Ken Thompson’s Successor: A ‘Pure District Attorney’ Working Under the Radar
Eric Gonzalez says he wants to continue the work, especially in healing community relations, that Mr. Thompson championed before dying in October.
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CreditBryan Anselm for The New York Times In ‘Havana on the Hudson,’ Few Are Left to Celebrate Fidel Castro’s Death
Bitter feelings about the dictator persist in Union City, N.J., where the once large population of Cuban immigrants has dwindled.
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CreditChristian Hansen for The New York Times Dreaded by Drivers, Brooklyn-Queens Expressway Is Set for Repairs
A 1.5-mile section of the aging, congested highway that has a high crash rate will get a $1.7 billion makeover.
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CreditMark Lennihan/Associated Press Magnus Carlsen and Sergey Karjakin Head to Tiebreaker in World Chess Championship
The two chess grandmasters finished the final regulation game in a draw, setting up a sudden-death game on Wednesday in the tournament being held in Manhattan.
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CreditKarsten Moran for The New York Times Final Departure for 111-Year-Old Hudson Ferryboat
The Binghamton, after more than 60 years as a ferry and decades as a floating restaurant in New Jersey, will be demolished despite its historic status.
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CreditNew York State Police ‘I Remember Her’: Questions Persist After Break in ’70 Killing of Harlem Woman
The police recently found a match for the fingerprints of a woman whose body was found in upstate New York. Then state troopers visited a man, now 65, who said he saw her leave with two “goons” one summer day.
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CreditKatherine Taylor for The New York Times Single Mother Seeks to Give Daughter the Peace That Eluded Her
As a child, India Wayman was abused and bullied, and carried that trauma into adulthood. Now she hopes to set her child on the right path.
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CreditDavid Gonzalez/The New York Times Invoking Radicals of America’s Recent Past in a Politically Fraught Present
The outcome of this year’s election gives “Party People,” a play now at the Public Theater that draws on the ideas and activism of groups like the Black Panthers and Young Lords, a special urgency.
