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Kimiko de Freytas-Tamura

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World
25 Jun 2024
NEW YORK — When Umar Mirza Baig barreled through a red light at a terrifying speed and T-boned an SUV, sending it flying across the street into José Alzorriz, a cyclist, the moment was caught on dashboard cameras in Brooklyn.
Cyclist Deaths in New York City: Accidents or Crimes?
World
25 Jun 2024
NEW YORK — When Umar Mirza Baig barreled through a red light at a terrifying speed and T-boned an SUV, sending it flying across the street into José Alzorriz, a cyclist, the moment was caught on dashboard cameras in Brooklyn.
Cyclist Deaths in New York City: Accidents or Crimes?
World
27 Jan 2024
MAPLEWOOD, N.J. — This suburb, with its high-performing schools, seems a haven of diversity and progressiveness. Signs that trumpet “Stigma-free Town” and “Hate Has No Home Here” hang from lampposts and, after a series of fatal police shootings across the country, “Black Lives Matter” placards popped up on lawns.
A Suburb Believed in Liberal Ideals. Then Came a New Busing Plan.
World
18 Jun 2019
When his body arrived at a funeral home, it showed troubling signs: Palmer’s head had been badly damaged and a ring of black and purple bruises ran around his neck, according to the funeral director, who was the first to see the remains.
A prison death, a mysterious autopsy and official silence