Pope Francis has expelled Theodore E. McCarrick, a former cardinal and archbishop of Washington, from the priesthood, after an expedited canonical process that found him guilty of sexually abusing minors and adult seminarians over decades, the Vatican said on Saturday. It appears to be the first time that a cardinal or bishop in the United […]
Shortly after news broke on Thursday that Amazon was abandoning its plans for a campus in Long Island City, Queens, local elected officials and activist groups who had opposed the deal held a celebratory rally near the site where the company had planned to build its new offices. But along with those cheering the deal’s […]
[Want to get New York Today by email? Here's the sign-up.] It’s Friday. We’re off Monday for Presidents’ Day. Weather: A hint of spring, with highs in the mid-50s, but overcast today with a chance of rain. Sunny but cooler over the weekend. Alternate-side parking: In effect until Monday (Presidents’ Day). One of the biggest […]
In a cold, old barn at the O’Keefe Ranch in Armstrong, Patrick McIvor is hard at work. “Warming up a piece of material that I’m turning into tongs,” said McIvor. An anvil rings out as McIvor hammers out a tool of the trade. But in a larger, more philosophical sense, McIvor is working on keeping his […]
A grassroots mobile phone network built in rural Mexico has become a lifeline between indigenous communities and the rest of the world. A grassroots mobile phone network built in rural Mexico has become a lifeline between indigenous communities and the rest of the world. But Mexican authorities say the ultra-low-cost service could be in violation […]
[What you need to know to start the day: Get New York Today in your inbox.] In the hours after the deal to bring Amazon to New York had unraveled, the urgent message went out to Democratic state legislators: We need to talk. Barely a month before, the Democrats had assumed control of the State […]
A lock-down at Heritage Regional High School in Saint-Hubert, in Montreal’s south shore, has ended. Longueuil police were onsite investigating online threats directed at the school. They say the 1,600 students and 200 staff are safe. Officers ask that parents not show up to the school. Parents who are concerned about their children can call the […]
Doctors in the US are trying to manage the worst flu outbreak in a decade. Over the winter season, 53 children have died and flu-related hospital admissions are at an all-time high. In Atlanta, Georgia, Grady Memorial Hospital opened a temporary mobile emergency room enclosed in plastic tents to handle a 25 percent increase in […]
ALBUQUERQUE — Almost immediately after President Trump declared a national emergency on Friday so he could proceed with his ambition to build a wall along the border with Mexico, some of his opponents announced their next move: We’ll see you in court. Citing a dearth of evidence for a border crisis and fears over what […]
The last few months have been a whirlwind for Guelph’s Donna Strickland after receiving the Nobel Prize in physics, but she made time on Friday to visit her former high school, Guelph Collegiate Vocational Institute. Students packed into the auditorium to hear about the physicist’s work with pulsed lasers, her time at GCVI and her […]