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N.Y. / Region
Fines for Agents Who Show Illegal Dwellings
The city’s Buildings Department has long made landlords the focus of its attack on illegal rental apartments, but has now decided to go after those listing and showing the homes.
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World
Greek Parliament Passes Plan for Layoffs
The contentious plan would dismiss 15,000 civil servants by the end of next year as part of a new package of economic measures.
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Health
Drug Agency Lowers Age for Next-Day Birth Control
The F.D.A. on Tuesday made the most widely known morning-after pill available without a prescription to girls and women ages 15 and older.
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Business Day
Obama Ally Likely Pick for F.C.C.
President Obama is expected to nominate Tom Wheeler, who has been a lobbyist and venture capitalist in the telecommunications industry, to head the Federal Communications Commission.
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N.Y. / Region
In Misdemeanor Cases, Long Waits for Elusive Trials
Those accused of minor offenses in the Bronx have all but lost their fundamental right to a trial, subjected to such hardship in pursuit of a hearing that it is often easiest to agree to a plea bargain.
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World
A City That Turns Garbage Into Energy Copes With a Shortage
Oslo, where roughly half the city and most of its schools are heated by burning garbage, is forced to import garbage to supply its waste-to-energy incinerating plants.
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N.Y. / Region
He Left a Fortune, to No One
Roman Blum, a Holocaust survivor who died at 97 without any known heirs and without a will, left an estate worth nearly $40 million.
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Just drain the pond.
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Business Day
One Entrepreneur's Favorite Start-Up Tools
Are there tools that have been invaluable to your business? Please share.
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World
Myanmar: Deadly Anti-Muslim Violence Flares Up
Buddhist mobs overran a pair of mosques and set hundreds of homes ablaze in central Myanmar on Tuesday, wounding at least 10 people.
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N.Y. / Region
Critics of Police Would Make New Yorkers Less Safe, Bloomberg Says
Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg defended the Police Department and condemned two City Council bills related to law enforcement.
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N.Y. / Region
Union Chief Recommends Delay in Use of Test Scores
Randi Weingarten, the president of the American Federation of Teachers, said educators needed a year to master a new curriculum before schools should be held accountable for results.
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Job Market
More Than Problem-Solving
Figuring out solutions to problems is one thing, but seeing those solutions through is another, says the chief executive of the Advisory Board Company.
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N.Y. / Region
During Jury Selection, Trying to Erase Politics From a Politicized Fraud Trial
After a lawyer for a former aide of John C. Liu raised concerns, a judge sought to weed out potential bias against politicians among prospective jurors.
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Science
Alexander Graham Bell’s Voice, Animals in Space and More
Recent developments in health and science news. This week: orbiting smartphones, Somali pirates and marathoners using painkillers.
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Business Day
Credit Eased for Stay-at-Home Spouses and Partners
Millions of married people and same-sex partners who do not work outside the home will have easier access to credit.
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World
Élysée Palace to Put Wine Up for Bid
François Hollande, a Socialist who has made a point of trying to be a “normal president,” will auction off 1,200 bottles, buy more modest vintages and return the savings.
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Health
A Rising Tide of Substance Abuse
Substance abuse and mental illness are on the rise among the elderly.
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Magazine
Making Sense of an Infant’s Sudden Weakness
A 3-month-old loses her appetite, then her strength.
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N.Y. / Region
Built as an Operating Theater, Soon to Be a Private School
The William J. Syms Operating Theater of Roosevelt Hospital, which hasn’t seen a surgery since 1941, is to reopen this fall as the new home of the Speyer Legacy School.
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Business Day
One Entrepreneur's Favorite Start-Up Tools
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N.Y. / Region
Critics of Police Would Make New Yorkers Less Safe, Bloomberg Says
Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg defended the Police Department and condemned two City Council bills related to law enforcement.
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N.Y. / Region
Union Chief Recommends Delay in Use of Test Scores
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N.Y. / Region
Advocates Say Managed-Care Plans Shun the Most Disabled Medicaid Users
At a meeting with the advocates for disabled people, New York State’s Medicaid director vowed to hold plans accountable when it came to enrolling the most seriously impaired seniors, participants said.
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Business Day
Credit Eased for Stay-at-Home Spouses and Partners
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Opinion
The Lions' Share
Beleaguered Indian tribes are being displaced to make way for endangered lions.
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World
Greek Parliament Passes Plan for Layoffs
The contentious plan would dismiss 15,000 civil servants by the end of next year as part of a new package of economic measures.
Greeks Stage General Strike Against Austerity
14 hours ago ... In Istanbul, riot police officers sprayed throngs of people with water and tear gas as they gathered for a rally, defying an official ban.May 1, 2013 - - World / Europe - Article - Print Headline: "Greeks Strike Against Austerity as World Observes Labor Day"
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Business Day
One Entrepreneur's Favorite Start-Up Tools
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N.Y. / Region
Union Chief Recommends Delay in Use of Test Scores
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Business Day
Credit Eased for Stay-at-Home Spouses and Partners
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Opinion
The Lions' Share
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