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‘I Decided I Needed a Slice of Junior’s Strawberry Cheesecake’

A long trip to satisfy a craving, a Greenwich Village walk and more reader tales of New York City in…

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When the Thrill of Victory Felt Truly Thrilling

Michael MacCambridge’s “The Big Time” rewinds to the ’70s, when showy personalities and compelling rivalries turned sports into mass entertainment.

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Among New York’s Sidewalk Sideshows, 2 Goats and a Story of Despair

In a city thick with spectacles and showmen, Beverly Shaw arrived from Indiana with a desperate plea.

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Public Schools Struggle to Say the Right Thing About the Israel-Hamas War

Across the country, public schools, like colleges and universities, are facing backlash as they try to respond to the Hamas…

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If You Plant Milkweed, They Will Come. (And Not Just the Butterflies.)

These underappreciated plants attract a “hungry throng” of beneficial insects. They’re not bad to look at, either.

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When the Skyscraper You Hate Blocks the Skyscraper You Love

Sometimes New York’s a downer. I had an appointment the other day near Madison Square Park. For years, one of…

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How Philip Roth’s Raunchiest Novel Made It to the Stage

For their adaptation of “Sabbath’s Theater,” John Turturro and Ariel Levy sought to preserve “the nasty side of existence” evoked…

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Joseph J. Kohn, Who Broke New Ground in Calculus, Dies at 91

The techniques he developed in the field of complex numbers have found use in tackling a wide range of fundamental…

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Why My Fall Made Me Feel So Ashamed

The morning after I fell, I lay in bed assessing the damage. My knees were banged up. The right one…

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There’s Still No House Speaker. What Happens Now?

The House has been without a permanent speaker since Oct. 3. Here is how a new one could be elected,…

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