7 Deaths, 5 Hours: Drug Overdoses Surge in Western New York
Rising cocaine use and a drug supply tainted by fentanyl have become a deadly combination in Erie County, which includes Buffalo.
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Rising cocaine use and a drug supply tainted by fentanyl have become a deadly combination in Erie County, which includes Buffalo.
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The police say the man was driving while intoxicated and ran his S.U.V. into the salon, killing four people and injuring 10. His own injuries were not life-threatening.
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Dr. Alex Arroyo, a director of pediatric medicine in Brooklyn, gets to live out his “Star Wars” dreams, practice jujitsu and make a big mess while cooking for his family.
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In New York’s suburban and rural communities, where L.G.B.T.Q. people can feel more isolated, Pride events often hold special meaning.
By Liam Stack, Camille Baker, Nate Schweber and
A Storied Harlem Church Has a New Leader. Its Members Have Questions.
Behind the opaque process that just selected the next pastor at Abyssinian Baptist Church.
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Reopen N.Y.C. Libraries on Sundays? Yes. Free 3-K for All? Not Quite.
Mayor Eric Adams and the City Council reached a $112 billion budget deal that restored some unpopular cuts to key programs.
By Emma G. Fitzsimmons and
New Jersey Tells Trump’s Golf Clubs to Show They Deserve Liquor Licenses
The state said that former President Donald J. Trump’s felony convictions may mean he does not have the moral character to serve drinks.
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13-Year-Old Boy Shot and Killed by Police After Chase
Officers in Utica, N.Y., believed the boy had brandished a handgun. The police chief said on Saturday that it was a pellet gun.
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‘He Talked About Wanting to Be a Doctor and Ate His Chopped Cheese’
Stopping for food in the Bronx, a windy day on Third Avenue and more reader tales of New York City in this week’s Metropolitan Diary.
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Officials did not immediately say what caused the crash, in Deer Park. Nine people were also injured.
By Alyce McFadden
He carved out a niche by singing the music of living composers from his own country. He was praised by critics at home and abroad.
By Adam Nossiter
After seven weeks of trial, lawyers for Senator Robert Menendez are expected to begin calling witnesses on Monday to rebut the government’s case.
By Benjamin Weiser and Tracey Tully
Senator Robert Menendez’s lawyers are expected to call witnesses who will describe his childhood and the rocky start to his relationship with his wife.
By Tracey Tully and Benjamin Weiser
The center marks the history of the Stonewall Inn and the uprising there in 1969 that inspired a new era of gay activism.
By Sarah Bahr
One quarter of all cultural institutions are dipping into their reserves or endowments to cover operating expenses. Mergers may be on the horizon.
By Zachary Small
The number of people older than 65 who are living in shelters is growing quickly, in an unheralded sign of New York City’s affordable housing crisis.
By Andy Newman
While his peers were building Modernist towers, the architect Joseph Pell Lombardi devoted his life to restoring beautiful old buildings.
By William Falk
The authorities were searching for the detainee, a 35-year-old man with a history of mental illness, after he eluded two guards at Bellevue Hospital Center.
By Jan Ransom and William K. Rashbaum
The watch, which was stolen in 1987, was returned Thursday to Sagamore Hill National Historic Site on Long Island.
By Christopher Maag
The City Council successfully pushed to reverse budget cuts that Mayor Eric Adams had proposed to libraries, cultural institutions and composting.
By Emma G. Fitzsimmons and Jeffery C. Mays
A co-founder of the Center School in Manhattan, she implemented once-radical ideas that put the students first. She retired four decades later, at 91.
By Clay Risen
Officials of the two transit agencies met in an impromptu meeting on Thursday called by New Jersey’s governor, Philip D. Murphy.
By Patrick McGeehan
A scramble for the Infowars host’s meager assets pits Sandy Hook victims’ families against one another in court.
By Elizabeth Williamson
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The organization, which won this year’s best play revival Tony Award for “Appropriate,” has chosen Evan Cabnet as its next artistic director.
By Michael Paulson
“BOOP! The Betty Boop Musical” had a run in Chicago last year. It is slated to open at a Shubert theater in April.
By Michael Paulson
Police Commissioner Edward Caban has often relied on an obscure authority to intervene when officers are accused of serious wrongdoing, often handing out little to no punishment.
By Eric Umansky
This week’s properties are in NoMad, the East Village and Park Slope.
By Heather Senison
This week’s properties are waterfront homes in Massapequa, N.Y., and Margate, N.J.
By Jill P. Capuzzo and Claudia Gryvatz Copquin
Gov. Kathy Hochul’s decision to halt the toll program could result in billions of dollars of cuts to planned subway improvements and the loss of over 100,000 jobs, according to new estimates.
By James Barron
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