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A Ghost Appears at the Marc Jacobs Show
Upside-down jackets, punk gestures — Vivienne Westwood is still present in fashion.
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How Prosecutors Say a Top F.B.I. Agent Sold His Services Overseas
As the counterintelligence chief in New York, Charles McGonigal had access to sensitive American secrets. His arrest has touched off…
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Sake. Dashi. Soba Shops: Japanese Chic Takes Root in Brooklyn
In Greenpoint, new businesses are cropping up, making it a contender for Little Tokyo status.
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New York Blocks Payments to 20 Firms That Serve Hasidic Schools
Amid concerns about fraud in the industry, the city has stopped doing business with the companies, which provide special education,…
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Two Kisses We Never Talked About
Sometimes you really have to show up for your ex. This was one of those times.
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‘My Watch Thinks I’m Dead’
911 dispatchers are buried under an avalanche of false, automated distress calls from skiers and other Apple device owners who…
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‘Hip Hip Hooray!’ Cheering News for Free Speech on Campus
The following is a celebration of the cancellation of the Elimination of Harmful Language Initiative, an attempt by a committee…
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‘The Last of Us’ Is a Very Conservative Show. Really.
Toward the end of the achingly poignant, much-discussed third episode of “The Last of Us,” HBO’s new zombie dystopia series,…
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A Eulogy for Gawker, the Best and Worst Thing I Ever Made.
“What’s one thing that’s true about you that no one else would believe?” is a recurring prompt on Twitter. I…
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When the Police Are the Government
Earlier this week, I wrote that American policing lies largely outside of democratic control. In practice, despite the formal authority…
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