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A gorgeous new mapping project from the NY Times visualizes, block by block, "the struggle for light and air in America's largest city."

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A gorgeous new mapping project from the NY Times visualizes, block by block, "the struggle for light and air in America's largest city."

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The bullet came from the direction of a public-housing project across the street in Canarsie, police say.
For $8 each. At a Christopher Columbus-themed food cart.
Another city treasure, lost to money troubles.
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A "large selection" of the Post-Its will now be preserved by the New-York Historical Society on the Upper West Side, state officials say.
Gentrification in motion.
"Snow alert" and "hazardous travel advisory" issued by NYC officials. We could wake up to 1 to 2 inches Saturday morning, forecasters say.
Yasmin Seweid, 18, was arrested Wednesday and charged with filing a false police report.
Hundreds of the hotel rooms were in the $400 to $600 range, according to a watchdog report.
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Did you buy a Cuisinart food processor in the past 20 years? If so, your machine's blades could chip off into your food and cut your mouth.
UPDATES: Just some "standard military training" over America's largest city on a Tuesday afternoon, according to a guy named Col. Broccoli.
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When the Secret Service emptied his bag, they say they found a knife, handcuffs, a firecracker, a garrote, a water pistol and some rope.
The rapper had pledged allegiance to Trump in a recent onstage rant that landed him in a mental hospital.