The Secret, Decaying Beauty of an Abandoned Railway in Queens
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The Secret, Decaying Beauty of an Abandoned Railway in Queens

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines This railroad track hasn’t carried a train across central Queens in 63 years, and it is more strange and more beautiful for it. The Long Island Rail Road’s Rockaway Beach Branch once offered a 30-minute trip from Manhattan to New York City’s ocean…

A Stunning New Pool in Central Park Helps Heal Old Wounds
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A Stunning New Pool in Central Park Helps Heal Old Wounds

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines For more than a century and a half, Central Park has been a leafy barometer of New York’s shifting fortunes. Projecting the city’s vast ambitions and ideals in the 19th century, it morphed into a Hooverville during the Depression, becoming a beehive of…

After Police Chase and Fiery Crash, an Agonizing Wait to Learn the Worst
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After Police Chase and Fiery Crash, an Agonizing Wait to Learn the Worst

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Carmen Colon felt a sense of dread when her stepson did not respond to her texts. Several days earlier, on April 2, a man in a stolen 2025 Honda CRV had been killed when the car smashed into a building and caught fire…

At James Earl Jones Memorial, Denzel Washington and Whoopi Goldberg Share Stories
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At James Earl Jones Memorial, Denzel Washington and Whoopi Goldberg Share Stories

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Denzel Washington called him his “northern star.” Whoopi Goldberg said “getting to see him onstage was heaven.” Some of the most notable names in show business gathered in Times Square on Monday afternoon for a starry, and sometimes emotional, send-off for James Earl…

Woman and 2 of Her Children Are Killed in Brooklyn Car Accident
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Woman and 2 of Her Children Are Killed in Brooklyn Car Accident

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines “I heard the boom,” said Mr. Franco, 69. “It was really a big smash.” On the street, Mr. Franco arrived at a gruesome scene. A woman’s lifeless legs protruded from underneath the Audi, which was upside down. Just feet away, two girls and…

How Mahmoud Khalil, a Columbia Student Activist, Landed in Federal Detention
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How Mahmoud Khalil, a Columbia Student Activist, Landed in Federal Detention

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Crowds of masked student protesters raging against the war in Gaza filled the Columbia University lawns last spring, while counterprotesters and journalists surrounded the tent city that had been erected there. One man stood out. He was Mahmoud Khalil, a graduate student in…

Graydon Carter Looks Back on a Glossy Career of Parties and Feuds
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Graydon Carter Looks Back on a Glossy Career of Parties and Feuds

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Ms. Brown added that she accepted the job only after her mother agreed to move to New York to help with the children. “Never at any time throughout all this did Graydon’s name come up to me as a possible alternate candidate,” she…

Trump Administration Opens Investigation Into Shelters in New York
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Trump Administration Opens Investigation Into Shelters in New York

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The Department of Justice has opened a criminal investigation into the funding and management of New York City hotels operating as shelters for migrants, according to a copy of a federal subpoena sent to a Manhattan hotel. Federal prosecutors sent a subpoena to…

New Yorkers Protest as White House Defends Arrest of Mahmoud Khalil at Columbia
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New Yorkers Protest as White House Defends Arrest of Mahmoud Khalil at Columbia

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines As hundreds of demonstrators made their way through Lower Manhattan on Tuesday to protest the detention of a prominent pro-Palestinian activist at Columbia University, the White House defended the arrest and rebuked the school for what it called lack of cooperation. The activist,…