Rare Rat-Related Disease Kills a Bronx Victim, the City Says Three people in the Grand Concourse area were infected with leptospirosis, making it the first reported cluster of the disease in New York, health officials said. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York…
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Mets’ David Wright Exercising Caution About Returning to Throwing Wright, a third baseman who had season-ending disk surgery in June and continues to deal with spinal stenosis, has been in training camp for weeks but has not thrown a baseball…
Album: What Cats Think of the Dog Show Cats at Westminster? While some fur may have been ruffled and human hackles raised, the felines don’t seem to care. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times
Pedro Hernandez Found Guilty of Kidnapping and Killing Etan Patz in 1979 The verdict is a long-awaited step in solving the mystery that bedeviled investigators and forever changed the way parents watched over their children. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times
Saved From Holocaust: ‘He Loved Me and He Wanted to Keep Me’ A Brooklyn couple in their 90s recounts how their love helped them survive the Holocaust. “He’s not very romantic,” she says, but he saved her life. {$excerpt:n} Source:…
Restaurant Review: Culinary Clashes End in Harmony at Chinese Tuxedo A stylish new restaurant melds Asian cuisines in a cavernous former Chinatown theater where a gang massacre once occurred. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times
New York Today: New York Today: They Met on the Subway, and Married Tuesday: Subway love stories, a special election, and the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times
Charles Oakley Has Issues With a New York Team Owner. He’s Not the First. The city has had its share of dust-ups between the men who own sports teams and those employed by the franchises. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times
Pace University Names Head of Oberlin Its Next President Marvin Krislov, often a lightning rod over identity and free speech issues, is a former Rhodes Scholar with three degrees from Yale. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times
Simone in Wonderland Simone Rocha’s new shop in SoHo is a hideaway for tulle- and organza-clad Alices. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times
N.Y.C. Nature: Amid Winter Gloom, Cardinals Sing of Spring The bird’s song this time of year is more than a simple call; it is a potent reminder that the end of winter is just a few weeks away. {$excerpt:n} Source:…
The Snapchat Cohort Gets Into Politics, and Civics Is Cool High school and even middle school students are showing a level of civic engagement not seen in years, their teachers and principals say. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times
Double Triumph for Patricia Hearst’s Bulldogs at Westminster French bulldogs owned by a well-known New Yorker helped her overcome years of close calls in the competition. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times
Front Burner: Dairy-Free Vegan Chocolates in Chelsea The restaurateur Pamela Elizabeth opens a new confectionery dedicated to dairy-free handmade chocolates. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times
Party Coverage: Scene City: ASAP Bari, Virgil Abloh and Jonathan Simkhai Party on Saturday Night of Fashion Week Celebrations were held for Jonathan Simkhai’s lastest collection, and a sneaker collaboration between Nike and VLONE. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times