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Homes for Sale in Manhattan and Brooklyn
This week’s properties are in Hamilton Heights, Gramercy Park and Prospect Heights.
Russian Ruble Slides Past 100 Against the Dollar
The Russian ruble slumped past 100 per U.S. dollar on Monday, its lowest level since March 2022, the month after President Vladimir V. Putin launched Moscow’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. As the currency weakened, the Russian central bank issued a …
A Novel Traces the Many Lives of a 19th-Century Romantic
William Boyd’s new book follows one man from childhood to death, and the globe-spanning adventures in between.
After the Shock and Grief, Hawaii Will Reinvent Itself Again
The disaster that erased the beloved West Maui town of Lahaina this week comes with the bitter taste of bewilderment. Brush fires met high winds whipped by a far-off hurricane, and overnight a historic town was gone, a pile of smoke and ashes. A lush …
Why a Floating Speck of Metal Sent Scientists’ Hearts Racing
The past three weeks have witnessed the dramatic rise and fall of a new candidate for the holy grail of materials science: a superconductor that works at room temperature. On July 22, a team of researchers in South Korea reported their findings on a …
Inexpensive Add-on Spawns a New Era of Machine Guns
Caison Robinson, 14, had just met up with a younger neighbor on their quiet street after finishing his chores when a gunman in a white car rolled up and fired a torrent of bullets in an instant. “Mom, I’ve been shot!” he recalled crying, as his …
A Withering Assessment of a Multibillion-Dollar Real Estate Windfall
Ontario’s auditor general found that the process to open up land in Toronto’s Greenbelt was influenced by and favored two developers.
A ‘Perfect Marriage’ Between Team and Player
Jason Heyward is on a winning club, has been reunited with Freddie Freeman and is having fun playing baseball again. The Dodgers are loving every minute.
A Hotbed of Distance Running Talent Emerges in Uganda
With a mile to go in the 2017 World Cross Country Championships, Joshua Cheptegei had one thing on his mind: win gold for his country on home soil. It was a balmy afternoon in the Ugandan capital of Kampala, and against a field of far more seasoned …