Encounters: How a ‘Hamilton’ Super Fan Got Cast in the Broadway Show He grew up watching Michael Jackson videos in Athens, Tex. Now J. Quinton Johnson is rapping in Broadway’s hottest production, asked to audition before he’d seen it.
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New Jersey Government Shuts Down Over Budget Standoff The most immediate effect of the impasse will be on those headed for the holiday weekend to state-run parks and beaches, which will be closed.
Bronx Hospital Shooting: What We Know and What We Don’t Know A doctor opened fire on his former colleagues at Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center, killing one person and injuring six others before committing suicide.
As a Doctor Tried to Take Lives, Others Rushed to Save Them The immediate care given to many of those wounded at the Bronx hospital shooting could be the most critical factor in whether they survive.
Manhattan Prosecutor Joins Inquiry Into Russian Meddling in Election Andrew Goldstein joins the investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election, with Tatiana Martins taking his place in the Manhattan federal prosecutor’s office.
Gunman Kills Doctor and Himself in Bronx Hospital Shooting; 6 Others Hurt The gunman, who was wearing a white lab coat, opened fire with an assault rifle inside Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center, officials said.
De Blasio, in Reversal, Says New York Will Pay Million for His Lawyers Mayor de Blasio, who was not charged, said he would raise $300,000 for legal fees related to “nongovernmental work” examined by federal and state prosecutors.
Colleagues in Blue Hold Their Collective Breath for Injured Officer Officer Dalsh Veve, 35, remains in a coma a month after being slung off a speeding car in Brooklyn and sustaining catastrophic head trauma.
Sketching Performer Auditions for the M.T.A. Auditions for the Music Under New York program take place at Grand Central Terminal, and Joan Chiverton is there to illustrate them.
Claims Over Shellfish Fuel a Battle in the Bay A dispute pits baymen on Long Island Sound who hand-rake for clams against a shellfish company that uses dredge boats to mechanically harvest clams and oysters.
De Blasio and Cuomo Establish Peace, for Now This time, Mayor Bill de Blasio dispensed with publicly feuding with Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo over a major issue — control of the city schools — and got what he wanted. But…
For Manhattan Fare Beaters, One-Way Ticket to Court May Be Over The Manhattan district attorney says his office will no longer prosecute turnstile jumpers criminally, opting instead for community service programs.
On Location: The Hurricane-Proof Beach House The Sea Bright, N.J., home was designed to be indestructible.
Sunday Routine: How Diksha Basu, a Novelist, Spends Her Sundays Ms. Basu juggles new motherhood, lunch with friends, visits with her parents and spurts of fiction writing.
New York Today: New York Today: Ways to Improve the Subway Friday: A transit competition, a pop-up pool, and flags with heart.