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Do You Wish You Lived in a Low-Tax State?
If paying taxes every year makes you think about moving, consider the state and local tax burden, which varies from state to state.
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Books
There’s a Bright Spot in New York Theater. It’s Not Where You Think.
Commercial Off Broadway, a long-dormant sector of the city’s theater economy, is having a banner season. But can it last?
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News
Driven by China, Coal Plants Made a Comeback in 2023
The country, along with India, is still building power stations that run on coal. Elsewhere, retirements of older plants have slowed.
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World
Hong Kong Detains and Expels Journalism Advocate, Group Says
A representative of Reporters Without Borders was attempting to monitor the national security trial of a media tycoon, Jimmy Lai.
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New York Is Winding Down Contract With Migrant Services Operator
DocGo, which has a $432 million contract with the city, faced allegations of providing migrants with false papers, wasting food and hiring unlicensed security guards.
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News
Seriously, Now Is the Time to Stop Kissing Sick Birds
A citizen-science collaboration in New York has turned up a half-dozen birds infected with the avian flu virus.
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L.A. Times Names Terry Tang as Executive Editor
Ms. Tang, who had been running the news organization on an interim basis since January, takes charge at a turbulent time for the publication.
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US
How Thin Air and Summer Snow Can Heal the Soul
Last July, a recently divorced writer who had found solace in hiking took on a towering challenge: Mount Whitney, the highest peak in the lower 48 states.
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Newyork
Leonardo DiCaprio, Tracee Ellis Ross and Gayle King Hit New York Art Parties
Outside the Staten Island Ferry terminal in Lower Manhattan on Wednesday night, the wind was howling as broken umbrellas blew across South Street like urban tumbleweeds. But, inside the former ferry building that houses Cipriani South Street, Tracee ...
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Newyork
In New York City, earthquakes are generally tiny, and unnoticed.
New Yorkers have felt tremors before. In January, a 1.7 magnitude earthquake was recorded in Astoria, Queens, early in the morning, jolting awake residents who rushed outside and waited anxiously for firefighters to arrive. Last April, a 3.6 ...