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“We’re having a little issue with the batteries this morning,” Beatrice Cordiano, an Italian scientist aboard the craft, said on the day of departure. Energy Observer was to travel up the East River, through Long Island Sound toward Massachusetts, and across the Atlantic, in the direction of the French coast; her more than sixty-two-thousand-mile journey would return to where it began, in 2017, in Saint-Malo. “It’s a problem that we usually do not have,” Cordiano said of the batteries. Just abou…
over 2 years ago
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The first-time Hollywood actor, who co-stars with Colman Domingo, visits his old stomping grounds in Mount Vernon.
about 2 years ago
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The ninety-one-year-old singer might outsmoke Snoop Dogg, but for lunch he’ll stick to bacon-and-tomato sandwiches.
almost 2 years ago
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Air Company, a startup that has used water and carbon dioxide to make vodka and to power automobiles, taste-tests its product and discusses getting Elon Musk’s business.
almost 2 years ago
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The trial over the death of Jordan Neely, which made Penny a right-wing cause célèbre, became a flash point in the debate over crime and vigilantism in big cities.
almost 2 years ago
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From the daily newsletter: Adam Iscoe on getting a table. Plus: right-wing reporters at the border; Trump’s Cabinet picks in Washington; and Timothée Chalamet’s Bob Dylan impersonation.
almost 2 years ago
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This year’s figurative lumps of coal include a “Star Wars” tree ornament, a knockoff Yeti tumbler, faulty training wheels, a mango-tangerine candle, and Finger-Ease Guitar String Lubricant.
almost 2 years ago
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The popular wedding website helps d.j.s, caterers, and florists find spouses-to-be. Some venders say they’re finding something else.
over 1 year ago
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As protests against Trump’s immigration raids spread nationwide, a crowd gathered in lower Manhattan—complete with bullhorns, balloons, and a toy doughnut to bait the cops.
over 1 year ago
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This month, the old diesel-powered Governors Island ferry will be retired, and the Harbor Charger—New York’s first hybrid-electric ferry—will (quietly) hit the water.
about 1 year ago
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Darryl (DMC) McDaniels dropped in on his old Queens elementary school to talk music with second graders, who weren’t too sure who he was.
9 months ago
