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Sharon Otterman

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World
7 Aug 2024
CHESTER, N.Y. — In a peaceful corner of the Hudson Valley, a broad expanse of land sits at the ready for hundreds of homes ranging between 2,500 and 3,400 square feet, with views of the surrounding hills. There will be a recreation center and tennis courts, and nearly half the development’s 117 acres will be kept as open space.
'Keep the Hasidic Out': A Small-Town Housing Showdown
World
7 Aug 2024
NEW YORK — Theodore E. McCarrick, the high-ranking Roman Catholic cardinal who was defrocked earlier this year for sexual abuse, brought one of his victims, James Grein, then 30, to meet Pope John Paul II in 1988.
Hundreds of Child Sexual Abuse Lawsuits Flood NY Courts
World
7 Aug 2024
A father in upstate New York dropped off his two older children at school in 2014, then parked his car outside his house and went to work. He forgot that his 15-month old daughter was still in her car seat, and she died of heatstroke.
Children Left to Die in Hot Cars: Accident or Murder?
World
7 Aug 2024
NEW YORK — Visitors to Manhattan’s Riverside Park sunned themselves on a bench after a recent rainstorm, admiring the sweeping view of the Hudson River. Behind them, two ducks were also enjoying the sunshine, coasting along the surface of an enormous puddle that never seems to recede.
Flooding in Riverside Park: Good for Ducks. Bad for Amtrak Trains Below?
World
7 Aug 2024
NEW YORK — Visitors to Manhattan’s Riverside Park sunned themselves on a bench after a recent rainstorm, admiring the sweeping view of the Hudson River. Behind them, two ducks were also enjoying the sunshine, coasting along the surface of an enormous puddle that never seems to recede.
World
6 Aug 2024
The footage from a police body camera shows an officer drawing his gun and approaching a red Honda Civic near Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut. A black man with dreadlocks is seen stepping out of the car and raising his hands into the air.
World
6 Aug 2024
NEW YORK — Arielle Haspel, a Manhattan nutritionist with a sleek social media presence, wanted to open the kind of Chinese restaurant, she said, where she and her food-sensitive clients could eat. One where the lo mein wouldn’t make people feel “bloated and icky” the next day, or one where the food wasn’t “too oily” or salty, as she wrote in an Instagram post a few weeks ago.
World
26 Apr 2024
Bishop Richard J. Malone kept a secret black binder in a closet with a list of Catholic priests accused of sexual abuse. He was recorded in a conversation expressing more concern about his own reputation than about removing a priest whom he called dangerous and a “sick puppy.” And some of the bishop’s own clergy are circulating a letter of no-confidence in him.
Bishop's Secret List of Accused Priests Leaves Him Besieged
World
26 Apr 2024
Bishop Richard J. Malone kept a secret black binder in a closet with a list of Catholic priests accused of sexual abuse. He was recorded in a conversation expressing more concern about his own reputation than about removing a priest whom he called dangerous and a “sick puppy.” And some of the bishop’s own clergy are circulating a letter of no-confidence in him.
A Secret Binder of Accused Priests and a Bishop Under Siege
World
25 Apr 2019
The footage from a police body camera shows an officer drawing his gun and approaching a red Honda Civic near Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut. A black man with dreadlocks is seen stepping out of the car and raising his hands into the air.
Officer-involved shooting near Yale prompts week of protests