of an Iranian dissident living in New York City began sharing “chilling intelligence,” a federal prosecutor said in court on Tuesday. That included photographs of the dissident, Masih Alinejad, her husband, their son and their Brooklyn home. The group also shared information about … Read more
The wildfires that broke out on Long Island Saturday afternoon and spread over hundreds of acres appeared to be accidental, caused by a failed attempt to make s’mores in a backyard, local officials said on Monday. The preliminary determination came after detectives with the Suffolk County Police Department conducted an investigation into the cause of … Read more
Atmosphere Like an intimate French bistro pleasantly scented with fish sauce and shallots. Noise Level Moderate. Recommended Dishes The menu changes weekly and sometimes daily. Recent highlights include snails with garlic and tamarind butter; carrot salad; black pudding tartlet with kumquats; pâté chaud; mussels escabeche on toast; egg mayo with anchovy and chile crisp; crème … Read more
Several Children Injured After School Bus Overturns in New Jersey
Students at New York University who study the music industry and do research at the frontiers of audio have a new benefactor: Sony. A $7.5 million donation from the Japanese electronics and media giant, made through its personal entertainment business unit, will help establish the Sony Audio Institute, a multifaceted partnership at N.Y.U.’s Steinhardt School … Read more
A new agreement has been reached to end wildcat strikes by thousands of New York State correctional officers, which have created chaos throughout the prison system. Under the agreement, negotiated by state officials and the correctional officers’ union, the officers are expected to return to work Monday. The officers, who maintained that staffing shortages, forced … Read more
Good morning. It’s Tuesday. Today we’ll look at the pandemic, five years after it exploded in New York. We’ll also look at a contest to make a Manhattan, a cocktail with a history. We knew it was coming. Five years later, we are still trying to make sense of it. I remember spending almost a … Read more
Times Insider explains who we are and what we do and delivers behind-the-scenes insights into how our journalism comes together. Jason Zinoman, who has been the comedy columnist for The New York Times since 2011, stumbled into his role by accident. “It was just dumb luck,” said Zinoman, then a freelance theater critic for The … Read more
Nearly two years after New York’s governor, Kathy Hochul, vowed to fast-track the long-overdue redesign of Pennsylvania Station, little has changed for the Manhattan transit hub that she once called a “hellhole.” Two serious renovation proposals — one from the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, the other from a private developer — have both been stalled for … Read more