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‘Swipe, Swipe’: New Yorkers Give the MetroCard a Public Funeral

There were few tears at a funeral for the MetroCard, which included chants of “swipe, swipe” and an urn.

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The MetroCard (a Mets fan, according to this framed image) was given a somber send-off in Washington Square Park in Manhattan on Wednesday after three decades of service.
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Research Library at NASA’s Goddard Space and Flight Center to Close Friday

Holdings from the library at the Goddard Space Flight Center, which includes unique documents from the early 20th century to the Soviet space race, will be warehoused or thrown out.

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The NASA Goddard Information and Collaboration Center in Greenbelt, Md. The 100,000 volume library will close Friday.
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Tatiana Schlossberg Submitted a Heartbreaking Essay to The New Yorker on Her Cancer Diagnosis, Fully Formed

When Tatiana Schlossberg submitted an essay to The New Yorker, it had not been assigned or even expected. It was accepted immediately and barely edited.

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Tatiana Schlossberg’s essay for The New Yorker, published online in November and in print this month, moved David Remnick, the magazine’s editor, with its “heart and intelligence and honesty,” he said.
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In New Year’s Speech to Russia, Putin Says Little About Ukraine War or Peace Talks With US

The Kremlin leader kept his speech short, spoke only briefly about the fighting in Ukraine, and did not mention U.S.-mediated talks on ending the war.

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In a photo distributed by Russian state media, President Vladimir V. Putin delivered his annual New Year’s Eve address in Moscow in 2024.
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A Timeline of Key Events in the Trump Administration’s Pursuit of Abrego Garcia

In its parallel efforts to prosecute Mr. Abrego Garcia and to re-expel him from the country, the Justice Department has spent countless hours and untold sums of money pursuing a single immigrant.

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Jennifer Vasquez Sura, the wife of Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, at a news conference outside the U.S. District Court in Greenbelt, Md., in April.
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One Lawyer’s Standoff With Trump’s Deportation Machine

Mahsa Khanbabai’s client, a graduate student, had been whisked away by masked agents and held in lockup for weeks. Would a court free her — and would the government let her go?

© Sophie Park for The New York Times

Mahsa Khanbabai’s account provides a window into the experience of immigration lawyers this year, who are fighting for clients against an administration that they no longer trust to follow the rules.
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Mamdani Will Be First N.Y.C. Mayor to Use the Quran at His Swearing-In

Zohran Mamdani, New York City’s first Muslim mayor, will use two family Qurans and one that belonged to the writer Arturo Schomburg at his two swearing-in ceremonies.

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The Quran belonging to Arturo Schomburg, the Black writer and historian, will play a role in Zohran Mamdani’s inauguration.
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The Keys to the City of New York Are Made in New Jersey

Mayor Eric Adams has handed out dozens of ceremonial golden keys during his single term. Since 2023, they have come from across the Hudson River.

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In New York, ceremonial “keys to the city” were traditionally replicas of a real 1812 key to City Hall. The keys recently bestowed by Mayor Eric Adams have a different design.
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An Intense White House Response From a Single Viral Video

A video purporting to expose extensive fraud at child care centers in Minnesota shows the relationship between the Trump administration and self-described citizen journalists.

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Mako Childcare Center in Minneapolis has been out of business for three years, according to Minnesota records. It was one of the places that a right-wing YouTube creator accused of fraud.
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