New York City
- On This Day, Dec. 16: Taliban kills more than 140 in Pakistani school attack - On Dec. 16, 2014, Taliban militants attacked a school in Peshawar, Pakistan, killing more than 140 people, mostly children.
- New York City's Retirement Haven Is A Dreamy Outer-Borough Neighborhood With A 55+ Community - Not far from the busy streets of Manhattan lies a small, almost rural-feeling community with impressive amenities made for residents 55 and older.
- Eric Adams Swaggered Into City Hall, and Now He’s Swaggering Out - Interviewed as he prepares to leave office, Mayor Eric Adams said that he hadn’t gotten the credit he deserved and that certain forces had always been arrayed against him.
- Homeowners are losing thousands in equity thanks to weakening prices - Weaker prices mean homeowners are starting to lose equity after several years of huge gains.
- Home prices go negative for the first time in over 2 years — and may stay that way for a while - Home prices have not gone negative since mid-2023, a year after the Federal Reserve first brought rates up from zero, and mortgage rates moved sharply higher.
- From the California gold rush to Sydney Sweeney: How denim became the most enduring garment in American fashion - The American blue jean was created in 1873 by tailor Jacob Davis, who patented the design with Levi Strauss, founder of the eponymous denim retailer
- Rich New Yorkers Threaten to Leave. Then They Find Out How Hard That Is. - Tax accountants and lawyers detail the arduous process wealthy New Yorkers would have to face to avoid paying New York State and city taxes.
- Mamdani Woos Wealthy Donors Alongside Grassroots Givers for Transition - Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani has turned to crypto kings, movie stars and an oil heir, among others, to help reach his $4 million goal to fund his transition and Jan. 1 inauguration.
- Who Is Andrew Farkas, Who Owned a Marina With Jeffrey Epstein? - The billionaire real estate developer’s relationship with Mr. Epstein is in the spotlight, with the release of emails and images of Mr. Epstein’s private home in the Caribbean.
- Trump’s Pardon of Honduran Ex-President Erases Top Loyalist’s Triumph - Emil Bove III’s work as a prosecutor, before he was a Trump lawyer and official, helped lead to the conviction of the Honduran ex-leader whom President Trump freed this week.