In Line for Paperwork, Immigrants Are ‘Scared They’ll Take Away Our Children’ Immigrants have rushed to the city’s Bureau of Vital Statistics to collect their children’s birth certificates. The Times spent a week in line listening their stories. {$excerpt:n} Source:…
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A Rush for Birth Certificates, as Immigrants Try to Hold Families Together Undocumented parents were lining up to get copies of records for their American-born children, fearing they may be separated by deportation. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times
Bill Webb, Tailor of TV Baseball Excitement, Dies at 70 Webb, who directed programming from a mobile production truck for Fox Sports and the Mets, relied on close-ups and pacing to enrapture his viewers. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times
Lynne Stewart, Lawyer Imprisoned in Terrorism Case, Dies at 77 Ms. Stewart, who was convicted of aiding terrorism in her representation of Omar Abdel Rahman, was also known for defending a member of the Weather Underground and other violent activists.…
Con Man’s Lawyer Says He’s Not Guilty (at Least in New York) Nothing is run-of-the-mill about Jeremy Wilson’s life, and that was reflected in the closing arguments during his trial in Manhattan. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times
Square Feet: A Sign of the Times: More For-Rent Notices in Manhattan Vacant storefronts abound as shoppers buying clothes, books and groceries online are bringing hard times to retailers. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times
Life on Colonnade Row: The Hidden History Behind the Columns For a particular New Yorker, the sort who rues having missed out on the city’s cobblestone past, the series of buildings dating to 1833 is a distinct marvel. {$excerpt:n} Source:…
Life as a Runway: What 8 Fashion Publicists Wore to the Office With fashion month coming to a close, James LaForce, who runs the fashion-heavy public relations firm LaForce, offered a peek inside his offices. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times
Educators Prepare for Immigration Agents at the Schoolhouse Though no raids have been carried out at schools so far, officials across the country are offering guidance on how to prepare should that change. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times
New York Today: New York Today: The New Travel Ban Tuesday: The new executive order, the downside of ride-hailing apps, and live-streams of New York. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times
Since Trump, Quiet Upstate Road Becomes a Busy Exit From U.S. Residents of Champlain, N.Y., watch as migrants, both adults and children, use a country road to reach Canada, where they can seek asylum. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times
Though Divided, Jury Delivers Guilty Verdict in Murder of Police Officer Tyrone Howard was convicted of aggravated first-degree homicide in the 2015 shooting of Officer Randolph Holder in Manhattan. The verdict carries a mandatory sentence of life without parole. {$excerpt:n}…
Metropolitan Diary: Looking for Connie Anderson A confusing question asked by a man pounding on the door. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times
Thomas Platt, 91, Dies: Fined Air Traffic Controllers 0,000 an Hour Judge Platt also presided over suits against Libya and Pan American World Airways in the terrorist bombing of a jet over Lockerbie, Scotland, in 1988. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York…
David Samson, a Christie Ally, Is Sentenced to Home Confinement Mr. Samson admitted in July that he had used his power as Port Authority chairman to coerce United Airlines into running weekly flights to South Carolina for his own convenience.…