Neil Vigdor
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Some state-issued identification cards issued to legal immigrants could be valid longer than the people holding them are allowed to remain in the United States, state officials said. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/02/u...
Software Error Will Force 325,000 Californians to Replace Real IDs
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January 2, 2026 at 11:42 PM
Some state-issued identification cards issued to legal immigrants could be valid longer than the people holding them are allowed to remain in the United States, state officials said. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/02/u...
A veteran jazz ensemble and a New York dance company have canceled events at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, intensifying the fallout at one of the nation’s pre-eminent arts centers after it was renamed to include President Trump. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/29/a...
New Year’s Eve Concerts at Kennedy Center Are Canceled
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December 30, 2025 at 1:16 AM
A veteran jazz ensemble and a New York dance company have canceled events at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, intensifying the fallout at one of the nation’s pre-eminent arts centers after it was renamed to include President Trump. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/29/a...
Officials in Vermont and Buffalo, N.Y., warned residents to stay off the roads as a winter weather system brought thick sheets of ice and snow. Tens of thousands of power customers faced outages. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/29/u...
Ice Storm Makes Travel Dangerous in Parts of New York and New England
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December 30, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Officials in Vermont and Buffalo, N.Y., warned residents to stay off the roads as a winter weather system brought thick sheets of ice and snow. Tens of thousands of power customers faced outages. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/29/u...
The trees have become a sought-after backdrop for social media posts, holiday cards and even marriage proposals. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/t...
Christmas Trappings: New England Swoons Over Lobster Pot Trees
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December 22, 2025 at 1:06 PM
The trees have become a sought-after backdrop for social media posts, holiday cards and even marriage proposals. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/t...
Austin Dirks used a Garmin satellite device to reach emergency responders, who rescued him in a remote canyon in Arches National Park. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/11/u...
Stuck in Quicksand, a Hiker in Utah Has His SOS Answered
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December 12, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Austin Dirks used a Garmin satellite device to reach emergency responders, who rescued him in a remote canyon in Arches National Park. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/11/u...
The birds lingered for days at a Catholic school near Cincinnati as agencies haggled over who was responsible for removing them. Officials said the public health risk was low. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/u...
Bird Flu Is Suspected After Vulture Carcasses Sat Rotting Outside Ohio School
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December 10, 2025 at 12:05 AM
The birds lingered for days at a Catholic school near Cincinnati as agencies haggled over who was responsible for removing them. Officials said the public health risk was low. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/u...
The pilot was in stable condition after losing control of the fighter jet near Trona, Calif., about 180 miles northeast of Los Angeles. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/u...
Air Force Pilot Ejects as Thunderbirds F-16 Crashes in California
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December 3, 2025 at 11:30 PM
The pilot was in stable condition after losing control of the fighter jet near Trona, Calif., about 180 miles northeast of Los Angeles. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/u...
“I’ve always tried to put a big moment in a song, but nothing, of course, worked as good as that one,” David Foster, who produced and arranged the song for Ms. Houston, said in an interview. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/s...
Why That Whitney Houston Drumbeat Is So Addictive, Yet Hard to Match
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November 23, 2025 at 2:07 PM
“I’ve always tried to put a big moment in a song, but nothing, of course, worked as good as that one,” David Foster, who produced and arranged the song for Ms. Houston, said in an interview. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/s...
Natalie Greene, 26, who worked for Representative Jeff Van Drew, a Republican, falsely claimed she was attacked at a nature reserve, the authorities said. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/n...
New Jersey Congressman’s Aide Faked Anti-Trump Slashing Attack, U.S. Says
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November 22, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Natalie Greene, 26, who worked for Representative Jeff Van Drew, a Republican, falsely claimed she was attacked at a nature reserve, the authorities said. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/n...
James Donald Vance Jr., of Grand Rapids, Mich., had also threatened President Trump, according to a criminal complaint. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/u...
J.D. Vance, Not That One, Gets 2 Years in Prison for Threatening the Vice President
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November 19, 2025 at 12:44 AM
James Donald Vance Jr., of Grand Rapids, Mich., had also threatened President Trump, according to a criminal complaint. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/u...
John Beam died after being shot at Laney College in Oakland, Calif., where he was athletic director. A man was charged in connection with the shooting. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
Football Coach From Netflix’s ‘Last Chance U’ Dies After Being Shot
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November 15, 2025 at 1:18 AM
John Beam died after being shot at Laney College in Oakland, Calif., where he was athletic director. A man was charged in connection with the shooting. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
The coaching fixture John Beam was gravely wounded in a shooting at Laney College in Oakland, Calif., a commuter school where he is athletic director, according to a city councilman. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
Football Coach Who Was Focus of Netflix’s ‘Last Chance U’ Is Shot
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November 14, 2025 at 1:30 AM
The coaching fixture John Beam was gravely wounded in a shooting at Laney College in Oakland, Calif., a commuter school where he is athletic director, according to a city councilman. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
The robot, known as AIDOL, staggered onstage during a technology showcase in Moscow. Organizers blamed the mishap on calibration and lighting issues. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/t...
Russian Humanoid Robot Falls on Its Face in Hyped Debut
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November 12, 2025 at 11:22 PM
The robot, known as AIDOL, staggered onstage during a technology showcase in Moscow. Organizers blamed the mishap on calibration and lighting issues. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/t...
The Canadian cult comedy series announced that Mr. Smith, 53, had “stepped away” from his role on the show. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/w...
Mike Smith, Bubbles on ‘Trailer Park Boys,’ Is Charged With Sexual Assault
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November 10, 2025 at 11:45 PM
The Canadian cult comedy series announced that Mr. Smith, 53, had “stepped away” from his role on the show. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/w...
The eight-time All-Star baseball player pleaded guilty in 1995 to one count of tax evasion. He was sentenced to six months of home confinement. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...
Trump Pardons Darryl Strawberry, Former Slugger for the Mets and Yankees
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November 7, 2025 at 9:34 PM
The eight-time All-Star baseball player pleaded guilty in 1995 to one count of tax evasion. He was sentenced to six months of home confinement. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...
Cindyana Santangelo had an embolism after receiving injections of silicone oil into her buttocks by Libby Adame, the second fatal augmentation procedure connected to her. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...
Woman Gets 15 Years to Life in Actress’s Death From Silicone Shots
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November 7, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Cindyana Santangelo had an embolism after receiving injections of silicone oil into her buttocks by Libby Adame, the second fatal augmentation procedure connected to her. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...
The mayor-elect’s rivals focused on his inexperience during the campaign. Voters appeared to put more weight on his vision. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...
Mamdani was elected with a thinner résumé than his predecessors as mayor.
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November 5, 2025 at 3:15 AM
The mayor-elect’s rivals focused on his inexperience during the campaign. Voters appeared to put more weight on his vision. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...
John Purroy Mitchel, known as the “Boy Mayor,” was three months older than Zohran Mamdani is now when he won office in 1913. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/n...
New York City Has Not Elected a Mayor This Young in More Than a Century
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November 5, 2025 at 3:01 AM
John Purroy Mitchel, known as the “Boy Mayor,” was three months older than Zohran Mamdani is now when he won office in 1913. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/n...
A common cuckoo, a species native to Europe and Asia, made several recent appearances in Riverhead, N.Y. The birds have been spotted in a handful of places in the lower 48 states, experts said. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/01/n...
A Rare Visitor to Long Island Is Driving Birders Cuckoo
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November 1, 2025 at 11:37 AM
A common cuckoo, a species native to Europe and Asia, made several recent appearances in Riverhead, N.Y. The birds have been spotted in a handful of places in the lower 48 states, experts said. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/01/n...
Two professors at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign said they grew suspicious after receiving identical apologies from dozens of students they had accused of academic dishonesty. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/u...
Their Professors Caught Them Cheating. They Used A.I. to Apologize.
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October 30, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Two professors at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign said they grew suspicious after receiving identical apologies from dozens of students they had accused of academic dishonesty. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/u...
Three other rhesus monkeys were still on the loose as of Wednesday after the truck carrying them rolled over on a highway in Mississippi, law enforcement officials said. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/u...
Deputies Put Down 5 Escaped Monkeys They Were Wrongly Told Had Covid
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October 30, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Three other rhesus monkeys were still on the loose as of Wednesday after the truck carrying them rolled over on a highway in Mississippi, law enforcement officials said. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/u...
They’ve cased a few joints in their criminal careers. Even swallowed diamonds and done time.
So what do former jewelry thieves make of the brazen heist that the entire world can’t stop talking about? www.nytimes.com/2025/10/25/w...
So what do former jewelry thieves make of the brazen heist that the entire world can’t stop talking about? www.nytimes.com/2025/10/25/w...
‘It’s Got to Be an Inside Job’: Jewelry Thieves Weigh In on Louvre Heist
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October 25, 2025 at 1:50 PM
They’ve cased a few joints in their criminal careers. Even swallowed diamonds and done time.
So what do former jewelry thieves make of the brazen heist that the entire world can’t stop talking about? www.nytimes.com/2025/10/25/w...
So what do former jewelry thieves make of the brazen heist that the entire world can’t stop talking about? www.nytimes.com/2025/10/25/w...
Cards Against Humanity had accused Elon Musk’s company of squatting on land that it owns near the southern border in Texas. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/u...
SpaceX, Sued by Popular Game Maker, Settles Trespassing Case
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October 21, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Cards Against Humanity had accused Elon Musk’s company of squatting on land that it owns near the southern border in Texas. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/u...
Andrew Stanton, 38, was charged with threatening federal law enforcement officers, whom he said should be shot. He pleaded not guilty and remains in custody. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/u...
Wisconsin Man Used TikTok to Call for the Killing of ICE Agents, U.S. Says
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October 16, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Andrew Stanton, 38, was charged with threatening federal law enforcement officers, whom he said should be shot. He pleaded not guilty and remains in custody. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/u...
Representative Cory Mills’s former girlfriend, Lindsey Langston, the reigning Miss United States, told a judge that he had threatened to release sexually explicit videos of her. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...
Woman Is Granted a Protective Order Against Florida Congressman
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October 15, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Representative Cory Mills’s former girlfriend, Lindsey Langston, the reigning Miss United States, told a judge that he had threatened to release sexually explicit videos of her. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...