Day: May 10, 2025

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The Hell’s Kitchen room that monitors every subway train in New York


Under threat from the Trump administration, the MTA’s high-tech nerve centre is focused on keeping the city moving

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Адольф Ладюрнер. «Гербовый зал Зимнего Дворца». 1838 г. Холст, масло.



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Николай Сверчков. «Охота на медведя». 1885 г.



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Big city of faith: New York and the Catholic Church


It is a very nice thing for America and the world that the new pope, Leo XIV — who will help guide the faith of more than a billion of our fellow earthlings — is a Chicagoan. Here in the first city…

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Today in History: May 10, golden spike completes transcontinental railway


A golden spike was driven in a ceremony in Promontory, Utah, marking the completion of the first transcontinental railroad in the United States.

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Let Hiram run: Scoundrel Monserrate should not be blocked from the ballot


Hiram Monserrate (aka Monster Rat) is a bad, bad man, but even a bad man should be allowed to run for public office and hopefully be rejected by the voters. A law barring him from even running is u…

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Сергей Васильковский. «Кaзачий двор». 1890 г. pic.twitter.com/7XNfn9JLPm



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Art by Justyna Kopania (Poland).



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Readers sound off on police gun sales, an American pope and Knicks victories


Washington: In “Guns, the NYPD, and NYC’s next mayor” (op-ed, April 24), the authors miss the mark on who drives criminal firearm violence: criminals. The New York City Police Departmen…