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Subway Service Still Snarled as MTA Works to Remove Derailed Trains
NEW YORK — Subway service remained disrupted on three subway lines on the west side of Manhattan on Friday, transit officials said, a day after two trains collided and derailed, injuring 26 people.
Starbucks Faces New Pressure Over Union Campaign
More than two years into a campaign that has unionized more than 350 Starbucks stores, the company is facing mounting pressure from union officials and activists who say it has illegally retaliated against workers and resisted contract negotiations.
U.S. Awards Chip Supplier $162 Million to Bolster Critical Industries
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration on Thursday announced plans to provide $162 million in federal grants to Microchip Technology, an Arizona-based semiconductor company that supplies the automotive, defense and other industries.
Islamic State Takes Responsibility for Deadly Bombings in Iran
The Islamic State claimed responsibility Thursday for the bombing attack that killed 84 people in Kerman, Iran, a day before, during a memorial procession for Gen. Qassem Soleimani, according to a post on the extremist group’s official Telegram account.
For Harvard’s First Black President, Race Became the Unavoidable Issue
In her late September inauguration, Claudine Gay looked out at a packed audience and spoke of her pride in making history as the first Black president of Harvard University in its 387 years.
As Literacy Lags, Hochul Proposes Changing How Schools Teach Reading
WATERVLIET, N.Y. — Gov. Kathy Hochul proposed Wednesday a major shift in education policy that could transform the way many schools teach reading across New York, following the lead of other states that have jettisoned methods experts say have left millions of children behind.
Eddie Bernice Johnson, Trailblazer in Congress and Beyond, Dies at 88
Eddie Bernice Johnson, who blazed a trail as a Black woman in health care and government, first as a nurse in Dallas, then as the first Black state senator from the city since Reconstruction and then in 15 terms in the U.S. House of Representatives, died Sunday. She was 88.
Will America’s Good News on Inflation Last?
Prices climbed rapidly in 2021 and 2022, straining American household budgets and chipping away at President Joe Biden’s approval rating. But inflation cooled in late 2023, a spurt of progress that happened more quickly than economists had expected and that stoked hopes of a gentle economic landing.
LaPierre, Longtime NRA Leader, Faces Trial That Could End His Reign
NEW YORK — For decades, Wayne LaPierre, the National Rifle Association’s longtime leader, has been a survivor. He has endured waves of palace intrigue, corruption scandals and embarrassing revelations, including leaked video that captured his inability to shoot an elephant at point-blank range while on a safari.
How Rikers Island Became New York’s Largest Mental Institution
NEW YORK — One night in fall 2015, an 18-year-old woman was standing on a subway platform in the Bronx when a homeless man named James Dolo came up from behind and used his hands to push her onto the tracks, police said, injuring her.
Police Officers Are Charged With Crimes, but Are Juries Convicting?
A few days before Christmas, a jury in Washington state cleared three Tacoma police officers of criminal charges in the death of Manuel “Manny” Ellis, a 33-year-old Black man who died in police custody in 2020 after pleading that he could not breathe.
Chill in the Housing Market Seeps Into Other Industries
John Matheson, a home inspector in Alameda, California, kept busy during the pandemic when the housing market was red hot. But as interest rates started to rise about halfway through 2022, he noticed that his workload began to drop. Last year, the number of jobs plummeted.
What if Dance Could Save the World?
There’s been a lot of dance seemingly coming out of nowhere. A recent unexpected sighting — one of many this year — happened just this month on “Saturday Night Live,” when Chloe Fineman, dressed in a Santa coat, appeared on Weekend Update with an idea for a sexy present: reenacting the dance that Julia Stiles performed at the end of “Save the Last Dance.” So random!
Your Car Is Tracking You. Abusive Partners May Be, Too.
After almost 10 years of marriage, Christine Dowdall wanted out. Her husband was no longer the charming man she had fallen in love with. He had become narcissistic, abusive and unfaithful, she said. After one of their fights turned violent in September 2022, Dowdall, a real estate agent, fled their home in Covington, Louisiana, driving her Mercedes-Benz C300 sedan to her daughter’s house near Shreveport, five hours away. She filed a domestic abuse report with police two days later.
An Artist in Residence on AI’s Territory
SAN FRANCISCO — At a reception for OpenAI’s first developer conference in San Francisco last month, a crowd mingled, wine in hand, as withering criticism of art created with artificial intelligence flashed on a blue wall at the front of the room. “I’ve seen more engaging art from a malfunctioning printer,” one critic jabbed. “The fine art equivalent of elevator music,” huffed another. “Inoffensive, unmemorable and terminally dull.”
In a British Town, a New Way of Caring for Older People Is Bringing Hope
HULL, England — For 12 years after her husband died, Norma Fitzgerald tried to maintain her independence, living alone in an apartment on the outskirts of Hull, in northern England, despite her mobility worsening as she reached her mid-80s.
Inside the News Industry’s Uneasy Negotiations With OpenAI
For months, some of the biggest players in the U.S. media industry have been in confidential talks with OpenAI on a tricky issue: the price and terms of licensing their content to the artificial intelligence company.
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