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Real Estate
When a Neighbor Brings Home a Pit Bull
In a dog-friendly co-op, can the board evict a breed with a bad reputation?No.
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N.Y. / Region
Businesses Near Trump Tower Say Security Is Stealing Their Christmas
Not to sound like Grinches, but Donald J. Trump’s neighbors said tight security has discouraged patrons in what is typically the busiest time of the year.Trump owes his neighbors.
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U.S.
At Least 27 Shot, 7 Fatally, in Chicago Over Christmas Weekend
The violence was the latest bloody chapter in a city where homicides and shootings have skyrocketed since last year, when the numbers were already highShootings in Chicago are not news again..
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Opinion
Afraid to Call the Police
A criminal defense lawyer in the Bronx explains why neighbors are reluctant to speak about crime.People in the projects are properly afraid of the police.
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N.Y. / Region
New York Lawmakers Won’t Hold Special Session on Raises and Ride-Hailing Apps
Legislative leaders had considered convening before year’s end to act on a potential salary increase for their members as well as allowing companies like Uber to expand upstate.Albany politics are tangled as usual.
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N.Y. / Region
Officer Is Cleared in Fatal Shooting of Unarmed Man in Yonkers
A state report found that a New York City officer’s use of force was justified and that forensic evidence backed up his account of the December 2015 episode.The investigators are required to take the word of the officer if there is no conflicting evidence.
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The Upshot
How Social Isolation Is Killing Us
Research confirms our deepest intuition: Human connection lies at the heart of human well-being.Social isolation is killing people.
The mechanism is not clear to me.
Depression and lack of purpose are part of it.
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Times Insider
Things We Learned in 2016
Did you know that there’s a beer pipeline in Belgium? That plants can learn? Or that you should freeze your coffee beans?A large part of this list went across my desktop.
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Movies
Peter Berg Narrates a Scene From ‘Patriots Day’
The director discusses a sequence from his film featuring Mark Wahlberg.Just not on this machine.
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Well
Out of Sorts Around the Holidays? It Could Be Family Jet Lag
Many people describe their family jet lag and holiday stress as an overwhelming, pit-of-the-stomach sense of dread and avoidance.The prechristmas blues usually ease with the holiday.
I find it so.
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