Los Angeles Olympics Have a Cloud of Concerns as Winter Games Close
New details about the LA28 chairman’s ties to Jeffrey Epstein, as well as anxiety over key infrastructure projects, have thrown the planning into disarray.
Data Centers and Your Power Bill
New A.I. sites could drive up your power bill. We look at possible solutions.
State Energy Portal: Updated Analyses and Quick Facts
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The Portal Bridge Has Caused Headaches for Decades
A main rail link to New York City, the bridge over the Hackensack River will be replaced. Few commuters will miss it.
The Hidden Park Under the Brooklyn Bridge
Beneath the Manhattan side of New York City’s most storied bridge lies acres of public land that was once fenced off and nearly forgotten. Michael Kimmelman, architecture critic and editor-at-large of Headway, tours the space, known by some as Gotham Park, with one of its champions to see how it’s being transformed.
Iran Turns to Digital Surveillance Tools to Track Down Protesters
As Iranian authorities restore some online services after crushing antigovernment demonstrations, they are using a technological dragnet to target attendees of the protests.
Mamdani to Resurrect Bus and Bike Lanes Killed by Eric Adams
The new projects, expected to be announced on Friday, will reverse decisions made by the Adams administration, and help the new mayor fulfill his vow to make buses fast and free in New York.
Russia Knocked Out the Heat. So She Slept in a Tent on Her Bed.
With defiant ingenuity, Kyiv residents are trying to find ways to stay warm in a cruel winter.
Downed Wire Disrupts Amtrak and NJ Transit Service Along Northeast Corridor
The disruption stranded passengers in bitter cold. Amtrak restored service, but NJ Transit was operating reduced service out of New York Penn Station early Tuesday.
Gateway Tunnel Project Begins to Wind Down as Trump Halts Federal Funding
Nearly all of the work was scheduled to stop on Friday unless federal officials agreed to restore funding that had been halted last year or a court ordered them to.