People
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Newyork
Police Officers May No Longer Hold People to Check for Warrants
A settlement filed Friday will bar N.Y.P.D. officers from detaining people at length as they check databases for reasons to arrest them.
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Newyork
A Look Inside New York’s Swirling Kaleidoscope of Faiths
New York City is a place of maximum diversity in minimum space, to borrow a phrase from the writer Milan Kundera. Its spiritual communities are no exception. Last year, the Public Religion Research Institute underscored this in a first-of-its-kind ...
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Newyork
Can New York’s Plan for Mentally Ill Homeless People Make a Difference?
In a big city, the number of untreated, severely mentally ill people is relatively small. But making sure they get the help they need feels like an enormous, intractable task.
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Newyork
How Do You Solve a Problem Like the B.Q.E.?
The infamous Brooklyn-Queens Expressway needs an overhaul. But there are different views on how to fix it.
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Newyork
D.A. to Offer Mental Health Care to People Arrested in Manhattan
District Attorney Alvin Bragg plans to spend $9 million to provide social workers and housing services to those who want them.
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US
El Paso, Long an Immigrant Haven, Is Tested by Spike in Arrivals
The influx is arousing a mix of emotions in a predominantly Latino border city where immigrants already make up a quarter of the population.
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World
In Fiji’s Closely Observed Election, a Former Coup Leader Is Ahead
In a region where China and the United States fight for influence, observers await results from the vote to choose the island nation’s prime minister — and to see if the outcome will be respected.
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World
Pope Francis calls for people to celebrate a more ‘humble’ Christmas and donate to Ukraine.
Pope Francis suggested on Wednesday that people celebrate “a more humble Christmas” this year by spending less on gifts and celebrations and sending the difference to Ukrainians in need. Speaking at the end of his weekly general audience, Francis ...
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World
At Least 135 Die in Congo as Floods and Landslides Hit Capital
In Kinshasa, a megacity of 15 million, heavy rain left roads, infrastructure and many neighborhoods underwater or in ruins.
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World
How Will China Fare With Covid? ‘Meaningless’ Data Clouds the Picture.
Despite assurances that the situation is under control, information on infections has become more opaque now that Beijing has rolled back pandemic restrictions.