A Harlem man who was out on bail after previously being charged with trying to kill police officers during a shootout was charged on Tuesday with killing two men over Easter weekend, according to the New York Police Department. The man, Messiah Nantwi, 21, of Harlem, was arrested on Tuesday and charged with murder for […]
In the 1960s, Emile Griffith was a boxing star, known for his speed and punching power, with a regular presence at Madison Square Garden. But in neighborhoods near the Garden, he let his other side show, one of flashy outfits and unapologetic swagger, where he frequented his favorite gay bars and clubs. Mr. Griffith kept […]
A Ferrari Formula 1 driver in Monaco is drawing firm boundaries with overzealous fans who have shown up uninvited at his private residence, about a year after he was robbed while taking a selfie. The driver, Charles Leclerc, who was born and raised in Monaco, pleaded with fans on Sunday not to show up at […]
An Oklahoma state education board could vote as early as Tuesday on whether to approve the nation’s first religious charter school, potentially setting up a high-profile national legal battle over whether taxpayer money can be used to directly fund religious schools. The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Oklahoma City and the Diocese of Tulsa are seeking […]
LOS ANGELES — The Trump administration intentionally separated thousands of migrant children from their parents at the southern border in the spring of 2018, an aggressive attempt to discourage family crossings that caused lasting trauma and drew widespread condemnation. What is only now becoming clear, however, is that a significant number of U.S. citizen children […]
Good morning. It’s Tuesday. We’ll find out what 17 big, heavy trees are doing indoors in Brooklyn. We’ll also look at a City Council bill to ban the sale of guinea pigs in pet stores, which comes up for a vote today. What would Betty Smith, who wrote the novel “A Tree Grows in Brooklyn,” […]
MEXICO CITY — Prosecutors in Mexico formally presented homicide charges Monday against four soldiers implicated in the Feb. 26 shooting deaths of five men in the border city of Nuevo Laredo. The killings in the cartel-dominated city, across the border from Laredo, Texas, caused outrage because the occupants of the vehicle the army fired on […]
ACROSS THE COUNTRY A dialect from the state’s earliest Spanish-speaking settlers has endured for over 400 years in the state’s remote mountain villages. But its time may be running out. WHY WE’RE HERE We’re exploring how America defines itself one place at a time. In a small village in northern New Mexico, some residents still […]
Up Early Dear Diary: I get up early because I have a long commute to work from my Brooklyn neighborhood. On one pre-dawn October morning, I arrived at my car just as a sanitation truck pulled up alongside it. I opened the door, got in and slumped down in the seat, resigned to the fact […]
“I was born into the McCarthy era,” Donna Lieberman said. But she certainly didn’t stay there. As the executive director of the New York Civil Liberties Union, Ms. Lieberman is dedicated to protecting individual freedoms, especially free speech. “My job allows me to elevate the voice of justice over this cacophony of disinformation and fear […]