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Chemical fumes still detected at Gowanus school after installation of filter system

State officials have discovered additional contamination is seeping into the school, potentially from sources inside the building.
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Two Women Take On a Mob Boss in a New Historical Fiction Novel

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A Newspaper Raid and a Small Town Whodunnit

A local paper gets searched by police. Tragedy ensues.
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Trump's Crypto Windfall

David Uberti discusses Trump's 2025 financial disclosures, focusing on the more than $1 billion he made from crypto.
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Looped In NYC: why I love going on crazy long walks in NYC

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From folk-pop at the beach to Rush at MSG: July concert highlights in NYC

Hank Shteamer is back with his concert picks for July.
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Where to grab some of the region's best hot dogs this 4th of July

Celebrate 250 years of history with a journey into the heart of America's 4th of July eating habits.
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How to keep your electricity bill low during NYC's heat wave

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Tehran targets Bahrain and Kuwait after US strikes

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America represents many different things to many different people. What if you could only choose one thing, one physical object, to represent it all?
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What's Next for the Last Elephant in New York City?

Happy the Elephant lived at the Bronx Zoo for nearly 50 years, where she was beloved by generations of New Yorkers, and was also at the center of a landmark legal battle over whether an elephant could be granted the same rights as a person. WNYC reporter Walter Wuthmann joins us to trace Happy's life and investigate what comes next for Patty, the last elephant left at the Bronx Zoo. Photo: Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis News via Getty Images
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