Monday, April 3, 2017

@13:30, 4/3/17

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1
N.Y. / Region

New Jersey Transit Train Derails at Penn Station

At least one person was injured, the authorities said. It was the second minor derailment in two weeks at the station.

Chris Christie has no love for commuters.

2
Opinion

Closing Rikers Without a Road Map

Mayor de Blasio wants to close the disgraceful city jail, but he won’t say where the inmates should go.

Leave the lockups on Rikers Island
Change the guards.

3

World

Philippines Leader Vows to Pardon Police Accused in Mayor’s Death

President Rodrigo Duterte suggested that 19 officers should plead guilty to avoid a long trial, saying, “I’ll tell the judge to pardon them all.”

President Rodrigo Duterte is an autocrat.

4
The Upshot

Birth Control Causes Depression? Not So Fast

Putting a study in context: Even if there were a connection with hormone-based contraception, the benefits might outweigh any risks.

Laws are not from gods.

5
U.S.

What to Watch: Senate Judiciary Committee Votes on Neil Gorsuch

Judge Neil M. Gorsuch’s Supreme Court confirmation process begins this week, and things could get bumpy on Capitol Hill. Here’s what to expect.

The Judiciary Committee has a Republican majority.

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N.Y. / Region

In Albany, Glimpses of Budget as Federal Cuts and Deadlines Loom

Possible agreements — including an Uber expansion in upstate New York and a new court system for juvenile offenders — were paired with reminders that nothing was finalized.

The state budget is almost always late.

7
Food

Inviting the Easter Bunny to the Seder

Easter and Passover: two vastly different — or are they? — spring holidays, and meals.

Celebrations of spring.

8
Well

Good News for the Older Mothers

Research finds that children born to women in their late 30s did significantly better on cognitive testing than those of younger mothers.

Yes.

9
Opinion

Michigan Is Forced to Do Right by Flint, Finally

After years of delays and only after a lawsuit, the state is resolving a crisis it created and which officials had chosen to ignore.

Tell it to the voters.

10
U.S.

A Small Idaho Town Bucks the Perception of Rural Struggle

New manufacturing jobs and population growth have lifted Twin Falls, where the image of rural America painted in the presidential campaign is far from reality.

There is only one economy.

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