A sea of green will move through New York City on Monday as bagpipes blow in the 264th annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade. Run entirely by volunteers, the New York event was first held in 1762, making it the oldest St. Patrick’s Day parade in the world, according to its website. It’s also the largest, … Read more
The Trump administration on Thursday demanded that Columbia University make dramatic changes in student discipline and admissions before it would discuss lifting the cancellation of $400 million in government grants and contracts. It said the ultimatum was necessary because of what it described as Columbia’s failure to protect Jewish students from harassment. The government called … Read more
Two pet cats in New York City died after being infected with bird flu, health officials said on Friday, a sign of the increased spread of a virus that has decimated chickens and cattle and sickened dozens of people nationally. It was unclear how the cats had been infected. Potential sources of the virus include … Read more
Thomas John Sfraga would approach friends and neighbors with a promise of extraordinary returns if they invested in his businesses. Sign a check for $40,000, Mr. Sfraga told one, and get your money back in just one year, plus more than 30 percent interest. But the name of one business — Vandelay — was a … Read more
This article is part of Overlooked, a series of obituaries about remarkable people whose deaths, beginning in 1851, went unreported in The Times. From the time Beulah Henry was a child in the late 19th century, she dreamed of ways to make life easier. That impulse would eventually drive her to secure dozens of patents … Read more
A Long Island man has been accused of killing his infant daughter, the Nassau County police said on Thursday. The man, Marlon Rabanales-Pretzantzin, 20, was charged with second-degree murder during an arraignment in Nassau County District Court. He pleaded not guilty, and could face life in prison if convicted. The girl, Liseyda Rabanales-Barrios, was 2 … Read more
empower the Office of the President to suspend or expel students with an appeal process through the Office of the President. Time, place, and manner rules. Implement permanent, comprehensive time, place, and manner rules to prevent disruption of teaching, research, and campus life. Mask ban. Ban masks that are intended to conceal identity … Read more
“All of President Trump’s executive actions are lawful, constitutional and intended to deliver on the promises he made to the American people,” a White House spokesman, Harrison Fields, said. “Partisan elected officials and judicial activists who seek to legally obstruct President Trump’s agenda are defying the will of 77 million Americans who overwhelmingly re-elected President … Read more
In a very short time, Mahmoud Khalil, the former Columbia University graduate student and pro-Palestinian activist who was questionably detained by federal immigration officials, has become a symbol of the Trump administration’s escalating antagonism toward elite universities. Columbia finds itself up against the impression that whatever it has done to combat what it perceived as … Read more
On a recent afternoon on 42nd Street in Manhattan, a mythological bird was preparing to take flight. Backstage at the New Victory Theater, a black-clad puppeteer put on an elaborately stylized mask and stepped into a beam of light, throwing the shadow of fluttering hands onto a large scrim. Nearby, two other performers were gearing … Read more