A 19-year-old was accused of setting wooden pallets on fire and leaving before the fire was extinguished, sparking what could become the largest blaze in the state in nearly 20 years.
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How Safe Are Helicopter Sightseeing Tours?
The F.A.A. allows many of these popular flights to operate under less stringent rules than other commercial aviation, opening the door to dangers like pilot fatigue.
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Why a Law Requiring Gas Detectors Is a Headache for Landlords
The detectors have to be installed in every kitchen with a gas stove. But battery-operated ones are hard to come by.
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Las Vegas Sands Drops Bid to Open a Casino on Long Island
The company cited the threat that online gambling posed to its profits in its decision to bow out of the competition for one of three casino licenses around New York City.
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Barry Benepe, Who Gave New York Its Greenmarkets, Dies at 96
He brought farm-grown produce to the city’s streets, creating the largest network of farmers’ markets in the country and helping to revive neighborhoods.
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Why the White House Started Making Deportation Cartoons
The Trump administration hasn’t yet delivered huge deportation numbers — but it is using the internet to provide regular deportation spectacles.
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5 Takeaways From New Research About A.D.H.D.
Scientists who study the condition are wrestling with some fundamental questions about the way we define and treat it.
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Brad Holland, 81, Dies; His Subversive Art Reinvented Illustration
Brad Holland, an idiosyncratic artist who upended American illustration in the 1970s with his startling imagery for Playboy magazine and The New York Times’s opinion page, spawning a generation of imitators, died on March 27 in Manhattan. He was 81 …
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