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After Search Party backlash, Ring is still avoiding the bigger questions

Ring founder Jamie Siminoff has been on an "explanation tour," as The New York Times puts it, following the fallout from its Super Bowl ad and the introduction of its Search Party feature. In an interview with The Times this week, Siminoff explained that he understands people's concerns and that "maybe people were 'triggered' by […]

Court Halts Demolition of NYCHA’s Fulton and Elliott-Chelsea Houses

NYCHA’s Fulton Houses in Chelsea stood above West 17th Street.

A Manhattan appeals court on Thursday put on hold one of NYCHA’s most ambitious and controversial projects, its plan to demolish and replace 2,000 units of public housing in the Fulton and Elliott-Chelsea Houses. Supreme Court Justice David Cohen last month rejected a demand to halt the project by a group of tenants, joined by […]

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Mamdani Moves to End Rikers Emergency Orders, Implement Solitary Reforms

A DOC van sits outside the Rose Singer women's facility on Rikers Island.

Mayor Zohran Mamdani released a plan Thursday to end nearly five years of emergency orders that have suspended basic jail rules at Rikers Island. But some reforms — including limits on solitary confinement — won’t take effect for nearly a year, and others require court approval.  The action plan lays out how the city will […]

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Insect locations in Heartopia

If you're hunting insects in Heartopia, here's a list of the various insects, their locations, required weather, and time of day.

Toy Story 5 trailer reunites Woody and Buzz to fight an evil iPad

Pixar and Disney release the first full Toy Story 5 trailer with the return of Woody and the evil new Lilypad.