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The Little Girl With the Radioactive Backyard

A young family thought they had escaped the toxic legacy of Love Canal with a dream house near a creek in the suburbs. Then the men in the hazmat suits showed up.

Bailee and her mother, Lexi Hawk, look at the yard where Bailee is no longer allowed to play.
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Higher, Faster, Gnarlier: Have Roller Coasters Become Too Extreme?

A coaster dares riders to be daring, with steep drops, high speeds and improbably tight curves. But safety has become a concern again after a man was thrown from his seat and died in Georgia.

© Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images

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In Fighting for Every Black Child, Did I Betray My Own?

A decade ago, I made a decision about my daughter’s education that I hoped would challenge New York City’s separate and unequal school system. Now 16, she thinks I made the wrong choice.

© Wayne Lawrence for The New York Times

Reflecting on her path through New York’s school system, Najya said, “I never really got the education I wanted.”
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Cornell’s Jane Doe Sent Letter to Faculty Senate Ahead of Vote

In a letter, the former student said she felt “unsupported” after hearing about an exchange between the school president and her sorority sister. Officials disputed her account of the conversation.

© Lauren Petracca for The New York Times

A former Cornell University student who said she was raped at a fraternity in 2024 penned a letter to faculty leaders last week, saying that she did not feel supported by the school’s president, Michael I. Kotlikoff.
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How Do Airports Prepare for a Plane Crash? Go Inside JFK’s Disaster Drill.

U.S. airports are required to hold a full-scale disaster drill every three years. Go inside a simulated plane crash at Kennedy Airport last weekend.

Emergency workers attended to a volunteer playing a victim of a simulated plane crash during a drill at Kennedy Airport on Saturday.
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The Overlapping Plagues Quietly Devastating American Forests

Trees are suffering one devastating epidemic after another, unleashed by insects and bacteria that enter the country because of global trade.

© Maddie McGarvey for The New York Times

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At Cornell, a Subdued Scene on First Weekend of Fraternity Party Ban

The moratorium is among the safety measures that the university put in place following the uproar over a former student’s sexual assault lawsuit.

© Lauren Petracca for The New York Times

The line outside a popular bar in Ithaca’s Collegetown neighborhood was modest on Saturday night.
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NYC Subway Shooting in Midtown Leaves Man Dead

The shooting occurred on Saturday at the 7th Avenue Station on 53rd Street, near Times Square. The Police Department said there have been no arrests.

© Wesley Parnell for The New York Times

The Police Department said it was seeking a man wearing a red tracksuit, a black vest and a face mask in connection with the shooting.
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Cornell Board Presents United Front Amid Crisis Over Sexual Assault Allegations

While the powerful board appeared to back campus administration, some students protested against the backdrop of homecoming weekend.

© Lauren Petracca for The New York Times

Inside the halls where Cornell University’s board of trustees gathered this week, there were no visible cracks in its unity.
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At High-Powered Dinner, Lots of Love for Tisch, Less for Mayor

Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch received a standing ovation at the Alfred E. Smith dinner and joked about calls for Mayor Zohran Mamdani to fire her.

© Bing Guan/Reuters

Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch was welcomed by Archbishop Ronald Hicks at the 81st annual Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation dinner.
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