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Amateur astronomers set up their telescopes in Evergreens in Brooklyn. Now the cemetery is building an observatory.

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Conservatives like me once instinctively understood that expanding government power — even briefly — invites harm. Yet recent attempts by President Trump’s administration to use the tax code as a weapon reveal how easily partisanship can override …

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The race for governor of New Jersey includes a large field of Democratic primary candidates competing against each other — and trying not to be drowned out by the drama in Washington.

A video installation near the United Nations, on the site of a proposed casino, will feature interviews with people from around the United States.

Tarek Bazrouk, 20, on three occasions kicked and punched Jewish protesters who were wearing religious attire or carrying Israeli flags at demonstrations in Manhattan, prosecutors said.

A preliminary report from the National Transportation Safety Board did not provide an explanation for the crash, which left six people dead.

The students appeared to be attempting to rekindle the protest movement of last spring.