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New York City Passes Horse Carriage Ban, Ending a Central Park Tradition

A passenger’s death in June became the impetus for the City Council to ban the practice, but the bill will likely face a court challenge before being implemented in 2028.

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The proposed ban on horse carriages gained steam after the death of Romanch Mahajan, an 18-year-old passenger who was thrown from a carriage.
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A Young Family in Niagara, N.Y., and a Backyard Full of Radioactive Waste

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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