| None of Mamdani’s Deputy Mayors Are Black. It Has Become a Problem.
- Some Black and Latino leaders worry they are being denied access to power under Mayor Zohran Mamdani and that they may lose the ground they had gained under former Mayor Eric Adams.
Thu, 15 Jan 2026 23:41:50 +0000
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| Humanities Endowment Awarding Millions to Western Civilization Programs
- The National Endowment for the Humanities is giving more than $40 million to programs that have been embraced by conservatives as a counterweight to liberal-dominated academia.
Thu, 15 Jan 2026 23:35:22 +0000
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| How Activists in Iran Are Using Starlink to Stay Online
- Activists spent years preparing for a communications blackout in Iran, smuggling in Starlink satellite internet systems and making digital shutdowns harder for the authorities to enforce.
Thu, 15 Jan 2026 23:24:24 +0000
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| Number of Businesses in New York City Plunged Last Spring, Report Says
- Roughly 8,400 businesses closed in the second quarter of 2025, according to the most recent city data, creating the largest net decline in business activity since before the pandemic.
Thu, 15 Jan 2026 23:22:23 +0000
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| The Priest, the Financier and the $10 Millon Townhouse
- When a pastor learned his childhood home might undergo a glow-up, he saw his beloved Brooklyn further receding — and took to a different kind of pulpit.
Thu, 15 Jan 2026 23:01:51 +0000
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| Trump Threatened to Send the Military to Minneapolis
- Also, Israel and Arab countries asked the U.S. not to attack Iran. Here’s the latest at the end of Thursday.
Thu, 15 Jan 2026 23:01:06 +0000
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| Machado Says She Presented Trump With Nobel Peace Prize Medal
- The Venezuelan opposition leader’s attempts to share her award with the U.S. president have shaken some Norwegians’ faith in their signature soft-power tool.
Thu, 15 Jan 2026 22:56:13 +0000
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| Kathleen Kennedy, Lucasfilm President and ‘Star Wars’ Boss, Steps Down
- Kathleen Kennedy stepped down as Lucasfilm’s president and returned to producing. Two studio veterans took over.
Thu, 15 Jan 2026 22:49:29 +0000
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| University of Arkansas Withdraws Job Offer for Emily Suski Over Transgender Stance
- The University of Arkansas withdrew a job offer to a legal scholar after state officials learned that she had signed a legal brief concerning transgender athletes, lawmakers said.
Thu, 15 Jan 2026 22:37:50 +0000
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| U.S. Forces Seize Sixth Oil Tanker Linked to Venezuela
- The Coast Guard boarded and seized the Russian-flagged tanker, originally named Veronica, in a pre-dawn operation in the Caribbean Sea.
Thu, 15 Jan 2026 22:26:27 +0000
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| Trump Outlines Health Care Proposals as Prices and Premiums Rise
- The long-awaited plan would leave much to Congress and calls for payments to health savings accounts rather than insurance subsidies, among other broad proposals.
Thu, 15 Jan 2026 22:16:57 +0000
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| Nick Reiner Was in a Mental Health Conservatorship in 2020
- Mr. Reiner, who is accused of killing his parents, was under a yearlong legal arrangement that allows for involuntary psychiatric treatment.
Thu, 15 Jan 2026 21:59:28 +0000
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| Alexander Brothers Accuser Was Found Dead Last Year, Authorities Say
- The death of Kate Whiteman, whose accusation of sexual assault against Oren and Alon Alexander opened a floodgate of similar allegations, is under investigation.
Thu, 15 Jan 2026 21:50:28 +0000
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| Nydia Velázquez Gives Mamdani a Warning as She Endorses a Successor
- The veteran congresswoman said she would like Antonio Reynoso, the Brooklyn borough president, to replace her after she retires. She also said the mayor should stay out of political races.
Thu, 15 Jan 2026 21:27:55 +0000
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| Hesitant to Visit the U.S. for the World Cup? We Want to Hear From You.
- International soccer fans face hurdles like travel bans, long visa delays and high ticket prices for U.S. matches. Will they be enough to keep you away?
Thu, 15 Jan 2026 20:58:06 +0000
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| Big Plan for Fannie and Freddie I.P.O. in Flux as Trump Pushes Affordability
- Six months after President Trump told Wall Street banks to prepare a swift stock offering, there is no firm plan for how to take the giant mortgage firms public.
Thu, 15 Jan 2026 20:13:10 +0000
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| Did a Supreme Court Loss Embolden Trump on the Insurrection Act?
- In refusing to let the president deploy National Guard troops in Illinois under an obscure law, the justices may have made him more apt to invoke greater powers.
Thu, 15 Jan 2026 20:01:15 +0000
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| Jim Hartung, Gymnast Who Helped Deliver U.S. Gold, Dies at 65
- In an upset victory over China at the 1984 Olympics, he and five others became the only American men ever to win the gold medal in the gymnastics team competition.
Thu, 15 Jan 2026 19:49:36 +0000
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| Mamdani’s Consumer Protection Commissioner Vows More Aggressive Action
- “I want to be very public that there’s a new cop on the beat,” said Samuel Levine, the new commissioner of New York City’s Department of Consumer and Worker Protection.
Thu, 15 Jan 2026 19:26:44 +0000
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| Democrats Will Lose in 2028 Unless They Change Course Now
- Despite the successes of 2025, the party still needs a radical shake-up.
Thu, 15 Jan 2026 19:01:03 +0000
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