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Inside the insanely competitive world of elite New York City preschools
Preschools in New York City are no joke — some parents hire preschool consultants and apply years in advance in the hopes that they can get their kid into a preschool that could cost as much as a...
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City living is notoriously expensive — but you can find the most affordable...
Using data from RENTCafé, we found the most expensive and most affordable neighborhoods in nine major US cities.The findings show a sharp contrast in rent across different neighborhoods in the same...
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A heat wave on the East Coast could break records — and it's prompting...
A heat wave is making its way across the US, bringing potentially record-breaking temperatures to the Midwest and Northeast. Air-quality alerts were issued in New York, Pennsylvania, and southern New...
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People gathered at LaGuardia Airport to greet children who were separated...
On Wednesday night, a group of people gathered at LaGuardia Airport to greet children who had been separated from their parents because of the Trump administration's "zero-tolerance" immigration...
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Blue Man Group began performing in Manhattan's Astor Place Theatre in 1991. The original three, Chris Wink, Phil Stanton, and Matt Goldman, put on a variety show featuring music on PVC instruments,...
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Video shows a guy paddle-boarding across the Hudson river in a suit so he...
Scott Holt was running late to a meeting when he decided to take his paddle board and travel across the Hudson river to New York City.Video footage shows Holt rowing across the river in a full suit and...
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Rep. Dan Donovan defeats Michael Grimm in bitter Republican primary matchup
Rep. Dan Donovan, New York City's only Republican congressman, has defeated Michael Grimm, a former congressman, in his district's Republican primary.Donovan represents New York's 11th Congressional...
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A distraught immigrant boy nearly jumped out a window after being separated...
Seventeen states sued the Trump administration on Tuesday over its now-halted practice of separating migrant families that illegally cross the US-Mexico border.The lawsuit seeks to force the government...
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Meet Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the millennial, socialist political novice who...
A 28-year-old political newcomer beat a veteran politician in New York's Democratic Party congressional primary election Tuesday night in a shocking upset within the Democratic Party.Alexandria...
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How one of the most powerful Democrats in Washington lost his seat to a...
On Tuesday night, a 28-year-old political newcomer and self-described socialist, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, defeated one of the most powerful and entrenched Democrats in Congress in a New York...
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Mini housing bubbles are forming in cities all over the US — but one major...
Housing prices across the US spiked more than 6% in April from a year earlier.Seattle and other metro areas saw historic rises in home prices. The only sector of the Case-Shiller index that saw prices...
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The Democratic rebellion may finally be here
A stunning upset win against a longtime Democratic incumbent in the New York primaries has many talking about a "Democratic Spring."Democratic strategists say Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez — the 28-year-old...
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China created 46 startups worth at least $1 billion in the five years since...
Silicon Valley is still the global leader in startup creation, but Chinese cities Beijing and Shanghai are leading the pack over in Asia, hot on the heels of their Western counterparts. Most of the...
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The chair of the Democratic Party just embraced progressive insurgent...
The Democratic National Committee chair, Tom Perez, has wholeheartedly embraced Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the 28-year-old self-described democratic socialist, calling her "the future of our...
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We compared grocery shopping at stores in the US and the UK, and it was...
The US grocery sector is being disrupted as Lidl ramps up its store count in the US and Amazon takes market share with its acquisition of Whole Foods. We compared two stores in London and New York City...
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Manhattan's office-building bubble is officially deflating
Manhattan office property sales fell by more than a quarter this spring.This is partly due to a lack of mega-deals from big companies and Chinese conglomerates.Meanwhile, plenty of new supply is coming...
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The man with the world's longest fingernails finally had them cut
The world's longest fingernails have been cut.66-year-old Shridhar Chillal of India grew his nails on one hand to a combined 29 feet and 10.1 inches.They were cut by power tools at a ceremony in New...
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez accuses Joe Crowley of mounting a 3rd party bid...
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the progressive insurgent who won a stunning victory against Rep. Joe Crowley in New York's Democratic primary last month, accused Crowley of mounting a third party bid...
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4 charts show how cities handle immigration differently around the world
Immigration looks different around the world — some cities embrace cultural differences, while others expect assimilation. A professor of sociology conducted hundreds of interviews with immigrants in...
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A 12-year-old girl and a teenage boy were injured in 2 shark attacks at...
A 12-year-old girl and a 13-year-old boy were bitten by sharks off New York's Fire Island on Wednesday. The boy was bitten in the water at Atlantique Beach and the girl was bitten at Sailor Haven...
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