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Travel
Travel and Allergies: What to Do When Animals Are on Board
With a growing number of pets on planes and trains and in hotels, reseating and hypoallergenic rooms are options for travelers with allergies.These days I am petless but pet friendly.
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U.S.
Uncle Who Provided Gun Gets 100 Years in Chicago Shootings
The authorities said Donnell Flora gave his niece, 14, the weapon she used to kill another 14-year-old and wound a 16-year-old.The logic of the girl's action escapes me.
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Opinion
Elegant Bird Discovers Junk Food
Instead of making the arduous journey south for the winter, white storks prefer to stay at a garbage dump in Portugal.Birds are not fussy eaters.
Grandmother?
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N.Y. / Region
New York City Teachers Told to Keep Opt-Out Opinions to Themselves
While the state has made several concessions to parents opposed to testing, New York City teachers have been warned against publicly criticizing the exams.There are tests in school.
It is not clear to me who is learning what from this program of testing.
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N.Y. / Region
Lead Problems Elsewhere Prompt New York Schools to Show Drinking Water Is Safe
The Education Department was sending letters home with students that include an address for a website where parents can track the results of lead testing in schools.Yes.
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Science
Researchers Find Fish That Walks the Way Land Vertebrates Do
In a cave in Thailand, scientists discovered a parallel to one of evolution’s signature events: the transition from sea to land.Nature does everything it can all the time.
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Health
F.D.A. Toughens Warning Labels for Some Opioid Painkillers
The agency said changes would apply to immediate-release opioids and include new boxed warnings, the strongest to date, about the risks of abuse and death.The opioids are dangerous drugs. They must be used with care.
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The Upshot
In Defense of Moderate Drinking (Again)
A new study is leading some to say “alcohol may not be good for you after all,” but it excludes a lot of research.no change.
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Fashion & Style
The First Lady Wears Naeem Khan at the Cuba State Dinner
Going against speculation, Michelle Obama chose a dress by an Indian-American designer whose pieces she has worn often.She wears the clothes well.
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N.Y. / Region
New York Police Increase Patrols Around 20 Clubs to Combat Knife Violence
Police officials said they were targeting areas linked to nearly a quarter of knife crimes this year.The level of violence is going down.
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Travel
American Hotel Brands Move Into Cuba
Starwood will manage two Havana hotels and booking.com will offer its services in Cuba as American tourism is expected to surge.The Hotel chains are probably early.
It will not matter.
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World
China Aims to Tighten Its Borders Against Foreign Place Names
A Chinese official said that names that “damage sovereignty and national dignity” would be targeted, a state news agency reported.Fashion is powerful.
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Fashion & Style
The Filler Effect
You may need Juvéderm, Radiesse or Restylane in your face, but not where you think. Dermatologists explain.Time does not stop.
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Business Day
Rule to Require Employers to Disclose Use of Anti-Union Consultants
The Labor Department says workers are often in the dark about who is trying to sway them when they exercise their labor rights.Better symmetry will help.
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U.S.
Flint Water Crisis Inquiry Finds State Ignored Warning Signs
An independent task force charged with investigating the city’s tainted water also laid part of the blame on environmental racism.There are reasons cheap spaces are cheap.
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Opinion
U.S. Should Follow Canada’s Lead on Heroin Treatment
To combat a crisis, Vancouver opened a supervised-injection center.Yes.
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Opinion
Giving Watchdogs Access to Government Records
An assistant attorney general and another reader discuss access to government records for investigations of possible wrongdoing.There are some who will not take yes for an answer.
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N.Y. / Region
Prosecutor Won’t Seek Prison for Peter Liang, Ex-Officer Convicted in Killing
District Attorney Ken Thompson said Mr. Liang, who was found guilty in a fatal shooting at a Brooklyn housing project, should receive probation.The shooting was an accidental death.
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N.Y. / Region
Queens Man Convicted of Murder for Dragging Victim Under Car
After a fistfight outside a baby shower in 2014, Kevin Weekes returned to his car and drove into the crowd, killing one person and injuring another, the authorities said.There was intention.
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Business Day
New Rules Aim to Reduce Silica Exposure at Work Sites
The Labor Department rules address the long-known danger of silica, whose particles can cause silicosis, a disabling and sometimes fatal lung disease.The new lower limits on silica dusts may not be low enough.
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