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Stuyvesant High School is seen in this Wednesday, June 6, 2018 photo, in New York. A push to diversify New York City’s most elite public high schools is facing a backlash from the group that makes up most of the schools’ current student bodies: Asian-Americans. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
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BLACK VOICES
8 Elite Public Schools In NYC Only Accepted 190 Black Students
By Nina Golgowski
Just 4 percent of the accepted students are black, despite most of the city’s public school students being black or Hispanic.
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WOMEN
Over 1,000 Arrests Nationwide After Authorities Test Backlogged Rape Kits
By Jennifer Peltz, AP
It’s estimated that another 155,000 or more sex assault evidence kits still await testing.
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U.S. NEWS
NYC To Dish Out 'Meatless Monday' Lunches At All Public Schools
By Nina Golgowski
The nation's largest school system hopes to improve student health and curb environmental effects.
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POLITICS
Paul Krugman Breaks Down Why Conservatives Are The Real Snowflakes
By Lee Moran
“All that talk about liberal ‘snowflakes’ is projection,” explained the Nobel Prize-winning economist.
The Chrysler Building, center, stands next to other midtown skyscrapers, Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2019, in New York. The art deco masterpiece that was briefly the world's tallest skyscraper when it was completed in 1930 is up for sale. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
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BUSINESS
New York's Iconic Chrysler Building Is Sold For Bargain Price Of $150 Million
By Carla Baranauckas
The owners paid $800 million for the skyscraper in 2008.
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U.S. NEWS
Trump Place Sign Scraped Off Condos As Residents Reject President
By Amy Russo
The trend is a show of defiance from the very city in which the real estate mogul initially staked his career.
BEVERLY HILLS, CA - JANUARY 06: Taylor Swift attends the 2019 InStyle and Warner Bros. 76th Annual Golden Globe Awards Post-Party at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on January 6, 2019 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images for InStyle)
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ENTERTAINMENT
Taylor Swift Stalker Arrested After Second Break-In At Apartment In A Year
By Cole Delbyck
The singer recently expressed how a “fear of violence has continued into my personal life” due to multiple home invasions.
PARIS, FRANCE - MARCH 09: Former Mayor of New York City, Michael Bloomberg makes a statement after his meeting with French President Francois Hollande and Paris City Mayor Anne Hidalgo at the Elysee Presidential Palace on March 09, 2017 in Paris, France. Michael Bloomberg is now United Nations Special Envoy for Cities and Climate. (Photo by Chesnot/Getty Images)
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POLITICS
Michael Bloomberg Is Not Running For President In 2020
By Maxwell Strachan
The former mayor of New York City said he's pursuing another kind of campaign.
'No Parking' sign in the Inwood neighborhood.
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U.S. NEWS
NYPD Posts No-Parking Signs, Tows 30 Cars For Department Flag Football Game
By Hayley Miller
"A real abuse of power," one Inwood resident told NY1.
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U.S. NEWS
People Are Loving This New York Woman's Rant About The Winter Weather
By Jenna Amatulli
A PIX11 News interview with Diane from Brooklyn has some Twitter users calling on her to be a meteorologist.
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U.S. NEWS
A Cat Nicknamed 'Big Sexy' Is Finally Home After Vanishing During Photo Shoot
By Hilary Hanson
Buddy, aka Big Sexy, took off during a shoot for a calendar honoring New York City's firefighters and first responders.
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WORK/LIFE
What’s It Going To Take For Black Hair To Be Seen As Professional?
By Jolie A. Doggett
Whether we’re wearing weaves, waves or TWAs, Black people should be judged by what’s inside our heads, not what’s on top.
NEW YORK, NY - NOVEMBER 13: (L-R) New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio listens to questions from reporters during a press conference to discuss Amazon's decision to bring a new corporate location to New York City, November 13, 2018 in New York City. Amazon announced earlier in the day that it has chosen Arlington, Virginia and Long Island City in Queens as the two locations, which will both serve as additional headquarters for the company. Amazon says each location will create 25,000 jobs. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
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POLITICS
Andrew Cuomo Calls New York's Amazon Loss The 'Greatest Tragedy'
By Sarah Ruiz-Grossman
“We’re paying a terrible price in this state now for the loss of Amazon,” the New York governor said.
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - FEBRUARY 19: Meghan, Duchess of Sussex is seen in the Upper East Side on February 19, 2019 in New York City. (Photo by Gotham/GC Images)
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ENTERTAINMENT
Meghan Markle Steps Out For Private Trip To New York City
By Carly Ledbetter
Friends reportedly threw the pregnant Duchess of Sussex a baby shower.
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BLACK VOICES
New York City Aims To Stop Hairstyle Discrimination
The guidelines enable people to seek fines if they've been harassed or punished in workplaces, schools or public spaces because of their hair.
BAM HOWARD GILMAN OPERA HOUSE, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES - 2019/01/21: Mayor Bill de Blasio speaks during 33rd Brooklyn Tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King at BAM Howard Gilman Opera House. (Photo by Lev Radin/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images)
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POLITICS
NYC Mayor Bill De Blasio Condemns Amazon's 'Abuse Of Corporate Power'
By Amy Russo
Amazon "just took their ball and went home" in reversing plans for a headquarters in Queens, he said.
Congresswoman Ocasio-Cortez delivers her inaugural address after she was sworn in as a member of Congress Saturday, Feb. 16, 2019, in New York. (AP Photo/Kevin Hagen).
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POLITICS
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Won't 'Settle For Scraps,' Post-Amazon
By Amy Russo
“We deserve more and we can ask for more, and if people don’t want to negotiate, that’s their problem, not ours.”
WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 14: Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) speaks to the media about Amazon scrapping its plans to build a new headquarters in Queens, New York, on Capitol Hill February 14, 2019 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)
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POLITICS
Amazon Scrapping New York HQ2 Provokes Outrage And Celebration
By Lydia O'Connor
While Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez touted the news, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said opponents "should be held accountable."
FILE - In this March 3, 2017 file photo, James Jackson appears in criminal court during his arraignment in New York. Jackson, a white supremacist accused of stabbing a black man to death with a sword on a New York City street told police he wanted to purge the Earth of black people. According to his videotaped confession, Jackson told investigators after his arrest in the March 20 stabbing death of Timothy Caughman that black people were “inferior” and should be “exterminated.” “I think we should just preserve the best people and get rid of all the dead weight,” Jackson said in the video played at a pretrial hearing in Manhattan on Tuesday, Sept. 25. (Steven Hirsch/New York Post via AP, Pool)
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CRIME
White Supremacist Gets Life In Prison For Killing Black Man With A Sword
“We have too often treated these crimes as something less than other kinds of terrorism," said Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance.
WEEHAWKEN, NJ - FEBRUARY 4: A ferry crosses the Hudson River in front of lower Manhattan and One World Trade Center at sunset in New York City on February 4, 2019 as seen from Weehawken, New Jersey. (Photo by Gary Hershorn/Getty Images)
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ENVIRONMENT
In A First, New York City Bill Would Create A New Agency To Manage Climate Change
By Alexander C. Kaufman
It's a landmark effort by the metropolis, which often blazes a path for other global cities.
Valerie Reyes
Family photo/Greenwich Police Department via AP
CRIME
Ex-Boyfriend Arrested In Death Of Woman Whose Body Was Found In Suitcase
Javier Enrique Da Silva Rojas is being held without bail in the death of Valerie Reyes.
NEW YORK, NY - JULY 18: A group of children arrive at Coney Island on one of the hottest weeks in recent New York City history on July 18, 2013 in New York City. With daily temperatures in the high 90's and with the heat index making it feel in the triple digits, many New Yorkers are doing what they can to stay cool. A break from the heatwave is not expected until Saturday evening at the earliest. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
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ENVIRONMENT
NYC Bill Aims To Coat Hot Streets With Material Developed To Thwart Spy Satellites
By Alexander C. Kaufman
It’s the latest effort to deal with rising temperatures.
NEW YORK, NY - FEBRUARY 2: A subway train pulls into the Flushing Avenue station in Brooklyn on February 2, 2019 in New York City. (Photo by Gary Hershorn/Getty Images)
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MEDIA
Twitter Users Chastise 'Inside Edition' For Segment On People Who Don't Pay For Subway Rides
By Sara Boboltz
"What's the opposite of a Pulitzer," one person said about reporter Lisa Guerrero’s look at "fare beaters."
FILE- In this June 24, 2011 file photo, Sen. Ruben Diaz, Sr. , D-Soundview, speaks during a session of the New York state Senate at the Capitol in Albany, N.Y. Diaz, who is currently a New York City Council member, said on a Spanish language radio program that the homosexual community controls most of the 51 council members. Diaz's comment prompted the openly gay Speaker of the city council to demand that the Bronx Democrat apologize to his colleagues and the LGBTQ community. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink, File)
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POLITICS
NYC Lawmaker Says Chamber Controlled By ‘Homosexual Community,’ Won’t Apologize
By Alanna Vagianos
“What I said is not homophobic, it’s the truth,” Ruben Díaz Sr. said in a follow-up statement.
Valerie Reyes
Family photo/Greenwich Police Department via AP
CRIME
Woman Whose Body Was Found In Suitcase Had Chilling Talk With Mom Before Death
By Hilary Hanson
Valerie Reyes said she feared someone was going to kill her.
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HUFFPOST PERSONAL
How My Religious Education Stalled My Career Potential
By Rebecca Mordechai, Guest Writer
Yeshivas are garnering media attention because some of their graduates are blasting them for focusing primarily on Jewish studies and not teaching basic math and literacy skills.
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